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The University of Colorado Law School is proud to partner with the Native American Rights Fund on a new website serving indigenous peoples. The site provides education and training that address challenges presented by COVID-19 and offers opportunities to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
In a new book, Colorado Law Professor Aya Gruber, a prominent scholar of criminal law, criminal procedure, critical theory, and feminism, argues that zero-tolerance anti-violence law and policy have exacerbated the American carceral state.
Alex Hamilton, a dual JD/Master of Science in Environmental Studies candidate, is Colorado Law's third Wyss Scholar. He plans to pursue a career in federal land-use planning.
University of Colorado Law School Professor and DeMuth Chair Peter Huang has received a CU Boulder Interdisciplinary Leadership Research seed grant for his research on lessening anxiety, panic, and complacency in pandemics.
Second-year University of Colorado Law School student Johnnie Nguyen ('21) has been elected to serve as the Law Student At-Large on the American Bar Association's (ABA) Board of Governors. He will be the only law student on the 44-member board.
With a total of 10,667 hours recorded, the University of Colorado Law School’s Class of 2020 volunteered more unpaid, law-related work during their time in law school than any other graduating class in recent history.
Scholars and legal practitioners from across the country gathered virtually on April 3, 2020, for the University of Colorado Law School’s 28th annual Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Conference. This year’s conference marked the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment and considered the continuing fight to secure voting rights, political representation for all, and women’s empowerment.
Pictured L-R: Suzette Malveaux, Colorado Law; Reva Siegel, Yale Law; Carolyn Ramsey, Colorado Law; Julie Suk, CUNY Graduate Center.
In place of in-person programming, the University of Colorado Law School will offer online courses in compliance and cannabis entrepreneurship in summer 2020.
In a new book, Professor Aya Gruber examines how women’s liberation led to mass incarceration and what to do about it.
Marvin Wolf ('54), a Denver attorney and philanthropist who was a longtime benefactor of the University of Colorado Law School and other organizations, died March 15 in Denver. He was 89.