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For the second year in a row, the University of Colorado School of Law was ranked among the top five state law schools in the country and among the top 10 overall for placement of graduates in judicial clerkships. Of the top 50 law schools listed in U.S. News & World Report’s 2002 edition of “Best Graduate Schools,” CU-Boulder was ranked third in judicial clerkships in the state law school category with a 19.8 percent placement rate.

School of Law

Areas of Study and Research

During the first year, students study fundamental legal concepts and address legal problems relevant to society and the practice of law. Students in their second and third years take mostly electives except for a few required courses. Upper division students may choose their curriculum from the following categories: business, international, jurisprudence and perspective, natural resources, practice and procedure, practice-clinical, property, public, research and writing, and taxation. One hour of credit may be earned for independent legal research undertaken with supervision of a faculty member.

The School of Law also offers two certificate programs, the Tax Emphasis Program and the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Policy, which students can earn in addition to their law degree. Concurrent degree programs with the Graduate School of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Public Affairs are also available.

Degrees Offered

JD
First-year students must take the full schedule of courses -- 15 hours
in the fall semester and 15 hours in the spring semester. Each first-year student will be assigned to two small section courses, usually numbering about 27 students. The second- and third-year schedules are made up of electives, except for Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Professional Responsibility. In addition, each student is required to elect and complete at least one seminar and to fulfill a practice course requirement.

JD/MBA
Juris doctor/master of business administration (JD/MBA) with the Leeds School of Business

JD/MS or JD/PhD in Environmental Studies
This is a dual degree program offered in conjunction with the Law School. The Law School will grant credit for acceptable performance in graduate level Environmental Studies courses towards the JD degree for up to nine (for MS students) or 12 (for PhD students) hours of the required 89 credits for the JD degree. Environmental Studies will grant up to 9 credits (for MS students) and 12 credit hours (for PhD students) of acceptable performance in Law courses. The JD program will be considered the student's primary program.

JD and MS in Telecommunications The student is required to be admitted both by ITP and the University of Colorado Law School and to complete all requirements for the MS in Telecommunications degree in addition to all of the requirements for the Juris Doctor. The Law School allows students to count up to twelve credits of TLEN course work towards the JD degree providing each course has a "B" or higher grade. Students must complete their first year in the Law School as a unit (without taking any telecom courses during that year) but this year may be either before or after the student has begun taking telecommunications classes.

JD/MPA
Juris doctor/master of public affairs (JD/MPA) with the Graduate School of Public Affairs on the Denver campus

To become eligible for a dual degree program, a student must apply separately to and be admitted by each of the two schools under their respective admissions procedures and standards. Students may elect the dual degree program at the time of initial application to both schools.Through these programs, each school accepts a specified number of hours of course work taken at the other school as part of the requirements for completion of its degree. School of Law credit for work in the Leeds School of Business or the Graduate School of Public Affairs is conditioned upon completion of the MBA or MPA program. School of Law credit for work in the Leeds School of Business or the Graduate School of Public Affairs is treated on a pass/fail basis and is not computed in class rank or used in the computation of the cumulative 72 grade point average requirement for graduation from the School of Law.

Admission requirements and application Information

Contact the School of Law or visit them on line at www.colorado.edu/law for detailed information regarding degree requirements, admission procedures and application forms and deadlines.

Contact Information

University of Colorado at Boulder
School of Law
Office of Admissions
403 UCB
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0403
303-492-7203
e-mail: Lawadmin@Colorado.edu
web site: www.colorado.edu/law