Law & Politics

Ming H. Chen, an associate professor at Colorado Law, directs the CU Immigration Law & Policy program and serves on the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Melissa Hart joins other Colorado justices with Buff ties.

Anne Castle knows better than most that shortages elsewhere in the West can affect Coloradans, even when there’s snow on the slopes.

Sizing up and relating to people are must-have skills for Boulder County Sheriff Sergeant Vinnie Montez. His sideline as a standup comic also helps.

Wiley B. Rutledge, the first CU Boulder graduate to serve on the nation’s highest court, joined in 1943.

In January, the president nominated Neil Gorsuch, a visiting professor at Colorado Law School, for the U.S. Supreme Court.

George Codding has looked at fire from many angles — as firefighter, prosecutor and now as head of a global group of fire investigators.

When Stella Lunyaramoi fled war-torn South Sudan, she began an improbable journey that led her to CU Boulder — and the White House.

About four years ago, Det. Mark Johnson found himself in a crawl space getting shot at by a man who’d minutes earlier fatally stabbed a police officer.

At Macky, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor walks the talk.