On October 27, the White House announced President Biden had appointed Colorado Law School Professor and former Dean to serve on the National Board of Education Sciences.

Anaya has taught and written extensively on international human rights and issues concerning indigenous peoples. Among his numerous publications are his acclaimed book, Indigenous Peoples in International Law (Oxford Univ. Press (1996); 2d ed. (2004)), and his widely used textbook, International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy and Process (Wolters/Kluwer, 6th ed. 2011) (with Hurst Hannum and Dinah Shelton). He served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from May 2008 to June 2014.

Professor Anaya has lectured in many countries throughout the world. He has advised numerous indigenous and other organizations from several countries on matters of human rights and indigenous peoples, and he has represented indigenous groups from many parts of North and Central America in landmark cases before domestic and international tribunals, including the United States Supreme Court and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Among his noteworthy activities, he participated in the drafting of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and was the lead counsel for the indigenous parties in the case of Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua, in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the first time upheld indigenous land rights as a matter of international law. As UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Dean Anaya monitored the human rights conditions of indigenous peoples worldwide, addressed situations in which their rights were being violated, and promoted practical measures to secure indigenous peoples' rights, travelling frequently to meet with government officials and visit indigenous communities.

Prior to becoming a full time law professor, he practiced law in Albuquerque, New Mexico, representing Native American peoples and other minority groups. For his work during that period, Barrister magazine, a national publication of the American Bar Association, named him as one of "20 young lawyers who make a difference." Anaya served on the law faculty at the University of Arizona from 1999 to 2016 and on the faculty of the University of Iowa from 1988 to 1999. Additionally, he has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, the University of Toronto, and the University of Tulsa.

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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, provided by the extraordinary .

Faculty Publications:

Aya Gruber, , SSRN.com, July 27, 2022 (forthcoming Stanford L. Rev.(2023))

Notable Mentions:

Aamir Abdullah, , AALL Conference speaker, July 18, 2022.

Aamir Abdullah’s&˛Ô˛ú˛ő±č; at the AALL 2022 Conference.

Jim Anaya, University, city host CU Night in Downtown Boulder, CU Boulder Today, July 29, 2022.

William Callison [Thomson Visiting Professor], , Real Estate Weekly, July 25, 2022.

Aya Gruber, , CBS News, July 25, 2022.

Gregor MacGregor [Acequia Assistance Project Director] & Mary Slosson [Colorado Law Student],, Mad Agric. J., Summer 2022, at 38.

Lauren Seney, ,  AALL Conference coordinator, moderator, & speaker, July 18, 2022.

Doug Spencer, Simon Montlake, , Christian Science Monitor, July 28, 2022. 

Mark Squillace,Conrad Swanson, , Denver Post, July 21, 2022

Colorado Law #38, Brian Leiter, , Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports, July 27, 2022.

If you have any problems accessing any of these articles, contact: lawfacultyservices@colorado.edu

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A CU Boulder delegation comprising University of Colorado Law School Dean S. James Anaya, Associate Professor Brad Bernthal ('01), CU Global Ambassador Alan Heath ('68), and representatives from the Chancellor’s Office and schools of education and business, headed to Mexico City June 3-8 to explore opportunities for collaboration in academic programs, student exchanges, internships, executive and continuing education, and constituent engagement.

The team met with local attorneys, higher education representatives, and business leaders to discuss partnership opportunities with CU Boulder.

The trip was part of CU Boulder’s Global Ambassadors Program, which launched in 2016 and aims to engage representatives from the alumni community across the world to deepen CU Boulder’s international strategic engagement. There are 17 CU Boulder alumni serving as global ambassadors in countries as diverse as the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Japan, and Switzerland; they include Colorado Law alumni Heath and Marty Rolle ('77) in the United Kingdom.

At a workshop with local attorneys organized by Heath, Anaya and Bernthal delivered presentations on their areas of research. Anaya spoke on Corporate Due Diligence and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Bernthal discussed The New Startup Investment Structures in the U.S., drawing on his recent article, "The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Finance: A New Typology" published in the BYU Law Review.

"CU Boulder, and Colorado Law, are global in scope. This trip to Mexico City and the Global Ambassadors program are terrific opportunities to expand our international engagement in cooperation with others in the CU Boulder community," Anaya said. "At Colorado Law, one of our strategic imperatives is connecting globally. Trips such as these help us in our mission to pursue initiatives that enable and encourage scholarly inquiry and dialogue on matters of concern across international borders."

Heath, founder The Strategy Group and The Strategy Group—México, a firm specializing in family business and family office advisory with offices in Boulder and México City, helped organize the meetings with local attorneys.

Other participants included School of Education Dean Kathy Schultz, Assistant Vice Chancellor Ryan Chreist, and Leeds School of Business Professor Manuel Laguna.

Learn more about the Global Ambassadors program.

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On March 1, Dean and University Distinguished Professor S. James Anaya will present on "The Power of Ideas: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" at the 2019 Spring Meeting of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Anaya, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, participated in the drafting of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and was the lead counsel for the indigenous parties in the case of Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua, in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the first time upheld indigenous land rights as a matter of international law.

Other invited speakers include U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.

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