ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities
Widely recognized for its intellectual diversity and originality, the faculty at Colorado Law encompasses an array of prominent legal scholars who are widely cited, both in academia and throughout the national media landscape. We invite you to catch up on the latest faculty publications and media mentions with this weekly round up.
Faculty Publications
T. Markus Funk [Colorado Law adjunct faculty], Criminal Culpability and the Community, Ohio St. L. J. (May 2025).

Media Mentions
[T. Markus Funk], Dane Placko, “Operation Family Secrets': Former Chicago Mobster Reflects on Life After Testifying Against his Father” Fox 32 Chicago Story (April 30, 2025).
[Deep Gulasekaram], Hamed Aleaziz & Michael Crowley, Inside the Extraordinary Contradictions in Trump's Immigration Policies, NY Times (May 13, 2025).
[Blake Reid], Wes Davis, Trump Fires Head of Copyright Office Two Days Following Report That AI Training Might Not be Fair Use, The Verge (May 11, 2025).
Timothy Beck Werth, White House Fires Copyright Office Leaders as Controversial AI Report Surfaces, Mashable (May 12, 2025).
Rob Beschizza, Copyright Office Head Fired After Failing to Bless Copyright Exemption for Big Tech's AI Training, Boing Boing (May 12, 2025).
Simon Sharwood, US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired, The Register (May 12, 2025).
Maggie Harrison Dupré, The US Copyright Chief Was Fired After Raising Red Flags About AI Abuse, Futurism (May 13, 2025).
Kyle Jahner, Trump's Firing of Copyright Chief Sparks Constitutional Clash, Bloomberg (May 14, 2025).
Ivan Moreno, Lawmakers Question Legality of Library of Congress Moves, Law360 (May 14, 2025).
Steven Zeitchik & Ethan Millman, Trump May Hurt Hollywood With Remake of Copyright Office, The Hollywood Reporter (May 14, 2025).
[Alan Schieve, Director of Admissions], Erica Bruenlin, Law School Applications are Surging in Colorado This Year; Part of a Nationwide Trend, Colorado Sun (May 16, 2025).
Faculty & Staff Activities
Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money (May 9-16), blog posts available here.
[Deep Gulasekaram], Andrew Willinger, Scholarship Highlight: Loyalty Disarmament and "Gun Hunting", Duke Center for Firearms Law blog (May 14, 2025).