Judge Donald and professors

Stevens Lecture Showcases Sixth Circuit Judge Bernice Donald

Oct. 29, 2021

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the 2021 John Paul Stevens Lecture took place on October 19 virtually and in-person at the University of Colorado Law School. The Honorable Bernice B. Donald of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit spoke on defining the “Rule of Law.”

Ann England

Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Honors Ann England

Oct. 1, 2021

Ann England, clinical professor at the University of Colorado Law School, is the 2020 recipient of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar’s “Advancing Justice” Award. The award recognizes England’s years of teaching aspiring lawyers in Colorado Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic and serving as a role model and mentor for those new to criminal law.

Suzette Malveaux

Suzette Malveaux Honored with LGBTQ Advocacy Award

Sept. 28, 2021

On Sept. 18, University of Colorado Law School Professor Suzette Malveaux and her partner, Catherine Smith, accepted the Gerald A. Gerash Advocacy Award presented by The Center on Colfax at the center’s 45th anniversary gala. The award honors those who demonstrate a history of advocacy for the LGBTQ community.

Violeta Chapin

Violeta Chapin Wins Polly Baca Raíces Fuertes Community Leader Award

Sept. 20, 2021

Congressman Joe Neguse ('09) announced Clinical Professor Violeta Chapin as the winner of the 2021 Polly Baca Raíces Fuertes Community Leader Award in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Kristen Carpenter

'Self-Determination and Resilience': Insights on Human Rights in Practice

June 28, 2021

University of Colorado Law School Professor Kristen A. Carpenter reflects on her two terms as the North American member of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Suzette Malveaux

Professor Suzette Malveaux, Who Represented 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors, Gives Keynote 91Ƭ Work at Event Commemorating Massacre’s 100th Anniversary

May 25, 2021

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, University of Colorado Law School Provost Professor of Civil Rights Law Suzette Malveaux spoke about her pro bono work representing the survivors of what is widely known as one of the worst race massacres in U.S. history.

Privacy at the Margins

Conference Explores 'Privacy at the Margins'

March 10, 2021

The Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Law School hosted an online conference on March 12 exploring how surveillance regimes have engendered disproportionate harm to underrepresented groups based on racial, sexual, immigration, religious, and gender biases. The conference highlighted themes from Associate Professor Scott Skinner-Thompson's recent book by the same name.

Helen Norton

Symposium to Explore Themes From Helen Norton's Recent Book on Government Speech and the Constitution

March 8, 2021

Scholars will discuss the ideas explored in Helen Norton's recent book, The Government’s Speech and the Constitution, at the University of Illinois Law Review Symposium, which will be held virtually on April 16.

Kristen Carpenter

Kristen Carpenter Named to Shawnee Tribe’s Inaugural Supreme Court

Jan. 15, 2021

University of Colorado Law School Professor Kristen Carpenter, an American Indian law scholar with expertise in property, cultural property, human rights, and Indigenous peoples, has been appointed as a justice of the inaugural Supreme Court of the Shawnee Tribe.