University of Denver. College of Law
Dates
- Existence: 1946 - 2004
- Usage: Official usage began in 1946; occasionally used as an unofficial variant in Kbooks of the 1900s and 1910s. Changed name to Sturm College of Law effective fall 2004. - 2004
Biography
Est. 1892 as University of Denver School of Law. Also known as: Denver Law School, the Law Department of the University of Denver 1893- . Changed usage to: University of Denver College of Law in 1945 or 1946. Absorbed Westminster College of Law in 1957. Renamed Sturm College of Law in Sept. 2004.
Sources
found: Its Catalog.
found: SERI-ERA Work. on Elect. Util. Involv. in Res. Solar Appl. (1980 : Univ. of Denver) Proceedings ... 1981: t.p. (University of Denver Law School; Denver, Colo.) [info. from GPO]
found: Phone call to the Univ. 3/22/82 (official name is University of Denver, College of Law, not Law School) [info. from GPO]
found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (Opened Oct. 3, 1892)
notfound: Access for all www page, viewed Feb. 2, 2007: (University of Denver, Sturm College of Law)
Biography
Law department organized in 1881.
Sources
Board of Trustees Minutes – Volume B: pages 41-42.
Biography
School of Law established in October 3, 1892.
Source
Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg. 79); Board of Trustees Minutes – Volume E: Page 167.
Biography
College of Law merges with Westminster College of Law forming the Westminster Association in 1957.
Sources
Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg. 158); Card Catalog- Academic Units; Board of Trustees Minutes – Volume Q: page 279.
Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:
Box 2, 1972-1985
Box 2 contains framed certificates given to Alfred Baltazar Baca.
Box 9 (Awards and Photos), 1939-2007
Framed photograph of College of Law Building with Appretiation for Milt and Jean Morris Classroom; Placque with Honorary Life Membership to the Denver and Colorado Bar Association; Framed photograph of Milt and Jean Morris and additional photographs when Milt was in the Air Force from the Law Alumni Office.
Box 9 (Awards and Photos), 1939-2007
Framed photograph of College of Law Building with Appretiation for Milt and Jean Morris Classroom; Placque with Honorary Life Membership to the Denver and Colorado Bar Association; Framed photograph of Milt and Jean Morris and additional photographs when Milt was in the Air Force from the Law Alumni Office.
College of Law University of Denver Commencement Program December 1, 1984, 1984 December 1
Program for the University of Denver College of Law doctoral and graduate commencement ceremony, December 1, 1984. The conferring of degrees: Dwight M. Smith, Chancellor of the University. The remarks were given by: William M. Beaney.
Commencement of the University of Denver College of Law Program December 8, 1985, 1985 December 8
Program for the University of Denver College of Law doctoral and graduate commencement ceremony, December 8, 1985. The call to order: Edward A. Dauer, Dean of the College of Law, and conferring of degrees: Allan O. Pfnister.
Commencement Program from the Denver Law School, 1894 June 5
Program from the commencement of the Denver Law School, Tuesday Evening June 5.1894 at Trinity M.E. Church, Denver. The presentation of diplomas was by Chancellor Dr. William F. McDowell.
Commencement University of Denver College of Law Program June 9, 1984, 1984 June 9
Program for the University of Denver College of Law doctoral and graduate commencement ceremony, June 9, 1984. Honorary Degree recipient: Frank H. Ricketson, Jr., J.D.. Conferring of degrees: Dwight M. Smith, Chancellor of the University. The remarks were given by: Daniel S. Hoffman.
Dolores Atencio Papers
Dolores S. Atencio (b. 1955) graduated from Colorado College in 1977, and in 1980 received her JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Atencio later became the first Visiting Scholar for the University of Denver Latino Center for Community Engagement & Scholarship, to complete her project on the country’s earliest Latina lawyers licensed in the United States. Collection consists of papers and other materials related to the work and career of University of Denver.
Frank Jamison Papers
Francis W. "Frank" Jamison was born in 1929 in and passed away on February 13, 2013. He was a University of Denver Law School alumnus (1956) and Professor in the Sturm College of Law [dates needed]. The collection contains scrapbook pages with photographs from University of Denver Sturm College of Law reunion(s) of the class of 1956 and a report of the Dean from the Sturm College of Law.