Faculty Focus

Professors Ming Chen, Peter Huang, and Susan Nevelow Mart served as moderators and panelists at the 112th Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting.

Professor Lakshman Guruswamy delivered the opening keynote address at the Tarragona Center for Environmental Law Studies In Search of Climate Justice conference, held at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Catalonia Spain.

Associate Professor Scott Skinner-Thompson’s research paper, “The First Queer Right,” is forthcoming in the Michigan Law Review. The paper explores the implications of the First Amendment for LGBTQ individuals.

Associate Clinical Professor Violeta Chapin was selected as the faculty recipient of the 2017-18 University of Colorado President’s Diversity Award for her work in developing a culturally and intellectually diverse university community.

An article written by Professor Helen Norton,“Government Speech and the War on Terror,” appeared in the November 2017 issue of Fordham Law Review. The article addresses the U.S. government’s role as “speaker” in the current War on Terror.

A paper authored by Associate Professor Craig Konnoth received the annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award from the Future of Privacy Forum. As part of the award, Konnoth will present his research at the U.S. Senate in February.

Professor Kristen Carpenter and the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples met with Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile, on December 7. The meeting was part of the Expert Mechanism’s visit to Santiago to conduct a study on “free, prior, and informed consent” among indigenous peoples, states, and industry as a safeguard for self-determination, land, culture, and other human rights.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper named University of Colorado Law School Professor Melissa Hart to the Colorado Supreme Court.

An article written by Associate Professor Kristelia García, "Royalty Secularization," was published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology Digest

An article written by Professor Richard Collins, “To Sue and Be Sued: Capacity and Immunity of American Indian Nations,” will appear in Creighton Law Review in 2018.