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- A panel of experts including Phil Weiser, Colorado attorney general; Violeta Chapin, associate clinical professor of law; Ming Hsu Chen, associate professor of law and director of the Immigration Law and Policy Program at Colorado Law; and Peter Roos, formerly with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, discussed the history and current implications of Plyler vs. Doe, the landmark case brought to the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that no state could pass a law barring undocumented children from public schools.
- First-Generation Law Student Johnnie Nguyen (鈥21) Elected National Chair of ABA Law Student DivisionJohnnie Nguyen (鈥21), a 1L at the University of Colorado Law School, was elected chair of the Law Student Division Council of the American Bar Association.
- Zach Mountin, the incoming director of the Civil Practice Clinic, will roll out a new employment law component of the clinic focused on representing low-income wage workers and workers facing discrimination.
- A Feb. 25 panel discussion titled 鈥淟awyers and Judges of Color Balance the Scales鈥 commemorated Black History Month by drawing attention to the contributions of lawyers and judges of color across Colorado and the nation.
- Robert A. Williams Jr., Regents' Professor, E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law and faculty co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, delivered the John R. Coen Lecture on March 15, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. in Wittemyer Courtroom at the University of Colorado Law School. He spoke on the topic 鈥淲hy Do We Need a United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?"
- Students from across campus grappled with questions surrounding the use of data collected by artificial intelligence (AI) at the third annual Ethics Tech Competition on February 9, hosted by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at Colorado Law and Silicon Flatirons.
- The 2019 Martz Winter Symposium, hosted by the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment (GWC) at the University of Colorado Law School, examined the changing landscape of public lands at a two-day symposium Feb. 28 and March 1.
- Karen Marchesi, administrative assistant for the William A. Wise Law Library, and Kari Robinson, business services manager in the Dean鈥檚 Office, have served the University of Colorado for 25 and 30 years, respectively.
- A team of Colorado Law students won second place overall and took the title of Top Prosecution Team at this year鈥檚 John L. Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition, held Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2019, in Fairfax, Virginia.
- The Colorado State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public briefing at the University of Colorado Law School on Feb. 22 to examine the backlog in citizenship and naturalization applications in the state.