University of Texas among top schools to produce federal judges and attorneys

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A new study found that the University of Texas produces the most justice-related officials of any Lone Star State college.

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A new study found that the University of Texas produces the most justice-related officials of any Lone Star State college.

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A new study found that the University of Texas produces more justice-related officials than any other Lone Star State college.

The study, featured in the blog Empirical SCOTUS, looked at states attorneys, sitting federal judges, state attorney generals and solicitor generals across the U.S.

In total, 38 justice-related officials were found to hail from the University of Texas, ranking fourth on the list after Harvard, Yale and Georgetown.

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The University of Texas was the only Lone Star State school to make the list, and even beat out other elite colleges like Columbia, Stanford and Duke.

According to U.S. News' best law schools , the University of Texas School of Law ranks 14 in the nation. Figures show that 65 percent of the law school's students are employed at graduation with a median private sector starting salary of $160,000.

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