The University of Texas at Austin is breaking ground on its first dedicated residence hall for law students this month.
The university celebrated the upcoming construction in a Monday blog. According to the blog, the groundbreaking will take place in March and construction should be completed before the first residents are welcomed in August 2028.
Along with more than 300 beds, the residence hall will feature a large library-style reading room, a cafe, a gym, and multiple roof decks.
The residence hall will be located at the northwest corner of East Dean Keeton and Medical Arts streets directly across from the law school, which will offer students proximity and is intended to create a stronger sense of community.
Austin-based Lemmo Architecture and Design and Houston-based firm Meeks+ Partners are the architects of record and Greystar is the builder.
“Texas Law has long been the best place in the world to be a law student,” said UT School of Law Dean Bobby Chesney. “The residence hall will ensure that remains the case long into the future, delivering extraordinary training and job outcomes for our students, with affordability that our peers cannot match.”
Chesney continued, “As changes in the Austin rental market increased costs for some students while driving others to commute long distances, we saw this as a challenge that could also be an opportunity. The residence hall will deliver on that with a remarkable boost to the community, value, and proximity for our students.”
He added that philanthropy associated with the new building is expected to result in an increase to the school’s scholarship resources.