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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 1 Collection or Record:

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