Law
Melissa Hart joins other Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ justices with Buff ties.
Only one Coloradan has served on the U.S. Supreme Court, ŷÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder alumnus Byron White (Econ'38). One of his proteges may now get the chance: Visiting Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law professor Neil Gorsuch.
There are Americans serving long prison sentences for crimes they didn’t commit. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law is in the best position yet to set some free.
District attorney is not a job for the faint of heart. Ask Stan Garnett (Hist’78, Law’82).
Silvia Pettem is the first to say that it is never too late to start a career. The 66-year-old has spent more than 40 years as an author, writer and historical researcher centered on the city of Boulder, but nearly two decades ago she realized a new passion well into her career — researching cold cases.
If you had taken a boat up Washington’s Nisqually River with Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ law dean David Getches and headed west down a muddy creek, you might have seen the remains of a 100-foot Douglas fir tree along the banks.
Your best-kept secrets are at the fingertips of nearly anyone who wants to find them, says law professor Paul Ohm, a national expert on internet law.
Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ has no authority to prevent people from carrying concealed weapons on campus, according to an April ruling by the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Court of Appeals, which set off a campus debate regarding guns.
<p>Former ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill was unlawfully fired from the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ for expressing his political beliefs, a Denver jury decided April 2. But the jury only awarded the professor $1 in damages.</p>