Law

Melissa Hart joins other Colorado justices with Buff ties.

Only one Coloradan has served on the U.S. Supreme Court, CU Boulder alumnus Byron White (Econ'38). One of his proteges may now get the chance: Visiting Colorado Law professor Neil Gorsuch.

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

There are Americans serving long prison sentences for crimes they didn’t commit. Colorado Law is in the best position yet to set some free.

District attorney is not a job for the faint of heart. Ask Stan Garnett (Hist’78, Law’82).

Silvia Pettem is the first to say that it is never too late to start a career. The 66-year-old has spent more than 40 years as an author, writer and historical researcher centered on the city of Boulder, but nearly two decades ago she realized a new passion well into her career — researching cold cases.

If you had taken a boat up Washington’s Nisqually River with CU law dean David Getches and headed west down a muddy creek, you might have seen the remains of a 100-foot Douglas fir tree along the banks.

Your best-kept secrets are at the fingertips of nearly anyone who wants to find them, says law professor Paul Ohm, a national expert on internet law.

CU has no authority to prevent people from carrying concealed weapons on campus, according to an April ruling by the Colorado Court of Appeals, which set off a campus debate regarding guns.

Former ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill was unlawfully fired from the University of Colorado for expressing his political beliefs, a Denver jury decided April 2. But the jury only awarded the professor $1 in damages.