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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

The College of Law


Dean
Lyn Entzeroth

Professors
Chuck Adams
Gary Allison
Thomas Arnold
Marianne Blair
Barbara Bucholtz
Robert Butkin
Russell Christopher
Lyn Entzeroth
Evelyn Hutchison
Janet Levit
Vicki Limas
Johnny Parker
Tamara Piety
Judith Royster
Bob Spoo
Ray Yasser
Rex Zedalis

Clinical Professor
Winona Tanaka

Associate Professors
Stephen Galoob
Karen Grundy
Matt Lamkin
Gina Nerger

Associate Clinical Professors
Anna Carpenter
Elizabeth McCormick

Assistant Professors
Dan Bell
Melissa Luttrell

Assistant Clinical Professor
Miriam Marton

For more information about degree offerings by the faculty of the College of Law, visit the College of Law webpage.

The University of Tulsa College of Law is ranked as a top 100 law school in the nation by U.S. News and World Report 2018 Best Graduate Schools rankings. For information on the College of Law’s J.D. program as well as its LL.M. and Master of Jurisprudence programs, see the College of Law Bulletin.

The College of Law offers students opportunities for small class sizes, one-on-one interactions with professors and individualized career counseling. Professors and students enjoy newly-renovated facilities that include state-of-the-art electronic classroom technology. Academic life is enriched by the College of Law’s many lectures, conferences, and programs which are open to the entire Tulsa community.

The College of Law offers three unique opportunities for undergraduate students at The University of Tulsa:  The undergraduate Law, Policy and Social Justice Minor ; the Arts and Sciences Accelerated Law Program ; and the Business and Law Accelerated Program .

Law, Policy and Social Justice Minor

The undergraduate Law, Policy and Social Justice Minor  at The University of Tulsa College of Law has the general aim of making the law a centerpiece for interdisciplinary inquiry into the diverse ways in which cultures-notably, but not exclusively, American society-have sought to achieve order and justice through appeals to recognized authority. The subject of law as a field worthy of study is widely acknowledged at The University of Tulsa but until now has been accessible mainly to J.D. and LL.M. students who pursue a professional degree in the College of Law or to undergraduates who take courses that include legal subject matter but typically are ancillary to a chosen concentration in the humanities or business. The law is much more than either of these applications. Instead, it provides a way to think through a different intellectual lens about the evolution of society and the problems that threaten fairness, justice, and inclusiveness in society. Social history; conceptions of social conformity; juridical expectations regarding rights, obligations, and interpersonal relations; evolving ideas of justice and punishment from cross-cultural perspectives and from perspectives of history are all revealed through study of the law.

The Law, Policy and Social Justice Minor  enables students to explore law as a diverse human effort to achieve collective order without sacrificing individuality or the freedoms of discrete and insular minorities. The use of law as an instrument of policy for effecting change and improvement in human societies is examined in historical and present-day contexts, and in descriptive and normative modes of inquiry. Areas that students may pursue through coursework in the minor include, for example, morality, responsibility, theories of punishment, the American legal system, international law, legal and political philosophy, literature, sports, the death penalty, sex crimes, climate and the environment, copyrights and intellectual property, and the internet as a space both for self-expression and for piracy and other controversial activities.

Arts and Sciences Accelerated Law Program

Through a collaborative program with the College of Law and the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, selected students can complete their undergraduate degree and a J.D. in six years. At the end of their second semester in law school and the completion of 124 applicable semester hours, students in the program will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree. Students in the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences are eligible to apply for admission to the accelerated law program in their third year of undergraduate study at The University of Tulsa. Admission is highly selective. Visit the College of Law Arts and Sciences Accelerated Law Program page for requirements for applicants and the Arts and Sciences Accelerated Law Program  page for curricular requirements.

For more information about this program, contact April Fox, Associate Dean and Director of Admissions, TU College of Law, at april-fox@utulsa.edu, or the Lamont Lindstrom, TU College of Arts and Sciences, at lamont-lindstrom@utulsa.edu.

Business and Law Accelerated Law Program

Through a collaborative program with the College of Law and the Collins College of Business, selected students can complete their undergraduate degree and a J.D. in six years. At the end of their first year in law school and the completion of 124-125 applicable semester hours, students in the program will be awarded a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) degree with a major in business and law.  Students in the Collins College of Business are eligible to apply for admission to the Business and Law Accelerated Law Program in the fall of their third year of undergraduate study at The University of Tulsa. Admission is highly selective. Visit the College of Law Business and Law Accelerated Law Program page for requirements for applicants and the Accelerated Business and Law Program for Exceptional Students  page for curricular requirements.

For more information about this program, contact April Fox, Associate Dean and Director of Admissions, TU College of Law, at april-fox@utulsa.edu, or Rick Arrington, Assistant Dean, TU Collins College of Business, at rick-arrington@utulsa.edu.

Pre-law Study

Information about pre-law programs offered by other Colleges at The University of Tulsa may be found on the Pre-law  page.

Programs

Minor

Courses

Law