ICYMI: Faculty Publications and Notable Mentions

Faculty Publications

T. Markus Funk [Colorado Law adjunct], Busting the Durable Myth that US Self-Defense Law Uniquely Fails to Protect Human Life, NACDL: The Champion 36 (August 2023); featured in Eugene Volokh, "Busting the Durable Myth that US Self-Defense Law Uniquely Fails to Protect Human Life", The Volokh Conspiracy (July 19, 2023). 

Jennifer Hendricks, Disputed Conceptions of Motherhood, in The Oxford Handbook of Feminism and the Law in the United States 461 (Deborah L. Blake, Martha Chamallas, & Verna L. Williams, eds., 2023)(available online here). 

Christopher B. Mueller, Evidence under the Rules: Text, Cases and Problems, 10th ed. (Aspen, 2023)(with Laird C. Kirkpatrick & Liesa L. Richter). 

Notable Mentions  

Paul Campos, 15 years of blogging; Tipping points; Ron DeSantis killed tens of thousand of Floridians because he thought opposing vaccines would help make him president; Walking is getting a lot more dangerous; Spanish election results; Wealthy career criminal partners with religious fanatics in desperate attempt to cling to political power and stay out of jail; By the time I get to Phoenix the asphalt will be 180 degrees; Vehicular NIMBYism; She probably didn’t come from Planet Clare; Potential collapse of the Gulf Stream; DeSantis says he would pick RFK Jr. to head the CDC or FDA; A media system wired for Republicans; Trump says this is all a conspiracy on the part of the Biden administration to divert attention away from Hunter’s laptop; Lawyers, Guns, & Money, (July 21-28, 2023). 

Violeta Chapin, With DACA’s days likely numbered, Colorado advocates urge young immigrants to seek other venues to keep working, Denver Post, (July 23, 2023). 

T. Markus Funk, Top Ten Recent SSRN Downloads in Criminal Law ejournal, CrimProfBlog, (July 23, 2023). (On the Media’s Failure to Understand Self-Defense Law Basics #9) 

Jennifer Hendricks, Tracy Thomas, New Book The Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Law in the US, Gender & the Law Blog, (July 25, 2023). 

Suzette Malveaux (panelist), Remedies Law Workshop: Unjust Enrichment Law, Immortal Human Cell Line, and the Henrietta Lacks Case, SEALs Conference (July 26, 2023), see notable mention by UIC Law Dean Nicky Boothe here. 

Suzette Malveaux (discussant), The Future of Black Enrollment in Law Schools, SEALs Conference (July 24, 2023).   

Blake Reid & the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic, Sen. Markey, Rep. Eshoo Reintroduce CVTA to make Communication Technologies Accessible for Americans with Disabilities, Markey.Senate.gov, (July 25, 2023).   

Daria Roithmayr, Emily Battaglia, Getting to know Prof. Daria Roithmayr, Colorado Law, (July 27, 2023). 

Ahmed White, E. Tammy Kim, How UPS and the Teamsters staved off a strike for now, The New Yorker, July 27, 2023. 

Charles Wilkinson, Naoiki Nitta, A Fight for Salmon Fishing Rights Connects Indigenous Peoples Across the Pacific Ocean, Civil Eats, July 26, 2023. 

Korey Wise Innocence Project, Debra Cassens Weiss, Expert’s assertions about toolmark evidence lead judge to order new trial in pipe bombings, ABA Journal, (July 24, 2023).   

Colorado Law, Bennito L. Kelty, Boulder Holding Event to Help Immigrants With Questions about Immigration Law, Westword, (July 27, 2023).