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The Constitution Day Project is put on annually by the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law and provides the opportunity for volunteers acquainted with the law to teach thought-provoking and current constitutional questions to Colorado high schoolers. In its thirteenth year, Colorado Law students visited high schools across the state to teach students about their voting rights during this year’s election season. After discussing suffrage in the Constitution generally, volunteers had discussions with high school students about restrictive voter identification laws, soliciting opinions and thoughts from these young minds and seeing what Colorado’s future voters had to say about the topic.
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 resource—Opening the Tap—outlines Environmental Protection Agency programs established or funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provide financial or technical assistance for the many barriers drinking water or basic sanitation.
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.
Colorado Law is proud to announce that Professor Pierre Schlag is the winner of the 2024 Jules Milstein Scholarship Award for his book Twilight of The American State. The book, published by the University of Michigan Press, offers a sweeping exploration of the American state as seen through law. He abjures describing it through the conventional constitutional categories—separation of powers, federalism, judicial review, or even more abstract concepts such as liberal democracy.
Lauren Seney, Associate Director of the William A. Wise Law Library and Head of Resource Access and Discovery, and Rebecca Ciota, Technology and Web Services Librarian, traveled to London, UK, at the end of September to present on sharing a library services platform (LSP) with the University Libraries at the World Open Library Foundation Conference (WOLFCon).
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.
Each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the U.S. observes Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the cultures, contributions and histories of Hispanic and Latin Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. This month also recognizes the independence days of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Belize.
Congratulations to Associate Professor of Law Scott Skinner-Thompson, whose article “Identity by Committee” received a Dukeminier Award recognizing outstanding achievement in legal scholarship related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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.