News Archive

Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the American Indian Law Clinic Carla Fredericks and Getches-Wilkinson Center Fellow Jesse Heibel ('16), along with Rebecca Adamson and Nick Pelosi, co-authored “Indigenous Rights of Standing Rock: Federal Courts and Beyond."

Selected for their contributions to the legal profession, service to their communities, and dedication to the law school, the honorees will be recognized at the 37th Annual Colorado Law Alumni Awards Banquet on March 8, 2018, at the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

In keeping with Dean S. James Anaya’s strategic priority to make law school more financially accessible and develop leaders who reflect and understand the complex and diverse perspectives of today’s society, the University of Colorado Law School has unveiled its new Leaders in Law and Community fellowship program.

Associate Professor Alexia Brunet Marks was one of four pre-tenure recipients of the Provost’s Achievement Award for her article "A New Governance Recipe for Food Safety Regulation."

The Criminal and Immigration Defense Clinic, led by Clinical Professor Violeta Chapin, took its services on the road this semester, offering free renewal assistance for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in Fort Collins, Greeley, and across Boulder County.

The Class of 2020 is Colorado Law’s most diverse incoming class ever at 29.4 percent racially or ethnically diverse.

Associate Professor Harry Surden organized a first-of-its-kind workshop on computable contracts last month at Stanford Law School.

After extensive preparation and three days of preliminary rounds, Nic Cordova (’18) and Morgan Pullam (’19) earned the judges’ verdict in the final round of the Carrigan Cup Trial Competition on September 25.

Professor Pierre Schlag’s “The Law Review Article” appeared in the most recent edition of the University of Colorado Law Review. In it, Schlag examines the elements that comprise a law review article.

Nine students from Winnebago Public School, located on the Winnebago Indian Reservation in Winnebago, Nebraska, visited with Distinguished Professor Charles Wilkinson as part of a trip aimed at preparing them for future leadership roles.