University of Denver Sturm College of Law Vision and Mission Statement
- Vision
- Mission
- Support for Diversity and Free Speech
- Professionalism
- College of Law Access Policy
- Policies Subject to Change
Vision
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law aspires to preeminence with a faculty widely recognized for successful and innovative teaching in traditional and emerging areas of the law and for scholarly achievement. The College of Law strives to attract local, national and international students of the highest academic quality and diversity and draws strength from its firm roots in the region. The College of Law aspires to produce graduates who become recognized as outstanding lawyers within the numerous spheres of private practice and within government and public service sectors. We also encourage our graduates to become influential community leaders in non-legal fields.
Mission
- Provide an excellent, innovative, technologically sophisticated program of legal education to a diverse student body of high academic quality and diversity.
- Our graduates will succeed in a wide variety of legal and non-legal settings with skills in analytical thinking, diverse methods of communication, and in collaborative problem-solving. In their law practices, our graduates will provide high quality legal services to their clients in the complex, multidisciplinary, transnational environment of the 21st century.
- Our graduates will acquire and maintain a heightened sensitivity to ethical issues and remain committed to the highest professional values.
- Advance understanding of the law, and the role of law, in a just society through faculty scholarship, through faculty participation in important public policy debates, and through faculty/student collaborative efforts.
- Serve the community through the provision of legal services to indigent clients in student clinics and through pro bono representation by faculty and students.
- Serve as institutional citizens and contribute to the missions of the College of Law and the University.
Support for Diversity and Free Speech
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law maintains a strong commitment to an educational, residential and work environment that welcomes diverse students, faculty, and staff. Our students and employees pursue their goals in a positive environment free from harassment. A diversity of views, cultures, and experiences vitalizes our academic mission, enriches our intellectual lives and enhances our capacity to achieve our educational goals.
The College of Law has an equally strong commitment to academic freedom and free speech. Respect for these rights requires the law school to tolerate and protect expressions of divergent views. We cannot condone individual or collective acts of intolerance that suppress alternative views through intimidation or injury. Our institution of higher education must stand against all assaults upon the dignity and value of any individual. Nor do we condone harassment that interferes with an individual’s educational opportunities, peaceful enjoyment of residence, physical security, or terms or conditions of employment.
Ultimately, however, we cannot achieve our goals unless each member of the law school community takes the personal responsibility to foster an environment that respects diversity and that encourages all students and employees to reach their full potential. No committee, code, or other entity can substitute for freely given good will from the individual members of our law school community.
Professionalism
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law expects all students, faculty and staff to treat one another, and others outside the law school community, respectfully and with the utmost degree of professionalism.
Sturm College of Law Access Policy
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law maintains a strong commitment to accessible facilities for all persons with and without disabilities.
Policies Subject to Change
The Student Handbook inevitably will undergo revision from time to time. Persons can find the most current copy here. The Student Handbook does not represent an irrevocable contract between the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and the students who attend. The faculty retains the right at all times to change the policies articulated herein and to implement changes immediately and retroactively.