University of Denver Sturm College of Law

American Law Practice LLM

The Master of Laws (LLM) in American Law Practice is available to foreign-trained attorneys to supplement, update, or focus their legal training. It can also serve as a pathway for eligibility to sit for the Colorado Bar exam for students who meet the Colorado Supreme Court’s criteria.

The LLM in American Law Practice is designed to ensure success for foreign-trained attorneys, both while at the Sturm College of Law and beyond. Students will have access to ESL support alongside introductory classes designed to build on their prior legal experience with focused training in American legal practice. In addition, American Law Practice students are fully integrated into Denver Law’s JD classes in order to receive the benefit of complete immersion into a US law school environment.

Beginning Fall 2024, students enrolled in the LLM in American Legal Practice who are eligible for and seeking to sit for a bar exam in the United States after graduation — and who have not previously been licensed to practice law in any U.S. jurisdiction — will be provided with Themis Bar Review’s complete post-graduation bar review course designed specifically for foreign-trained LLM students at no cost, completely funded by the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Please note that although the LLM in American Legal Practice provides a potential pathway for eligibility to sit for the Colorado bar exam, such eligibility is determined by the Colorado Supreme Court and not the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Students are asked to review the relevant paragraphs of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Colorado found on the Colorado Supreme Court website, here. Among other things, graduates of the degree-seeking Admission to the Practice of Law in Colorado with a law degree from a civil law jurisdiction have different requirements from students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction.