Academic Programs

Think like a lawyer

At TU, learning to think like a lawyer is balanced by opportunities to practice like a lawyer. Even first-year students get hands-on with the law, working with real clients, solving real legal issues.

First year course work provides a solid foundation for advance study that can be tailored to each student's goals through elective courses and participate in TU's specialized centers, institutes, and academic programs including:

They wrote the book

Faculty have earned degrees from the top law schools in the nation, and the low 13:1 student to faculty ratio means you’ll get to know them. A number have written the casebooks you’ll use in class and authored precedent-setting opinions:

  • Co-author of the first casebook on capital punishment
  • Co-author of the first casebook for American law students in comparative and international family law
  • Author of a law review article on the rights of the terminally ill, cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “right to die” decision
  • Co-author of Sports Law: Cases and Materials
  • Contributing author to Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law

Practice like a lawyer

TU Law guarantees every student opportunities for practical legal experience, beginning the first year. Examples: