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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 14 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Law, College of, 1971-1977

 File
Identifier: M028.02.0008.0013
Abstract

Types of Materials: Correspondence – Mitchell and Yegge

Dates: 1971-1977

Law, College of, 1969-1978

 File
Identifier: M028.02.0008.0014
Abstract

Types of Materials: memos, Correspondence

Dates: 1969-1978

Law, College of – Admissions – Christopher Munch, Assist. Dean, 1977-1978

 File
Identifier: M028.02.0008.0012
Abstract

Types of Materials: memos, Correspondence

Dates: 1977-1978

Law, College of – Dean Robert Yegge, 1970-1978

 File
Identifier: M028.02.0008.0011
Abstract

Types of Materials: Correspondence, memos

Dates: 1970-1978

Law, College of – Search for a new Dean, 1977

 File
Identifier: M028.02.0008.0015
Abstract

Types of Materials: memos, resumes, evaluations

Dates: 1977

Park Hill Campus Signs, 1995 February

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0031.0007.00009
Abstract

Exterior views of University of Denver's Ricketson's Law Complex and DU Park Hill Campus signs in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1995 February

Sam Berman Law Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: B284
Abstract Sam Berman was born August 9, 1911. His father, Joseph Berman, died when he was two, and shortly thereafter Sam Berman was placed in the Denver Sheltering Home. He spent the longest amount of time at the Denver Sheltering Home of any of its residents. The Home, in consideration of Berman’s long service there, sponsored his education at the University of Denver (DU) as an undergraduate and later as a law student. Berman was admitted to the Bar in 1933, and he practiced law until 1998,...
Dates: 1935-1943