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The Civil Rights Clinic (CRC) started the academic year with a two-day federal bench trial in front of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in late August.
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This year, the Community Economic Development (CED) Clinic welcomes new students and new Clinical Fellow Jesse Loper.
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During the 2018-2019 academic year and over the summer, the Environmental Law Clinic (ELC) represented communities on the front lines of the pressing matters facing Colorado’s communities and special places, including oil & gas development, water scarcity, and air pollution.
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Denver Law’s Legal Externship Program boasted its largest enrollment in its history this past academic year hosting 576 externships and partnering with 350 supervisors.
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The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) had a successful year and opened 62 new cases dealing with a wide array of IRS and Colorado Department of Revenue issues.
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50 years after serving in Vietnam, one of the Veterans Advocacy Project’s (VAP) clients, “Bill,” received Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation benefits for the injuries he received in the country.
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Congratulations to University of Denver Sturm College of Law Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness and Professor Catherine Smith; alumna, immigration attorney and founder of Colorado Asylum Center, Christina Brown, JD’13; and Denver Law student, Hayden DePorter, 2L, on receiving honors at the 2019 Colorado LGBT Bar Association Awards and Scholarship Dinner.
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In order to help graduates start their own law practice and build a solid foundation for a successful career, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law created the Solo Practice Grant Program in 2013 in partnership with the innovative, shared workspace for lawyers, LawBank.