Litigation

Colorado Law has an accomplished faculty teaching a wide range of litigation subjects and experiential learning offerings. In addition to required courses in Civil Procedure and Evidence, Colorado Law offers a wide range of electives, ranging from basic trial skills and pretrial drafting to appellate advocacy and complex class action litigation. Colorado Law’s low student-faculty ratio (9.68 to 1) assures our students enjoy a full opportunity to take these courses requiring close faculty contact and feedback from a faculty with a mix of experienced litigators and leading published experts on modern litigation. Colorado Law also offers a broad array of activities, externships, and internships in litigation-related fields.

Courses

• Civil Procedure
• Evidence
• Evidence and Trial Practice
• Advanced Trial Advocacy
• Litigation Drafting
• Judicial Opinion Writing
• Advanced Legal Writing: Writing Across Practice Areas
• Complex Civil Litigation
• Motions Advocacy
• Federal Litigation: Everything But the Trial
• Securities Litigation and Enforcement
• Patent Litigation

Clinics

• Appellate Advocacy Clinic
• Civil Practice Clinic
• Criminal Defense Clinic
• Family Law Clinic
• Juvenile Law Clinic
• Natural Resources Law Clinic

Faculty

• Christopher Mueller
• Dayna Matthew
• Frederic Bloom
• Jennifer Hendricks
• Scott Moss
• Deborah Cantrell
• Ann England
• Violeta Chapin
• Melissa Hart
• Sarah Krakoff
• Marianne Wesson

Activities, Externships, and Internships

• Trial & Appellate Competitions – numerous, including leading national competitions
• Colorado Innocence Project
• Federal courts, including U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit & U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
• State courts, including Colorado Supreme Court and trial courts
• Various law firms employing Colorado Law students in paid litigation work, both part-time during the school year and full-time during summers