The class filled up very fast. Who knew this was a hot topic among law students?

Debra Cassens Weiss of the ABA Journal reported.

Marijuana class ‘sold out fast’ at this law school

The University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law will be offering a class on cannabis law this January called “Representing the Marijuana Client.”

Law professor Sam Kamin, who created the course, says he doesn’t know of any other law professor teaching a similar class, the Denver Post’s Cannabist blog reports. The class isn’t about how to sell a lot of marijuana—it’s about the legal issues that would arise when representing industry or the government, he said.

The course will involve hard work on practical problems created by Colorado’s legalization of marijuana. “Topics covered will include regulatory compliance, criminal defense, contract, banking, tax, real estate, and multidisciplinary practice,” he said. “It’s not going to be a joke.”

Kamin acknowledges hearing a lot of jokes from colleagues, but he says his dean quickly approved the class, which “sold out fast.”