Amicus Fall 2020

By The Hon. Gary M. Jackson ('70)

By Velveta Golightly-Howell ('81)

In law, doctrine is the coin of the realm. Yet judges, lawyers, and law students often take the very idea of doctrine for granted, without asking how doctrine works—what it means, does, or might be made to do. Professors Pierre Schlag and Amy J. Griffin seek to change that with...

Associate Professor Benjamin Levin discusses the relationship between the coronavirus pandemic and criminal justice reform, police unions and their role in policymaking, and mass incarceration in the United States.

Eight members of the Class of 2020 were selected to join the Order of Barristers, a national honorary organization that encourages oral advocacy and brief-writing skills through law school oral advocacy programs.

In a new book, Associate Professor Scott Skinner-Thompson explores how limited legal protections for privacy lead directly to concrete, material harms for many marginalized communities, including discrimination, harassment, and violence.

Colorado Law's first virtual commencement ceremony on May 8, 2020, honored the accomplishments of graduates in a safe, physically distanced way still abundant with pomp and circumstance.

The last several months have both tested and demonstrated our resilience, as a school and a community. Since the start of the pandemic, we have witnessed and experienced uncertainty, isolation, anger, fear, and general unrest. I have also witnessed and experienced optimism, hope, joy, and immense appreciation. In March, the...

Jonathan Skinner-Thompson, who previously worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, has joined the University of Colorado Law School faculty as an associate clinical professor and director of the Getches-Green Natural Resources and Environmental Law Clinic.