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 

S. James Anaya & Mattias Åhrén, The Right of Self-Determination, the Sámi Indigenous People, and the Norwegian Finnmark Act, Artic Rev. L. & Pol'y (June 26, 2025).

Rabea Benhalim, Agreeing to Disagree: Abortion Jurisprudence in Jewish and Islamic Law, 50 BYU L. Rev. 1217 (2025).

Alexia Brunet Marks, Transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture: One "Net-Zero" Pledge at a Time, 49 Wm. & Mary Env’t L. & Pol'y Rev. 521 (2025).

Nadav Orian Peer, Corporate Climate Targets: Science, Discretion, and Climate-Washing, 33 N.Y.U. Env't L. J. 229 (2025).

Blake Reid, Alan Butler, & Jerry Kang, Communications Law & Policy: Cases and Materials (8.5 ed., 2025).

Scott Skinner-Thompson, The Faulty Logic Behind The Supreme Court's Failure to Protect Trans Minors, New England J. Med. (July 9, 2025).

Gender Therapy False Equivalency, 103 Denver L. Rev. (forthcoming, SSRN.com)("highly recommended" by Legal Theory Blog).

Media Mentions

T. Markus Funk [Colorado Law adjunct faculty](with Spencer Gottlieb), DOJ’s FCPA Guidance Protects U.S. Companies, Fights Foreign Bribery (ABA Criminal Justice Section Newsletter, July 3, 2025).

US Supreme Court’s Esteras Ruling on Factoring “Retribution” Into Supervised Release Decisions Will Likely Have Limited Practical Impact, Law360 (July 2025).

Quoted in Jennifer Bennett, Overseas Shrimp Plant Workers Wrestle with Human Trafficking Law (Bloomberg Law News, July 7, 2025).

[Dale Hatfield, SFC], Spencer Kristensen, CU Receives $2.5 Million Investment to Explore Space Governance, KDVR Denver (July 2, 2025).

Greta Kerkoff, CU Boulder Launches Space Policy Center to Help Tackle Industry Challenges,Denver Gazette (July 11, 2025).

[Doug Kenney, GWC], Allen Best, The Upset Apple Cart at the Colorado River, Big Pivots (June 30, 2025).

[Ann Lipton], Ben Miller, Justices Poised to Shape Funds' Future in Activist Investor Case, Bloomberg Law (July 3, 2025).

Joel Jose & Arsheeya Bajwa, Tesla Slides as Musk's 'America Party' Heightens Investor Worries,Reuters (July 7, 2025).

Sujeet Indap & Hannah Murphy, Meta Trial Becomes Test of Board Culpability Over Corporate Scandals, Financial Times (July 14, 2025)(register for your Financial Times account through CU here).

Vanessa Racehorse, What's the Land Back Movement?, BBC Radio (June 30, 2025)(Racehorse appearance begins around 9:16).

[Mark Squillace], Ian M. Stevenson, Interior's NEPA Changes Largely Cut Public Out of Permitting Process, E&E News (July 10, 2025).

[Chris Winter], Carly Rose & Joshua Vorse, The Sell-Off of Colorado's Public Land was Thwarted-- For Now, Rocky Mountain PBS (June 28, 2025).

Ian M. Stevenson, What the Megalaw's Royalty Rate Cuts Mean for Oil and Gas Producers,E&E News (July 16, 2025).

[Getches-Wilkinson Center Conference], Allen Best, Early Flowers Again This Year. That's Good Right?, KUNC (June 29, 2025).

Alan Halaly, Why Warring Colorado River States Could Be Headed For 'Divorce,' Las Vegas Review Journal (June 29, 2025).

[Silicon Flatirons Conference], Matt Danemon, SpaceX: Regulation Surpassing Launch Cost as Largest Hurdle to Space, Communications Daily (June 26, 2025)(Lexis login required).

Orbital and Spectrum Stockpiling a Challenge for Satellite Startups: Panel, Communications Daily (June 25, 2025).

Faculty and Staff Activities 

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money (June 27-July 18), blog posts available here.

[Tony Derron], Getting to Know Professor Tony Derron, Colorado Law (July 1, 2025).

Doug Kenney, GWC Well Represented at Crested Butte Public Policy Forum, Colorado Law (July 2, 2025).

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog, blog posts available here.

TSLA Update, with an AGM, Shareholder Primacy (July 16, 2025)(with Mike Levin, Apple podcasts link).

Scott Skinner-Thomspon (presenter), "Transgender Disenfranchisement," National Association of Court Staff Attorneys 18th Annual Conference(Salt Lake City, July 10, 2025).

Lawrence Solum, Skinner-Thompson on Gender Affirming Care and Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy, Legal Theory Blog (July 16, 2025)(Skinner-Thompson's Gender Therapy False Equivalency is "highly recommended".)

Sloan Speck, Speck Reviews Taxing Electronic Agency By Elkins & Eyal, TaxProf Blog (June 20, 2025).

Harry Surden's Artificial Intelligence and Law – An Overview of Recent Technological Changes in Large Language Models and Law listed on SSRN's Top Papers on AI in Law (July 1, 2025).

Christie Sounart,How to Embrace AI, The Coloradan (July 7, 2025).

[Getches-Wilkinson Center & American Indian Law Program], Sept. 4: GWC and AILP Gathering, (Colorado Law, upcoming, Sept. 4, 2025).

[Getches-Wilkinson Center], Wyss Scholar Mariah Bowman, Reflections on Julia Olson's Visit to Colorado Law, GWC (July 14, 2025).

Oct. 22: Ruth Wright Distinguished Lecture in Natural Resources with John Leshly (GWC, upcoming, Oct. 22, 2025).