University of Colorado Law School
University of Colorado Law School
Office of Admissions
UCB 403, Room 103
Boulder, CO 80309
(303) 492-7203
Fax: (303) 492-2542
lawadmin@colorado.edu
www.colorado.edu/law/admissions
New Opportunity for Students: Colorado Law School and the CU Boulder campus' are offering an LSAT prep course to qualified students and CU alumni for only $120 (typically costs $1,600) - including the cost of course materials - in order to increase test scores for ethnic minorities and underprivileged students. For more information e-mail testprep@colorado.edu.
The University of Colorado Law School is a supportive and diverse community of scholars and students in a place that inspires ideas, critical analysis, and civic engagement. As a top 20 public law school, Colorado Law's 550 students are selected from among the statistically best applicants in the nation and represent 100 undergraduate institutions and diverse backgrounds. The school offers a full-time, three-year day Juris Doctor (JD) degree program, certificate and dual degree programs in conjunction with the JD and three Master of Laws (LLM) degree programs. The clinics, centers, and programs focus on areas of strength, including environmental and natural resources, American Indian, juvenile and family, entrepreneurial, and technology law and policy.
Commitment to Diversity
Colorado Law is proud to have been one of the earliest law schools in the nation to graduate lawyers of color. The first action in Our Vision states our commitment to diversity:
Provide a supportive and diverse community of scholars and students in a place that inspires the vigorous pursuit of ideas, critical analysis, and civic engagement in order to advance the rule of law in an open, sustainable society.
Student Life
We prepare tomorrow's lawyers to serve in an increasingly diverse nation and a challenging global economy. As of 2010, 20% of our students are people of color and 50% are women. Student organizations offer support and networking opportunities:
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Christian Legal Society (CLS)
Diversity Awareness Now (DAN)
Jewish Law Students Association
Latino Law Students Association (LLSA)
Native American Law Students Association
OUTlaw, the GLBT & Allies Law Student Group
Women's Law Caucus
Curriculum
Our curriculum regularly includes a variety of specialized courses and clinics, such as:
Career Development
The Office of Career Development is committed to helping students from diverse backgrounds build successful and satisfying careers through individualized career counseling and working with legal organizations to maximize career and professional development opportunities for diverse law students and alumni:
- Colorado Pledge to Diversity 1L Summer Program: Includes 19 of Denver's largest and most prestigious law firms that give diverse law students of color the opportunity to compete for 1L summer associate positions.
- Firm-Sponsored Diversity Clerkship Programs: Several Denver law firms offer paid clerkships for diverse students, including Baker & Hostetler; Dorsey & Whitney; Faegre & Benson; Holland & Hart; Holme Roberts & Owen; and Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons.
- Rocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair: Legal employers seek to hire law students and graduates from culturally diverse backgrounds that have been traditionally under-represented in the practice of law.
- Diversity Clerkship Programs with Colorado Courts: The Colorado Supreme Court and Colorado Court of Appeals offer competitive internship programs for 3L students.
- 1L Diversity Mentor Program: In partnership with the Colorado Bar Association's Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee, Career Development helps match incoming diverse students with attorney mentors from diversity-related bar organizations:
- Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee of the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado
- Colorado Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Bar Association
- Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
- Colorado Indian Bar Association
- Sam Cary Bar Association (Supporting Colorado's African-American Legal Community)
