Colorado Law offers an American Indian law certificate demonstrating the completion of a concentrated course of study in the legal issues facing Native peoples and American Indian tribes. This certificate is attractive to legal, tribal and governmental employers, as well as employers seeking to do business with tribes and tribal members.
Program Requirements
Students must complete at least 92 credit hours (89 credit hours are required for the JD), at least 18 of which are in designated Indian law and related courses.
Required Courses and Credits
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Course Requirements | ||
| Required courses after the first year (14 credits): | ||
| LAWS 7725 | American Indian Law I | 3 |
| LAWS 7735 | American Indian Law II | 3 |
| LAWS 7309 | American Indian Law Clinic | 2-4 |
| Electives | ||
| Remaining (4) credits may be earned from the following: | 4 | |
| American Indian Law Curriculum | ||
| Seminar: Advanced Topics in American Indian Law | ||
| Indigenous Peoples in International Law | ||
| Cultural Property Law | ||
| Seminar: Advanced Topics in American Indian Law | ||
LAWS 7745 | ||
| Independent Legal Research (on an American Indian law topic) 1 | ||
Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition | ||
Externship with an American Indian law focus 1 | ||
Course from the Native American Indigenous Studies (NAIS) graduate certificate 1 | ||
Course in American Indian law at another law school on a topic not regularly offered at Colorado Law 1 | ||
| Environment and Natural Resources Law Curriculum | ||
| Foundations of American Natural Resources Law | ||
| Environmental Law | ||
| Water Resources | ||
| Public Land Law | ||
| Seminar: Advanced Natural Resources Law | ||
| Global Energy Justice | ||
| Climate Change Law and Policy | ||
| Climate Justice | ||
| Mining and Mineral Development Law | ||
| Oil and Gas | ||
| Seminar: Oil and International Relations | ||
| Energy Law and Regulation | ||
| Renewable Energy Project Finance and Development | ||
| Government and Public Law Curriculum | ||
| Administrative Law | ||
| Federal Courts | ||
| Civil Rights | ||
| Litigation, Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Curriculum | ||
| Evidence | ||
| Trial Advocacy | ||
| Federal Litigation: Everything but the Trial | ||
| Legal Negotiation | ||
| Business & Commercial Law Curriculum | ||
| Agency, Partnership, and the LLC | ||
| Corporations | ||
| Income Taxation | ||
| Introduction to the In-House Practice of Law | ||
| International and Comparative Law Curriculum | ||
| International Law | ||
| International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law | ||
| International Natural Resources Law and Policy | ||
| Labor & Employment Curriculum | ||
| Employment Law | ||
| Labor Law | ||
| Employment Discrimination | ||
| Property, Trusts and Estates & Land Use Curriculum | ||
| Real Estate Transactions | ||
| Wills and Trusts | ||
| Estate Planning | ||
| Land Use Planning | ||
| Family & Juvenile Justice Curriculum | ||
| Family Law | ||
| Juvenile Justice | ||
| Domestic Violence | ||
| Parent, Child, and State | ||
| Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Curriculum | ||
| Jurisprudence | ||
| Seminar: Power, Ethics, and Professionalism | ||
LAWS 7525 | ||
| Law and Religion | ||
LAWS 8450 | ||
| Research & Writing Curriculum | ||
| Advanced Legal Research | ||
| Transactional Drafting | ||
| Writing in the Regulatory State | ||
| Intellectual Property, Technology and Telecommunications Curriculum | ||
| Introduction to Intellectual Property Law | ||
| Other | ||
Other courses may be approved by the AILP Director and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12-14 | |
| 1 | Approval of the AILP Director required. |