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Experiential 4 Learning WELCOME FROM THE DEAN Public 8 Interest Welcome to The University of Tulsa College of Law. Our dynamic program of legal education prepares TU Law students to excel in legal and related profes- sions. Outstanding faculty, high-level scholarship, robust experiential programs and an unwavering commitment to public service and professionalism stand at 10 Faculty the core of the law school. Firmly embedded in our community is a welcoming environment and commitment to justice and decency. In addition to our strong foundational curriculum and experiential programming, our upper-level courses offer students the opportunity to specialize in a number of areas including health law, sports law, family law, criminal law, civil rights, and 12 Academics intellectual property. Our Native American Law program is considered one of the best in the nation, and through our Comparative and International Law Center, students have an opportunity to take a number of international law, human rights and business courses, as well as to participate in a study abroad program in Academic Dublin, Ireland. We also have the nationally recognized Sustainable Energy and Resources Law (SERL) program, provid- 14 Specialties ing rich curriculum that encompasses the many subsets within energy law. TU Law plays an integral role in a top-ranked, forward-thinking doctrinal research university located in a vibrant, historic city with a strong economy, a rich, diverse arts culture, and a community spirit of service and achievement. Our institutional, geographic, and professional connections and opportunities make TU Law an exceptional law school Tulsa, from which to launch your professional career. We look forward to being a part of your professional journey in the 16 Oklahoma classroom and beyond. TU 22 Campus Lyn Entzeroth Dean & Dean John Rogers Endowed Chair 24 College of Law 26 Alumni #2 #1 BEST VALUE Top 10 0 IN GRADUATE PRIVATE LAW SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT IN LAW SCHOOL FIRMS OF 2-100 Professional Development 28 3120 East 4th Place PreLaw Magazine US News & World Report National Jurist Magazine Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104 2015 Rankings 2017 Rankings 2015 Rankings law.utulsa.edu The University of Tulsa does not discriminate on the basis of personal status or group characteristics including, but not limited to individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, or marital status. Questions regarding this policy may be addressed to the Office of Human Resources, 918-631- 1 2616. For accommodation of disabilities, contact TU’s 504 Coordinator, Dr. Tawny Taylor, 918-631-2315. To ensure availability of an interpreter, five to seven days notice is needed; 48 hours is recommended for all other accommodations. TU College of Law TU Law students master a challenging Scholarships curriculum, bolstered by the support of faculty Numerous scholarship opportunities exist for TU Law students. and staff who take personal interest in ensuring • 100% of the incoming class of 2016 received student success during law school and after scholarship. graduation. • Qualified admitted students are automatically degrees and specialties considered for merit-based scholarships. • 100% of upper-class students in good standing joint degrees Students enjoy a high quality of life in the Tulsa (GPA of 2.0 or better) retained their scholarships from 2015. community, and make lifelong personal and accelerated / undergrad • Law journal editors and officers of the Board of professional relationships. Advocates are eligible for scholarship assistance. • See a list of diversity scholarships at journals law.utulsa.edu/scholarships. SCHOLARSHIPS Degrees Juris Doctor (JD) Certificates available in Health Law, Native American Law, and Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Joint Degrees Motivated students may earn both their JD and Master’s degree from TU simultaneously in less time than it would take to pursue each degree separately. • JD/MA in Anthropology • JD/MS in Biological Sciences • JD/MBA • JD/MA in Clinical Psychology • JD/MS in Computer Science Zack Brandwein Hillary Hellmann (JD ‘15) (JD ‘16) Former President, TU Law • JD/MA in English Public Interest Board • JD/MSF RECOGNIZED AS ONE • JD/MS in Geosciences The opportunity I had to I have always been • JD/MA in History attend TU Law and leave passionate about serving • JD/MA in Industrial Organization Psychology OF THE BEST VALUES my hometown of Portland, the community. Because of Maine was simply too good the scholarship I received Master of Laws (LLM) to pass up. The school’s from TU College of Law, LLM in Energy & Natural Resources Law IN LEGAL EDUCATION generous scholarship I was able to serve in a LLM in American Indian & Indigenous Law allowed me to attend a top capacity that mobilized the LLM in American Law for Foreign Graduates 100 law school without entire student body to make incurring the crippling debt our community a better Master of Jurisprudence (MJ) Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visits TU, 2014 many graduates face today. place. MJ in Energy Law (online) MJ in Indian Law (online) 2 law.utulsa.edu/academics 3 Zack Brandwein (JD ‘16), former Immigrant Rights Project student Experiential Learning TU Law students are prepared to be practice- TU Law Co-op (TLC) & Solo Practice Clinic (SPC) The TLC is a post-graduate program for new ready upon graduation. Every student is lawyers who are committed to a solo or small practice guaranteed opportunities for practical, first- and providing legal representation to traditionally marginalized populations. The incubator provides hand experiences through legal clinics, participants with office space, networking opportunities, practicum, the student-led Board of Advocates, practice support, and law office management training. The SPC is the student component to the TLC and internships, and externships in a broad range of consists of a seminar and live client component. Students provide assistance to TLC participants and TIRN legal settings. lawyers and produce a business plan for a solo law firm. Legal Clinics Community Advocacy Clinic (CAC) The Lobeck Taylor Community Advocacy Clinic promotes access to justice by advocating for systemic change on behalf of client organizations (fall semester) and by representing individual clients (spring semester) in cases before state courts and administrative agencies. Student attorneys serve the community by providing representation for low-income individuals. In the CAC, students explore the ethical, strategic, and theoretical dimensions of legal practice through an intensive one-semester clinic. Immigrant Rights Project (IRP) The IRP is a one- semester, four-credit clinical program in which law Student Organization students represent non-citizens in immigration matters, Board of Advocates (BOA) As TU Law’s premier primarily those seeking asylum in the US as a result student organization, the BOA promotes the development of persecution in their home countries. The program of practical skills in oral and written advocacy. BOA provides a cross-cultural experience and a combination of teams compete at the regional and national level in moot practical legal experience, theory, intensive training, and court competitions, achieving noteworthy success. MAKING A supervision not available in most traditional law school courses or legal jobs. Students face the challenges and rewards of overcoming the barriers to understanding Internships & Externships posed by differences of language and culture. Judicial & Legal Internships TU Law students DIFFERENCE prepare for the practice of law through their experience TU Law Immigrant Rights Project students spent the Tulsa Immigrant Resource Network (TIRN) as a licensed legal intern (LLI), a program that allows TIRN is a service-oriented clinical program designed students to appear in court and go on the record under 2015 spring break working on behalf of women and to reach broadly to Tulsa’s immigrant community. TIRN children detained at Karnes County Residential Center the supervision of an attorney. LLIs may appear before complements the work of the Immigrant Rights Project, any Oklahoma court of record, municipal court, or nearWATCH San Antonio, VIDEO Texas. at law.utulsa.edu/I Students assisted more than creates and trains a network of local lawyers to provide 60 families, all fleeing persecution in Central America, administrative agency. LLIs gain valuable experience pro bono representation for immigrants, and educates through either an externship, clerkship, or internship or with their applications for bond and claims for asylum Watch the Karnes trip video at the community at large about immigrant rights and through the FAC. protection. law.utulsa.edu/IRP issues. Externships (see pages 6 and 7) 44 law.utulsa.edu/experiential-learning 5 The following is a sampling of externship placements, summer 2010 through fall 2016: Dept. of Health & Human Services/Civil Rights | Denver, CO Anderson & Karrenberg | Salt Lake City, UT Experiential Dept. of Veterans Affairs | Dallas, TX, OKC & Muskogee, OK Benedetto Torgenson PLC | Phoenix, AZ Legal Medical Partnership, Legal Aid Services | Tulsa, OK Bush, Crowley & Leverett | Macon, GA Saint Francis Health System | Tulsa, OK DeMent Askew LLP | Raleigh, NC HEALTH LAW Learning St. John Health System | Tulsa, OK Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitillo | Dallas, TX The Foster Group | Tempe, AZ Immigration & Customs Enforcement | Frisco,
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