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Kate Finn ('16) and Jesse Heibel ('16) worked alongside the American Indian Law Clinic to represent the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in its fight against the Dakota Access pipeline.

Metadata Services Librarian Karen Selden was elected to the executive board of the American Association of Law Libraries, the national professional association for law librarians and legal information professionals.

Professor Jennifer S. Hendricks will provide insight on how the law and feminist legal theory have struggled to reconcile biological sex differences with principles of equality.

Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the American Indian Law Clinic Carla Fredericks and Getches-Wilkinson Center Fellow Jesse Heibel ('16), along with Rebecca Adamson and Nick Pelosi, co-authored “Indigenous Rights of Standing Rock: Federal Courts and Beyond."

Selected for their contributions to the legal profession, service to their communities, and dedication to the law school, the honorees will be recognized at the 37th Annual Colorado Law Alumni Awards Banquet on March 8, 2018, at the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

In keeping with Dean S. James Anaya’s strategic priority to make law school more financially accessible and develop leaders who reflect and understand the complex and diverse perspectives of today’s society, the University of Colorado Law School has unveiled its new Leaders in Law and Community fellowship program.

Associate Professor Alexia Brunet Marks was one of four pre-tenure recipients of the Provost’s Achievement Award for her article "A New Governance Recipe for Food Safety Regulation."

The Criminal and Immigration Defense Clinic, led by Clinical Professor Violeta Chapin, took its services on the road this semester, offering free renewal assistance for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in Fort Collins, Greeley, and across Boulder County.

The Class of 2020 is Colorado Law’s most diverse incoming class ever at 29.4 percent racially or ethnically diverse.

Associate Professor Harry Surden organized a first-of-its-kind workshop on computable contracts last month at Stanford Law School.