Jonathan Skinner-Thompson, who previously worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, has joined the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School faculty as an associate clinical professor and director of the Getches-Green Natural Resources and Environmental Law Clinic.
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, a division of The Center for American and International Law, announced the appointment of University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School Professor Anna Spain Bradley to its prestigious Academic Council.
Carla Fredericks, associate professor of law and director of the American Indian Law Clinic, helped organize a campaign to change the name of Washington, D.C.’s NFL team, which announced July 13 it will change its name and logo.
On June 10, University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School Provost Professor of Civil Rights Law Suzette Malveaux testified before the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ House Finance Committee in support of a bill promoting measures to enhance police accountability and integrity.
Fifty law professors gathered by University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School Professor and lead author Craig Konnoth signed an amicus brief that was submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ antidiscrimination case. The professors were drawn from every state in the Tenth Circuit.
In a new book, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law Professor Aya Gruber, a prominent scholar of criminal law, criminal procedure, critical theory, and feminism, argues that zero-tolerance anti-violence law and policy have exacerbated the American carceral state.
University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School Professor and DeMuth Chair Peter Huang has received a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Interdisciplinary Leadership Research seed grant for his research on lessening anxiety, panic, and complacency in pandemics.
On Feb. 24, University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School Provost Professor of Law Suzette Malveaux testified before the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the CROWN Act of 2020. The CROWN Act ("Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020") addresses discrimination on the basis of hair, a particularly pernicious form of race discrimination against African-American women and girls.