Matching challenge grant, UTEP receives $5M award to launch El Paso’s first law school

Tawney, Acosta & Chaparro, a local law firm has committed $5 million to the University of Texas at El Paso to help launch a new law school. The gift matches a prior $5 million challenge grant from the Paul L. Foster Family Foundation, bringing total funding to $10 million toward a projected $20 million startup cost. The investment aims to expand access to legal education—particularly for first-generation and Hispanic students—while addressing regional legal service gaps. “This law school will not only change the lives of the students attending, it will be transformational for generations of families and the future of this community.”