OUTLaws
Mission Statement
The purpose of the OUTLaws at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law is to create a safe and nurturing environment within the law school community wherein lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and intersex students and their allies can:
- Meet to discuss issues of common concern in a comfortable and non-threatening social setting;
- Enhance the academic performance of LGBTQIA law students by increasing their ability to network with other such students, faculty, and attorneys on and off campus;
- Join with other minority law student organizations in educating the student body and the larger Denver community regarding shared issues that confront us at school and in our working lives;
- Cultivate a working relationship with the growing LGBTQIA legal community in Denver to create mentoring opportunities for students, as well as to build friendships that can enhance academic and career-building activities for ourselves and those students who come after us; and
- Participate in the activities of national LGBTQIA legal associations such as the AALS section on Gay and Lesbian legal issues, the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Law Student Groups, Lambda Legal Defense, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the National Gay Rights Advocates, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.