Kicking off with a lecture on employment law, the University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 will be offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. over seven Tuesdays Sept. 13 through Nov. 11.
Open to the public, the $100 course is designed for non-lawyers wanting to grasp and navigate the basics of the legal system.
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There are three course participation options for registrants. Registrants may attend in person at the on the CU Boulder campus. They may attend a real-time live streamed video of the lectures at , located at 10035 Peoria St. in Parker, Colorado. Or, participants may take the course at their own pace, receiving links to online recordings of the lectures to view remotely at one鈥檚 convenience.
Modeled after the popular Mini Med School at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, weekly Mini Law School sessions will consist of lectures by Colorado Law professors on various topics, including employment law, American Indian law, intellectual property law, criminal law, immigration law, water law and litigation.
There will be no class on Oct. 11. Participants who attend at least five of the seven sessions will receive a non-credit-bearing Mini Law School certificate of completion.
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Contact:
Keri Ungemah, Colorado Law, 720-984-0457
keri.ungemah@colorado.edu
Elizabeth Lock, CU-Boulder media relations, 303-492-3117
elizabeth.lock@colorado.edu
