University of Denver - Sturm College of Law
University of Denver
Sturm College of Law
Office of Admissions
2255 E. Evans Ave., Suite 115
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303.871.6135
Email: admissions@law.du.edu
Website: http://www.law.du.edu/
New Opportunity for Students: Not so interested in paying $1200 for a test prep course? DU Law is sponsoring a low-cost LSAT course, beginning in early October to prepare students for the December LSAT exam. The course will cost $125 for those who qualify (and will cost $275 for non-qualifying students). The Sturm College of Law has donated a room for the course that will take place one night a week, totaling 24 hours of classroom time (plus proctored exams). LSAC has donated all of the practice exams for the course. Applications can be found here: http://castle.colorado.edu/test_prep/index.htm
Apply early to have a better chance at being admitted. E-mail questions about the course to testprep@colorado.edu.
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law community is made up of students and faculty with diverse career and life experiences that inspire their interests and shape their expectations. These differences in age, nationality, and experience generate an environment of rigorous academic debate and a vibrant and multicultural social community that has been a part of the Sturm College of Law since our first class in 1892. In that first class of fourteen students there was an African-American, a woman, and a Japanese national. The first African-American to sit on the Colorado Supreme Court came from our faculty, and we also graduated the first woman to become a member of the American Bar Association and teach at an accredited law school.
The Sturm College of Law offers many different opportunities for students to gain real world experience while studying the law. Both our Student Law Office and Pioneer Legal Internship Programs allow Sturm College of Law students to start practicing law before they graduate.
Student Organizations
The student body at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law works hard to support one another during their legal education. The Sturm College of Law offers over 40 different groups to help students find others with similar interests. Some of those groups include:
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Black Law Students Association Diversity Advocates Hindu Law Students Council Jewish Law Students Association Latino Law Students Association Muslim Law Students Association Native American Law Students Association OUTLaws Spanish Speaking Lawyers Association
Scholarship Opportunities
The Sturm College of Law has targeted scholarship money to promote diversity within our incoming class. Several full-tuition scholarships are available, and we hope to begin offering a limited number of scholarships that include stipends in addition to full-tuition. All admitted students will automatically be considered for scholarships. No separate application is required.
Career Development Center
The Career Development Center offers a variety of services for students, including the Colorado Pledge to Diversity in the Workplace Committee, which is a group of law firms and corporations in Colorado that have pledged to hire and retain a diverse community of attorneys. Law students attending the University of Denver Sturm College of Law have numerous opportunities available, including:
- Paid legal employment during the summers through the Colorado Pledge to Diversity 1L Summer Clerkship Program, as well as seven Denver law firms that offer paid summer employment opportunities plus scholarship funds ranging from $6000-10,000
- Paid fellowships with the Colorado Supreme Court and internships with the Colorado Court of Appeals
- Paid internships during the school year with the Denver law firm of Kamlet Shepherd
- $500 book scholarships offered by the Colorado Pledge to Diversity Legal Group
- A mentoring program that matches diverse attorneys in Denver with diverse law students
- Participation in an annual regional diversity legal career fair
- Invitations to several diversity receptions each year to meet practicing attorneys and judges
Kamlet Reichert Advantage Clerkship
Kamlet Reichert, LLP, in partnership with the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, has launched one of the most cutting-edge and innovative programs for diverse law students in the nation. The program, called the Kamlet Shepherd Advantage Clerkship, provides a diverse student who is admitted to the University of Denver Sturm College of Law tangible support and a strong mentoring network of attorneys-before they even begin their first year of class. This support will continue throughout law school and the student's legal career. Top applicants meeting the criteria set out by Kamlet Reichert and the Sturm College of Law are directed to Kamlet Reichert for interviews. A finalist is chosen prior to the student starting his or her first year of law school at the Sturm College of Law. No separate application is required for this program.
Upon beginning classes at the University of Denver, Kamlet Reichert will immediately begin their mentoring of the student chosen for the Advantage Clerkship. After the successful completion of the first year of law school, the student may begin a 10-week paid summer associate position, providing not only income, but also additional mentoring, valuable law office experience and opportunities to participate in firm activities.
Tradition
"The Sturm College of Law has given me invaluable exposure to Denver's legal community through various networking events, career fairs, and career development programs. By having that exposure, I was able to obtain paid summer employment and get the hands-on legal experience that the Sturm College of Law values and implements as an essential part of their curriculum. My summer experience not only allowed me to learn about those important legal subtleties that can't be learned in a classroom, but it also affirmed my enthusiasm about a legal career and my future at the Sturm College of Law and within the greater Denver community."
The program, founded in the wake of the civil rights movement, held its first summer program at the University of Denver school of law in 1968. Dean Robert Yegge was the driving force behind that first summer program in 1968, and the University works to maintain Dean Yegge's passion for making a legal education available to underrepresented groups. Forty years later, the summer program returned to the Sturm College of Law after decades of being held at other law schools. Click here to view the entire article.
