The University of Denver Law Center: a New Home and a New Concept
| Publication year | 1982 |
| Pages | 2982 |
1982, December, Pg. 2982. The University of Denver Law Center: A New Home and A New Concept
Chancellor Ross Pritchard called me the day after Thanksgiving, 1981. He asked me to meet him at the Colorado Women's College campus. We were joined by Board President Lucien Wulsin and Associate Dean John C. Hanley. It was not hard to guess the purpose of the meeting. The scuttlebutt was that the University was interested in acquiring the beautiful, thirty-four acre CWC campus, located a couple of minutes away from Stapleton International Airport. The overcrowded College of Law was a likely candidate to be relocated to the campus.
Now, a year later, the University of Denver Law Center at the former CWC campus is on its way to becoming an exciting reality. Bulldozers are digging the foundation for the new Lowell Thomas Law Building, named in honor of a major benefactor of the College of Law. The move is scheduled for late 1983.
During the intervening year, the University negotiated the contract for the purchase of the campus, went through an intense planning process, selected an architect and contractor and sought necessary financing. It was a monumental effort which involved countless hours of participation from every constituency in the University family.
We believe the project holds the promise of a true "Law Center." The heart of the concept is to have lawyers, conferees, researchers, faculty, staff and students in work, study and social settings on campus. It will bring an American version of London's Inns of Court to the Rocky Mountain region.
There are three phases to the Law Center project. Phase I calls for the construction of the 140,000 square foot Lowell Thomas Law Building with large tiered classrooms, a greatly ex panded library, a 600-seat multi-media auditorium, with trial and appellate court furnishings, and faculty offices.
There will be approximately 50,000 additional square feet of renovation in two existing buildings. Porter Library will be renovated to house the College of Law administration, smaller classrooms, law journals, student study areas, the Advocacy Skills Program and placements, alumni and development functions. Mason Hall will be renovated to accommodate student lounge...
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