The University of Texas Law School isn’t in the T-14 every year, but it’s frequently chosen by admits over more traditional T-14 options. It’s a great destination for football lovers, aficionados of progressive enclaves in red states, or places where radically different influences and tendencies meet and mingle. This is one of those schools (and cities) where the norm is explicit pride–in the law school, the university, and the town. Once a semi-remote country music mecca, Austin has grown increasingly cosmopolitan. Locals lament the worsening traffic, but the truth is, the city has something for everyone, and it’s a great place to go for school if you plan to care about your life beyond your classes!

Texas is currently ‘the next thing’ — its cities are growing, its markets are booming. UT Austin is the Texas law school and has unparalleled power within the state, plus some perhaps growing national appeal. There are diverse opportunities to practice law, including access to the Texas capital and a robust Big Law prep program. For those interested in immigration law, there’s a lot of important work going on near the border and a significant immigrant population in Austin itself.

Our insiders who have spent formative years in Austin and at UT treasure their experiences—people tend to be just darn happy to be in Austin. There is an amazing, very cold natural spring in the center of town, Barton Springs. You can paddleboard on the river. Everything is green. The weather is, admittedly, very hot. The culture is fun, hip if you want it to be, down-to-earth if you want that instead. “It’s a good place to fall in love,” one longtime 7Sager reports.