Accreditations & Memberships
South Texas College of Law Houston is approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 312-988-6738.
South Texas College of Law Houston is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.A., Suite 800, Washington, T.C. 20036-2717, 202-296-8851.
South Texas College of Law Houston is currently engaged in the process for determining eligibility to apply for candidate for accreditation status (pre-application) with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education’s (MSCHE). MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidacy status) activities for institutions of higher education, including distance education, correspondence education programs, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The Commission’s geographic area of accrediting activities is throughout the United States. MSCHE accepts complaints and third-party comments for institutions engaged in the application and candidacy process. Please visit MSCHE’s website at www.msche.org for more information. MSCHE provides an online form for the submission of complaints or third-party comments on its website.
South Texas College of Law Houston is a member institution with the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) which provides reciprocity-based approval for distance education in SARA member states. Student complaint procedures may be found at NC-SARA Student Complaints. Note that NC-SARA has no effect on state licensure requirements. STCL Houston’s J.D. degree program is accredited by the American Bar Association Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (“ABA”) and designed to lead to admission to the bar of a United States jurisdiction. Licensure requirements vary by jurisdiction. Students are responsible for reviewing the requirements for any jurisdiction in which they intend to seek admission by contacting the jurisdiction. Contact information for all relevant agencies and United States jurisdictions are available through the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
