Professor Robert Nagel, Rothgerber Professor of Constitutional Law, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy is the nation's oldest learned society, and its current membership includes 150 Nobel laureates and 50 ulitzer Prize winners.
On August 17, 2004, we welcomed a stellar group of first-year students whose impressive academic credentials place us among the top 25 law schools in the nation in terms of student body. The median undergraduate GPA for our class of 166 is 3.64; the median LSAT is 162.
Although tobacco addiction is the leading cause of preventable death in Colorado, the state's cigarette tax is ranked lowest in the nation and some critics say the rate encourages tobacco use.
Law Library Journal honors outstanding achievement in research and writing with its Article of the Year Award. This year's award went to two librarians from the University of Colorado Law Library.
The Colorado Law Natural Resources Law Center celebrated its 25th Annual Summer Conference by exploring one of the most important natural resources of the 21st century: groundwater.
The Law Library has celebrated an exciting milestone with the addition of its 500,000th volume. With this achievement, the Colorado Law Library joined the ranks of what are considered "large" law libraries. But more important than the quantity of volumes in the collection, is the quality.
The Colorado Law Library is delighted to welcome Russell Sweet as the Assistant Librarian for Public Services. Russ brings a wide variety of experience both academically and geographically.
Editors: Photographers and a pool videographer will be allowed to shoot photos during the hearing, but are required not to use flash or special lighting. For photography details contact Karen Salaz at Karen.Salaz@judicial.state.co.us.
The American criminal justice system contains many features designed to guard against convicting an innocent person. But we are humans, and mistakes happen, and there are innocent people in prison, and there are innocent people who have been executed.
