Residency Classification
This information is intended for applicants who are applying for admission to Colorado Law for fall 2025Ìýand claiming in-state residency for tuition purposes. All students are required to meet the state's requirements for residency to receive in-state tuition. Please read all of the information below before submitting your In-State Tuition Classification Application. You will be classified as an out-of-state resident and charged the higher rate of tuition if you do not apply or if you fail to provide all requested information.
The In-State Tuition Classification Application for incoming JD students can be found .
If you are a current student at the law school and wish to petition for the fall 2025Ìýsemester, you must submit the by 4:30 p.m. MT on Friday, July 18, 2025. The petition deadline for the spring 2025Ìýsemester is Friday, December 13, 2024Ìýat 4:30 p.m. MT. Petitions must be submitted to the 91PORN Tuition Classification Office, not Law Admissions or Law Registrar.
APPLICATIONS
We ask that you submit your JD application for admission through LSAC before applying for residency. We will not review an in-state classification application until an accompanying JD application has been submitted.
Fall 2025Ìýmilitary applicants apply for residency through the .
See Domicile/Exceptions to print application forms.
Students currently enrolled at Colorado Law apply through the .
DEADLINES
Applicants and newly admitted studentsÌýto Colorado Law for fall 2025Ìýmust apply for residency before the first day of orientation.
If you are a current student at the law school and wish to petition for the fall 2025Ìýsemester, the residency petition will open on March 3, 2025.ÌýÌýThe deadline to submit the petition for fall 2025 isÌý4:30 p.m. MT on Friday, July 18, 2025. The petition deadline to change your residency forÌýthe spring 2025Ìýsemester is Friday, December 13, 2024Ìýat 4:30 p.m. MT.Ìý For additional upcoming dates and petition instructions visitÌý/registrar/students/state-residency/current.Ìý
Petitions must be submitted to the 91PORN Tuition Classification Office, not Law Admissions or Law Registrar.
ELIGIBILITY
To receive in-state tuition at Colorado Law, you must submit a residency application and be approved for in-state tuition classification by the university. Tuition classification is governed by the State. The university is not free to make exceptions to the rules except as specifically permitted by State law. Each CU student is classified as either a "resident" or "nonresident" at the time of matriculation. The admission staff and the Office of the Registrar classify new students as residents, nonresidents, or nonresidents with exception for tuition purposes based on admission application information, residency application information, and other documents. Applicants may have to submit evidence substantiating their claim of resident eligibility. Matriculants will be classified as nonresidents if they do not apply for residency or fail to provide all requested information.
In-state tuition eligibility requires one year of Colorado domicile (legal residence) immediately preceding the first day of class.
Exceptions to the one-year requirement are provided for military applicants and their dependents, and a select group of other applicants. Please refer to Military applicants and Other exceptions below for more information.
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ALL APPLICANTS CLAIMING IN-STATE TUITION NEED TO APPLY, THIS INCLUDES:
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