News Archive

Peter C. Dietze ('62), former University of Colorado Regent and Boulder city attorney, will receive the University of Colorado Law School’s highest alumni honor on March 8. His firm, Dietze and Davis, P.C., has also established the Peter C. Dietze Scholarship Fund at Colorado Law to honor its founding partner.

Professor Helen Norton, former deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice and a leading constitutional law scholar, is among the featured presenters on the first stop of Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano’s CU Boulder Next national tour.

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.

The 7th Annual JD Pathways career conference, held Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, is designed to educate and inspire Colorado Law students about their career options and help refine their interests.

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.

In her International Dispute Resolution course, Associate Professor Anna Spain Bradley blends traditional legal methods with diplomatic practices to give students a taste of the broader context in which legal dispute resolution takes place.

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.