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This semester, we are thrilled to highlight some of our incredible MSL students and their journey to pursuing an MSL degree! Next up, meet Cristal Mendoza (she/her).
Widely recognized for its intellectual diversity and originality, the faculty at Colorado Law encompasses an array of prominent legal scholars who are widely cited, both in academia and throughout the national media landscape. We invite you to catch up on the latest faculty publications and media mentions with this weekly round up.
This August, Colorado Law was thrilled to welcome four new staff: three to the Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP), and one to the Immigration Law Clinic. Both KWIP and the clinical education program provide invaluable pro bono legal services to those in our community, with KWIP working to exonerate the wrongfully convicted in Colorado.
Widely recognized for its intellectual diversity and originality, the faculty at Colorado Law encompasses an array of prominent legal scholars who are widely cited, both in academia and throughout the national media landscape. We invite you to catch up on the latest faculty publications and media mentions with this weekly round up.
Judge Brodsky '97 shares how her experience in CU Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic shaped her path to the bench and deepened her commitment to public service.
The University of Colorado Law School mourns the loss of Professor Arthur Hopkins Travers II, a beloved teacher, scholar, and colleague who shaped generations of Colorado Law students. Professor Travers—known to many as Art—passed away peacefully on July 31, 2025, just two days after his 89th birthday.
With the academic year officially underway, Colorado Law is looking forward to welcoming our newest students. Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting some of our incredible 1Ls through a series of brief profiles! Next up, we have Amanda Showers (she/her).
Widely recognized for its intellectual diversity and originality, the faculty at Colorado Law encompasses an array of prominent legal scholars who are widely cited, both in academia and throughout the national media landscape. We invite you to catch up on the latest faculty publications and media mentions with this weekly round up.
On Thursday, August 21, students from the 1L class, staff, faculty, alumni and friends gathered outside the Wolf Law building for the opening of the new east-side garden space. Generously funded by the late Betsy Levin, first woman dean of the law school, this contemplative garden space was envisioned by Levin as a way to support law students working on legal questions related to environmental problems and inequities.
Colorado Law's Master of Studies in Law (MSL) degree is a one-year, 28-credit, no-LSAT-required program that enables students who hold at least an undergraduate degree to obtain legal training short of a full Juris Doctor (JD). Increasingly, emerging job markets have openings that require some legal knowledge and employers are assigning a number of legal tasks traditionally performed by lawyers to non-lawyers. Colorado Law's MSL will prepare students to obtain and excel in those positions. This semester, we are thrilled to highlight some of our incredible MSL students and their journey to pursuing an MSL degree! Next up, meet Alejandra Jimenez de Mendez (she/her/ella).