The SMU Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) is the law school of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, United States. The school was founded in February 1925 as part of Southern Methodist University. It was renamed in February 2001 to honor benefactors Nancy Dedman and Robert H. Dedman Sr. One of 10 law schools in Texas, it was the only one in the city of Dallas until the University of North Texas at Dallas opened as a law school in 2014.