Job Opportunities at Colorado Law

STUDENT

Job Title: Research Assistant (RA)

Job Description/Summary: RAs are hourly student employees who assist faculty with scholarly and legal research.

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Job Duties:

Duties may include conducting literature reviews in legal databases, researching law and policy, reading legal cases to collect data for, writing short legal memos to summarize findings, editing law review articles (blue booking, checking sources, and line-editing), helping design and prepare PowerPoint presentations, assisting faculty with other tasks as necessary.

Qualifications:

Must be a current student at CU Law

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions on on-going basis. Please reach out to a faculty member you wish to work with or contact Wendy Joy Wendy.Joy@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $20/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Teaching Assistant (TA)

Job Description/Summary: TAs are hourly student employees who assist faculty with completing daily tasks within a classroom environment..

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Job Duties:

Reviewing student papers for proper grammar, usage, and citations
Meeting and corresponding with individual 1ls
Assisting in development of simulations and other materials
Developing and leading workshops and other interactive activities
Other duties as required

Qualifications:

Must be a current student at CU Law
Must have successfully completed class in which you’re applying for

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions on on-going basis. Please reach out to a faculty member you wish to work with or contact Wendy Joy Wendy.Joy@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $20/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Law School Tour Guides

Job Duties:

Conducting tours of the Wolf Law Building and answering questions of prospective students and their guests. Must be a current CU student.

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions on on-going basis. Please reach out to Alan Schieve, alan.schieve@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $16/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Silicon Flatirons Research Assistant (RA)

Job Description/Summary: RAs are hourly student employees who work on faculty led research projects at Silicon Flatirons Center.

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Silicon Flatirons topics of research can include spectrum management, entrepreneurialism, tech law, privacy law, rural entrepreneurship, and related topics. Candidates must be currently enrolled at the University of Colorado. An interest in the topic of research is required, and some topics require experience. Duties range from administrative tasks, to compiling research, providing editing, and writing papers for publication.

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions on on-going basis. Please reach out to Sara Schnittgrund at Sara.Schnittgrund@Colorado.EDU if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $20/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Law Library Student Assistant

Job Description/Summary: This is an hourly work-study position, which involves working at Law Library circulation desk, retrieving reserved items for patrons, shelving books, and performing other duties as assigned.

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Check-in patrons when they enter the library
Provide information to patrons in-person & over the phone
Requires customer service and computer skills
Must have availability that matches library’s scheduling needs
Requires ability to shelve, dust, straighten and perform light cleaning of stacks
Limited to students with work-study awards only
This is an in-person position
Interviews will be conducted online

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions on on-going basis. Please reach out to AnnaKatherine Wherren at AnnaKatherine.Wherren@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $16/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Technical Services Assistant

Job Description/Summary: This is an hourly work-study position at the Law Library.

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Physical processing of library materials
Shelving of materials
Data entry
Will require moving book trucks within the library and close attention to detail.
Must have work/study award.

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions on an on-going basis. Please reach out to AnnaKatherine Wherren annakatherine.wherren@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $16/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: IT Tech Support

NOTE: The Law School IT Department is not currently accepting applications for this position. When open for applications a job listing will be posted on the CU Boulder Student employment website.

Job Description/Summary:

We are seeking freshmen or sophomores with an interest in tech support. If you enjoy working with people, technology and solving problems, the Law School's IT Team is the perfect place for you! Our Student IT Technicians work with our faculty, staff and students on everything from IT support, deploying new computers, to building systems.

If you have the interest and the personality for this position, we will train you. This is a great way to build your resume, learn professional skills, and earn money while in school.

Job Duties:

Customer support: IT service calls via in-person, phone, and remote support applications
Computer troubleshooting
User & application support & training
Classroom AV equipment troubleshooting
Reinstalling OSs (Mac & Windows)
Basic website building & maintenance in Drupal and/or WordPress
Video & audio recording and basic processing
Assist with computer inventory, audits & surplus property processing
Documentation of processes and procedures
Office-related administrative tasks

Qualifications:

Strong written and verbal communication skills
Highly motivated and self-directed
Good judgment and problem-solving skills
Ability to prioritize tasks
Excellent interpersonal skills
Customer service experience preferred
Technical knowledge of troubleshooting Windows and/or macOS and Office applications preferred

Pay rate or range: $16 - $20/hour depending on experience.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

Please reach out to the the Law School IT Department at lawit@colorado.edu for questions.

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Job title: Silicon Flatirons Student Administrative Coordinator

Job Description/Summary: Student Coordinators are hourly student employees who work on events and projects at the Silicon Flatirons Center providing administrative assistance.

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Silicon Flatirons offers events on the topics of spectrum management, entrepreneurialism, tech law, privacy, rural entrepreneurship, copyright, artificial intelligence, and related topics. Candidates must be currently enrolled at the University of Colorado. Duties include and are not limited to administrative tasks such as printing brochures and name tags, checking in registrants, providing event parking directions, photography, setting up and breaking down event venues, greeting and providing customer service to attendees and speakers.

Job Contact:

Silicon Flatirons is filling these positions on an on-going basis. Please reach out to Sara Schnittgrund at sara.schnittgrund@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $16-$18/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Dean's Suite Front Office Assistant

Job Description/Summary: Limited to students with work-study awards only

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Job Duties:

This job is generally hired at the start of fall or spring semester but may be offered in the middle of a semester. This position is only offered to student with work-study awards.

This position is responsible for a variety of tasks including but not limited to running errands, walking to other campus buildings, office cleaning, data entry etc.

This is a front desk position that will greet/assist patrons when entering the Dean Suite, provide information to patrons in-person and over the phone, general office support, and other duties as requested by law school departments.

Qualifications:

This is an in-person position
Maintain professionalism
Requires attention to detail, dependability, and flexibility
Requires customer service and computer skills
Interviews may be conducted virtually or in-person

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions. Please reach out to Allie Besant, allison.besant@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $16/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Law Students Summer Interns - Korey Wise Innocence Project

Job Description/Summary: Limited to law school students with work-study awards only

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Job Duties:

This position is only offered to student with work-study awards and for summer timeframes only.

The Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP) works to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes in Colorado. Summer interns screen applications from people in prison who are claiming innocence and seeking KWIP's help.

All law students are welcome to apply for a summer internship with KWIP. Interns primarily screen new applications from people in Colorado prisons claiming innocence. They gather a range of materials -- including appellate decisions, briefs, other court filings, and media coverage -- and then draft a memo that summarizes the case and identifies potential avenues for developing new evidence of innocence. Interns then present the case to KWIP's staff with a recommendation on whether the case should be accepted for a full record review and possible investigation/litigation. Interns also may have the opportunity to work with KWIP's staff attorneys on cases in active investigation and/or litigation.

Qualifications:

This is an in-person position
Maintain professionalism
Requires attention to detail, dependability, and flexibility
Interviews may be conducted virtually or in-person

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions. Please reach out to Jud Lohnes at jud.lohnes@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $20/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Legislation Inside Work-Study

Job Description/Summary: Year-long Program Assistant with Legislation Inside and the Korey Wise Innocence Project-- The Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP) works to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes in Colorado. Legislation Inside (LI) is an innovative program that brings incarcerated individuals into the policy arena by creating a platform to engage with, draft, and propose legislation.

Hours per week: 10-15 hours

Job Duties and Qualifications:

Job Duties and qualifications:

All law students qualified for work-study are welcome to apply for this year-long position with KWIP/LI. KWIP is looking for a work-study student to assist with the implementation of their program Legislation Inside (LI). LI is a program comprised of representatives who are currently incarcerated throughout the Colorado Department of Corrections. We meet weekly (via Google Meets) to learn about Colorado state policy, brainstorm and develop ideas for new bills, offer input to other policy stakeholder groups, and work with Representatives and Senators in the Colorado General Assembly to advocate for prison and sentence reform.

The work-study student would assist with the day-to-day logistics of this program, including but not limited to, communicating, and getting information to the incarcerated representatives, assisting in scheduling meetings with different community groups, assisting with scheduling guest speakers for our weekly Google Meets meetings, policy and legal research, and accompanying the facilitators on in-person prison visits. Because of the nature of policy work, we are looking for a student who is able to work in a fast-paced environment, comfortable communicating with incarcerated people and Department of Corrections staff, and open to being flexible on projects and deadlines. Those with diverse backgrounds (including those directly-impacted by incarceration) are encouraged to apply.

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions. Please reach out to Jamie Ray at Jamie.Ray@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $20/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Clinical Education (Law Clinics) Student Assistant

Job Description/Summary: This is an hourly position, assisting the Clinical Education office at the law school with client, event, and general office support.

Job Duties and Qualifications:

This is an in-person, front desk position that will provide information to patrons and law students regarding the Clinical Education Program (also known as the Law Clinics). We have nine law clinics in various topics, like Entrepreneurial Law, Technology Law and Policy, American Indian Law, Criminal Defense, Immigration, and several others. Our student assistants work closely with our office manager, law students, faculty, and sometimes clients, and can be exposed to the law in these areas, plus the law school administration. This position is responsible for a variety of administrative responsibilities including but not limited to working with law students regarding client support, helping faculty with classroom support, producing marketing materials, some event planning, answering phones, data entry, scanning, editing digital images, and other duties as requested by the clinic manager. Applicants should be comfortable using technology, enjoy working without close supervision, and be able to pay attention to detail. Spanish speaking students are encouraged to apply.

This job is generally hired at the start of fall or spring semester but may be offered in the middle of a semester.

Job Duties and qualifications:

Maintain professionalism

Requires attention to detail, dependability, and flexibility Requires customer service skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills Good judgment and problem-solving skills Excellent interpersonal skills

Customer service experience preferred

Work/study award preferred

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling this position on on-going basis. Please submit your cover letter and resume to law-clinics@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $18/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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Job Title: Student Assistant, Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP)

Job Description/Summary: This is an in-person administrative support position at the KWIP office in the Wolf Law Building. KWIP works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted in Colorado while also pushing for reforms to prevent such injustices at the front end.

Job Duties:

Student assistants process incoming mail from individuals in Colorado prisons with claims of factual innocence. Student assistants also receive training and then work with KWIP attorneys to build files for cases under review. This entails learning to use platforms such as Westlaw and Bloomberg Law and then pulling court opinions, appellate briefs, and other materials. Student assistants also provide general administrative support to KWIP's staff attorneys.

Qualifications:

Maintain professionalism

Requires attention to detail, dependability, and flexibility

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Good judgment and problem-solving skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Work/study award preferred

Job Contact:

CU Law is filling these positions. Please reach out to Jud Lohnes at jud.lohnes@colorado.edu if you are interested in this opportunity.

Pay rate or range: $16-18/hr.

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position accrues sick leave.

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FACULTY

Job Title: Adjunct Professor

Each semester, Colorado Law hires adjunct professors to teach courses at the law school. The courses change from semester to semester, depending on our curricular needs. We hire adjuncts for our J.D., M.S.L. in Ethics and Compliance, and L.L.M. programs. While we hire to teach courses in a wide range of areas, we regularly hire adjuncts in areas in which experience as a practicing attorney is especially helpful, such as Trial Advocacy, Legal Ethics and Professionalism, and Transactional Drafting. The stipend for adjunct professors is $2,010 per credit hour. If the course is co-taught with another adjunct or instructor the rate is $1,005 per credit hour. This position is not eligible for benefits.

If you have interest in applying for an adjunct position, please contact the Associate Dean for Instructional Development .

This position is not eligible for benefits. This position is eligible for sick leave.

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Job Title: American Indian Law Program (AILP) Faculty Fellow

Job Description/Summary: The American Indian Law Program (“AILP”) at the University of Colorado Law School seeks applicants for the position of AILP Fellow for a 1 year term (possibly renewable for a 2nd year), beginning approximately June 1, 2025. This full-time position offers the opportunity to work in academic and practice contexts with AILP faculty, students, and community members in support of American Indian and Indigenous Peoples’ rights. The position is well-suited for a recent law school graduate with experience in the fields of Tribal law, federal Indian law, and international human rights, who is ultimately planning a career in legal practice, policy, or academia. Successful applicants will have top-notch academic credentials in the above-referenced fields of law, demonstrated experience working with Tribal leaders, lawyers, and community members, as well as leadership and administrative skills.

Job Duties:

The Fellow supports the AILP Director and faculty members in both legal/academic and institution-building work. Legal/academic work may include research and writing of memoranda, articles, reports, and briefs, support for classroom teaching, as well as preparation for and participation in meetings with our constituents. Institution building work will include support for the Native American Law Students Association, conference and event planning, student recruiting, community outreach, grant writing/fundraising, publicity, and alumni and community relations. The Fellow will receive training in University budget, expense, and reimbursement processes, and have significant responsibilities in this regard, as well as technology and communications. A significant portion of the Fellow’s time will be devoted to The Implementation Project, a joint initiative with the Native American Rights Fund to advance education and advocacy regarding the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The AILP at Colorado Law envisions “Indian Law” as a web of Indigenous Peoples’ laws, customs, and traditions, federal Indian law, and international human rights. We have a rich tradition of engagement with American Indian tribes, national governments of the United States and other countries, as well as the Organization of American States and the United Nations. Led by Professors James Anaya, Kristen Carpenter, Sarah Krakoff, Christina Stanton, and Vanessa Racehorse, we offer a full curriculum, clinic, and certificate in American Indian law, and an active program of research, pro bono work, and conferences, providing unparalleled learning opportunities. Our AILP alumni are practicing in tribal and federal governments, private and public interest law firms, and various international organizations. We also collaborate on interdisciplinary research with the University of Colorado’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Job Qualifications:

1. Recent law school graduate with a J.D. or equivalent degree

2. Coursework or other experience in Tribal law, federal Indian Law, and international human rights

3. Experience and interest in program administration, academic events, and community engagement with Indigenous Peoples

4. Ability to work full time in Boulder and willingness to travel

5. Minimum one year commitment

Job Contact:

Please submit a cover letter outlining your interest, qualifications, and career goals, as well as a current resume/CV, law school transcript, and a list of three references including name, title, and contact information. These materials should be sent to Professor Kristen A. Carpenter (kristen.carpenter@colorado.edu), Director, American Indian Law Program, University of Colorado Law School by May 5, 2025.

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $60,000 per year. This position is eligible for benefits.

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Job Title: Faculty Fellow with a working title of Legal Advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Job Description/Summary:

The American Indian Law Program (AILP) is a program of the University of Colorado Law School (Colorado Law) dedicated to education and public service in American Indian and Indigenous Peoples Law. The AILP coordinates among and offers support to: doctrinal and clinical classes in American Indian and Indigenous Peoples Law, research activities of five full-time faculty, one fellow, one librarian, and others, all students pursuing AILP coursework and the AILP Certificate, the Native American Law Students Association and other students, community relationships including partnerships with the Native American Rights Fund and Indian Tribes, extensive engagement at the United Nations, career opportunities and mentorship for students, research, publication, and service by faculty, students, and staff, and numerous other events and projects in Tribal, national, and international venues.

The Legal Advisor will support the AILP in its collaboration with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Dr. Albert Barume. Law school students, under the supervision of AILP faculty members, will assist the Special Rapporteur in analyzing alleged violations of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and prepare draft allegation letters to implicated duty-bearers, including national governments. Another element is the preparation of background analysis and input for the Special Rapporteur’s country visits, as relevant and agreed by the parties. In addition, students and staff at Colorado Law will be involved in providing input for the Special Rapporteur’s thematic reports and other activities, including UN meetings (e.g., UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples), panels, conferences, and other events. Faculty and students will have opportunities to conduct such work in the context of AILP courses, including seminars and clinical classes, and as research assistants if additional work is required.

In this context, the Special Rapporteur seeks to employ a fulltime legal advisor, to be based at Colorado Law, to coordinate among faculty, students, and staff, and further assist the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in his work as described below. The initial term of employment will be for one year, with opportunities for renewal as needs and funding allow.

Job Duties:

Provide legal advice on cases of alleged violations of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, country situations and thematic issues, as requested and reviewed by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. More specifically, the Legal Advisor will be expected to:

Coordinate among Indigenous Peoples, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the AILP at Colorado Law and other stakeholders, as requested by the Special Rapporteur.
Establish and maintain a dedicated archive of cases being processed the AILP, upon request of the Special Rapporteur, and ensure regular updates, coordination and communications, especially with OHCHR.
Ensure that the principles and rules of confidentiality, as enshrined in the Code of Conduct for UN Special Procedures and the requirements for confidentiality of the American Indian Law Clinic are reflected and upheld in the work flows and modalities established.
Coordinate with AILP faculty on projects (especially “communications” on human rights violations, thematic reports, country reports) with which students can assist with to help fulfill the mandate of the Special Rapporteur. Note that “communication” is the UN’s technical term for a complaint alleging human rights violations.
Provide presentations to classes in both American Indian Law and International Human Rights about the mandate and current projects of the Special Rapporteur, as well as broader aspects of current practice in international human rights law.
Work with clinical faculty and students in their support for the communications pillar of the mandate.
Work with doctrinal faculty and students providing research assistance to country visits and thematic reports made to the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.
Help plan panel discussions (“side events”) in conjunction with the American Indian Law Program and The Implementation Project to highlight the work of the Special Rapporteur and Colorado Law faculty, staff, and students.
Attend high level meetings with Nation representatives and Permanent Missions to assist the Special Rapporteur in planning country visits and addressing communication concerns, while representing and highlighting the work of Colorado Law faculty, staff, and students.
Assist faculty, students, and others in developing awareness of, and making contributions to, publications of Special Rapporteur.
Coordinate the work flows between the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of
Accompany the Special Rapporteur on missions, visits and events and provide input and assistance, as requested.
Participate in weekly coordination meetings of the external team of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with OHCHR, and assist in maintaining an overview of agreements, workplans, assignments and events, as agreed at these meetings.
Coordinate visits, lectures, classes, both in person and online, of the Special Rapporteur to Colorado Law.
Other tasks as discussed and agreed with the AILP and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Job Qualifications:

A Juris Doctor degree, with demonstrated specialization in International Law and Indigenous Peoples’ Law.
License to practice law in Colorado or eligible to be admitted on motion to the Colorado bar.
Two+ years of experience in Indigenous Peoples’ law, policy, and human rights practice

Job Contact:

Compensation:

Pay rate or range: $75-80,000 per year. This position is eligible for benefits.

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Job Opportunities at Colorado Law

STUDENT

Job Title: Research Assistant (RA)

Job Title: Teaching Assistant (TA)

Job Title: Law School Tour Guides

Job Title: Silicon Flatirons Research Assistant (RA)

Job Title: Law Library Student Assistant

Job Title: Technical Services Assistant

Job Title: IT Tech Support

Job title: Silicon Flatirons Student Administrative Coordinator

Job Title: Dean's Suite Front Office Assistant

Job Title: Law Students Summer Interns - Korey Wise Innocence Project

Job Title: Legislation Inside Work-Study

Job Title: Clinical Education (Law Clinics) Student Assistant

Job Title: Student Assistant, Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP)

FACULTY

Job Title: Adjunct Professor

Job Title: American Indian Law Program (AILP) Faculty Fellow

Job Title: Faculty Fellow with a working title of Legal Advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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