Generally the elite law schools are the top 14 schools in the USNWR rankings. Texas falls just outside of the top 14. It's still a great great law school, and a

Generally the elite law schools are the top 14 schools in the USNWR rankings. Texas falls just outside of the top 14. It's still a great great law school, and a great school to go to if you want a decent chance at working for for an elite law firm (or the Texas office of a national/international law firm) in Texas or in the southwestern part of the US, but it generally doesn't have the nationwide reputation that even the schools near the bottom of the top 14 have.