ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, Faculty & Staff Activities

Media Mentions  

[Chris Winter, GWC], Bobby Magill, Congressional Review Act Suit Begins Legal Chaos Over Land Plans, Bloomberg Law (June 25, 2026). 

[Mark Squillace], Dac Collins, After Years of Fighting the Law, Colorado's Stream-Access Renegade Says it's Time for the Public to 'Just Go Fishing', Outdoor Life (July 1, 2026). 

[Scott Skinner-Thompson], Ryan Curry,Reaction following Supreme Court's decision on transgender athletes, Spectrum News 1 (June 30, 2026). 

 Alex Dowd, US Supreme court rules on birthright citizenship, transgender athletes, Denver 7 ABC (June 30, 2026). 

Grace Mayer, Fighting for Care, The Progressive Magazine (June 11, 2026). 

Zach Dupont, 4 Big Colorado Rulings So Far in 2026, Law360 (July 1, 2026). 

[Blake Reid], Kyle Jahner, High Court Lets Stand Order Restoring Register of Copyrights, Bloomberg Law (June 30, 2026). 

[Jud Lohnes, Korey Wise Innocence Project], Alan Gionet & Jennifer McRae, Former Colorado DNA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Manipulating Data in Agreement with Prosecutors, CBS News (June 23, 2026). 

[Ann Lipton], Martha Muir, An AI Venture Soared as it Touted Links to Donald Trump. Now it's Fighting for Survival, Financial Times (June 22, 2026). 

[Deep Gulasekaram], Larry Mantle, Birthright Citizenship, World Cup Knockouts, Transgender Athletes, Student Loans, and More, AirTalk, LAist (June 30, 2026). 

[Ann Castle, GWC], Elise Schmelzer, Colorado River System Continues Slide Toward Crash, Despite Emergency Actions Sending Water to Lake Powell, Denver Post (June 21, 2026). 

Kennedy Maize, Colorado River Hydropower Faces Potential Shutdowns, Energy Central (June 26, 2026). 

[Jonathon Booth], Alex Dowd, US Supreme Court Rules on Birthright Citizenship, Transgender Athletes, Denver 7 ABC (June 30, 2026). 

[GWC Conference], Allen Best, Will El Nino Ride to the Colorado River's Rescue, Big Pivots (June 23, 2026)(reprints include KUNC); Should Feds Permanently Buy Down Colorado River Demands, Big Pivots (June 23, 2026)(reprints include Pagosa Daily Post). 

Faculty and Staff Activities 

[Elaine Tornés-Blanco, Zachary Schmook, Justin Murray, Ilan Friedmann-Grunstein], Four New Faculty Join Colorado Law, Colorado Law (July 1, 2026). 

[Elaine Tornés-Blanco], Getting to Know Professor Elaine Tornés-Blanco, Colorado Law (June 30, 2026). 

Doug Spencer's article  Sanctuary Cities and the Power of the Purse: An Executive Dole Test, 106 Iowa L. Rev. 1209, 1218 (2021) was cited by Justice Jackson in her dissenting opinion in Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections, No. 23-1197 (U.S. June 23, 2026)(see p.48 of the PDF for in-text citation.) 

Scott Skinner-Thompson, (speaker) "Conversion Therapy at the Supreme Court," Beverly Hills Bar Association (June 30, 2026). 

Michael Smith Earns Outstanding OUTLaw Student Award, Colorado Law (June 22, 2026). 

[Zach Schmook], Getting to Know Professor Zach Schmook, Colorado Law (June 24, 2026). 

Blake Reid, Slaughter, Cook, and Perlmutter, blakereid.org (July 1, 2026). 

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog posts available here. 

Private Ordering (June 24, 2026), Shareholder Primacy (with Mike Levin, Apple podcasts link). 

[Vivek Krishnamurthy], TLPC Publishes Model State Policy to Regulate Geofence Warrants, TLPC (June 5, 2026). 

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, blog posts available here. 

Jack Schmidt, Anne Castle, Eric Kuhn, Kathyrn Sorensen, Katherine Tara, The Colorado River Water Supply Crisis in a Few Graphs: Part 1, GWC (June 18, 2026).