Certificates and Pathways at Denver Law

An undeniable trend in the legal profession is toward specialization in practice. Denver Law responds with opportunities for our students to dive deeply into one or more areas of law during their second and third years.

CERTIFICATES. Denver Law offers Certificates, earned as you complete the requirements for your JD, in six areas of the law. Each Certificate program features a customized curriculum:

• Constitutional Rights and Remedies
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Environmental and Natural Resources Law
• International Legal Studies
• Intellectual Property
• Workplace Law

PATHWAYS. To complement the Certificate programs, we constructed the following pathways in various areas of the law to guide your course choices:

• Civil Litigation
• Civil Rights Advocacy
• Criminal Law – Defense
• Criminal Law – Prosecution
• Education Law
• Employment Law
• Energy Law
• Family Law
• Immigration Law
• Judicial Clerkships
• Marijuana Law
• Non-Profit and Public Interest Law
• Public International Law
• Sustainability and Community Development

PUBLIC GOOD DISTINCTION. Students demonstrating commitment to public interest law are awarded the Public Good Distinction upon graduation. See more information and the requirements to be met here.

CERTIFICATES IN LEGAL RESEARCH. Three Certificates in Legal Research are earned by attending non-credit courses taught by law librarians throughout the year. Learn more here.