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University of Denver. College of Law

 Organization

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 86 Collections and/or Records:

Box 2, 1972-1985

 File — Box M373.01.0002: Series M373.01 [Barcode: U186023269607]
Identifier: M373.01.0002
Abstract

Box 2 contains framed certificates given to Alfred Baltazar Baca.

Dates: 1972-1985

Box 9 (Awards and Photos), 1939-2007

 File — Box B275.01.0009: Series B275.01; Series B275.03 [Barcode: U186023261471]
Identifier: B275.01.0009
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1939-2007

Box 9 (Awards and Photos), 1939-2007

 File — Box B275.01.0009: Series B275.01; Series B275.03 [Barcode: U186023261471]
Identifier: B275.03.0009
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1939-2007

College of Law University of Denver Commencement Program December 1, 1984, 1984 December 1

 Item
Identifier: U138.0005.0010.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1984 December 1

Commencement of the University of Denver College of Law Program December 8, 1985, 1985 December 8

 Item
Identifier: U138.0005.0012.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1985 December 8

Commencement Program from the Denver Law School, 1894 June 5

 Item
Identifier: U138.0001.0002.00014
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1894 June 5

Commencement University of Denver College of Law Program June 9, 1984, 1984 June 9

 Item
Identifier: U138.0005.0009.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1984 June 9

Dolores Atencio Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M367
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1994 - 2015

Jack Greenwald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B344
Abstract Jack Greenwald was born June 14, 1928 in Columbus, Ohio, the youngest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Greenwald (1888 - 1954). Rabbi Greenwald Rabbi Greenwald only knew German and had to learn Yiddish before he became rabbi of the Beth-Jacob Shul in Columbus, Ohio, a Yiddi. Jack Greenwald came to Denver, Colorado in 1946 and received his Bachelor of Science of Law, 1950, and his Juris Doctorate, 1952, both degrees from the University of Denver. Professionally, he specialized in the area of...
Dates: 1949 - 2012

Jean and Milt Morris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B275
Abstract Milt Morris was born in Cleveland in 1915 and his family moved to Denver to find a cure for his mother's asthma at National Jewish Hospital. He graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1939. Milt Morris served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He taught business law at DU for eleven years. He practiced law in Denver for many years and was a partner in Feder, Morris, Tamblyn and Goldstein where he specialized in real estate law. In 1941, Jean Wohlegarth married her...
Dates: 1888-2007