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University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Provost Russell Moore today named Lolita Buckner Inniss dean of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School, effective July 1, 2021. Inniss will become Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law’s first African American dean and second female to lead the school.

As part of its work to address the need for anti-racism and intersectionality within the law school and the legal profession, the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School’s Anti-Racism and Intersectionality Caucus has released its first newsletter to the law school community.

Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, will deliver the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School’s 63rd annual John R. Coen Lecture on April 22, 2021. The title of the lecture, which will be held virtually, is "America's First Peaceful (Just Barely!) Transfer of Power."

Scholars and legal practitioners from across the country gathered virtually on April 9, 2021, for the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School’s 29th annual Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Conference. This year’s conference built on the themes of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law Professor Ming Hsu Chen 's new book, Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement...

An educational toolkit drafted by students and attorneys at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School, Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and UCLA Law School seeks to help American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians use the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in their own laws and programs.

The Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School hosted an online conference on March 12 exploring how surveillance regimes have engendered disproportionate harm to underrepresented groups based on racial, sexual, immigration, religious, and gender biases. The conference highlighted themes from Associate Professor Scott Skinner-Thompson's recent book by the same name.

Two new Dean’s Choice Awards established by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School’s Law Alumni Board—the Brooke Wunnicke Outstanding Mentor Award and the Sonny Flowers Award—will recognize alumni for their mentorship of other attorneys and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School will celebrate eight alumni and friends at its 40th annual awards celebration on Thursday, June 17, 2021. The ceremony will be held virtually.

The campus and broader community are invited to participate in four open forums with the finalists for the dean of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law position on Feb. 3, Feb. 9, Feb. 11, and Feb. 16. The four finalists will also each meet in sessions with Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law students; faculty; staff; advancement personnel; student leaders; assistant and associate deans; the provost; the dean; and the search committee.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School is pleased to announce that voting rights activist and bestselling author Stacey Abrams will be the speaker for the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law Class of 2021 commencement recognition ceremony, which will be held virtually.