Students in the Civil Litigation Clinic (CLC) continued to litigate individual cases on behalf of tenants being evicted from federal housing, victims of domestic violence seeking protection orders and immigration relief, and low-wage workers whose wages are not paid.
The 2017-18 academic year has been an exciting one in the Criminal Defense Clinic (CDC). With Professor Robin Walker Sterling on a year-long Fulbright in Ghana, and Associate Professor Lasch having been on sabbatical in the Fall 2017 term, the CDC students and clients were in the most capable hands of Assistant Professor Lindsey Webb and Clinical Fellow Rachel Moran. The CDC is eternally grateful to them, for they carried the torch without missing a step.
ELC Student Attorney Brandy Noriega (l) being interviewed by Univision following oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission’s approval of the 24-well development directly adjacent to the ballfields and playgrounds of Bella Romero Academy in Greeley, Colorado.
Professor Patience Crowder | Community Economic Development Clinic
Publications
“Contracting for Complexity: Collective Impact Agreements in Community Economic Development,” 26(1) Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 63 (Symposium) (2017).
Denver Law’s Legal Externship Program continues to thrive. Overall, our students contributed more than 52,000 hours of work in the field during the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters. These two semesters alone placed students in over 275 externships. Enrollment in our program has grown almost 30% in two years and the demand continues. Thus far this year, we have added 80 new supervisors to our team, and we expect even more to join this summer, typically our busiest season.
The SEC appointed a host of people, including University of Denver Sturm College of law professor Jay Brown, to their PCAOB board. Read more...
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law's Professor Justin Pidot pursues a case defending several Native American tribes in response to President Trumps unlawful action that abolishes a national monument of major historic and scientific importance. His case rest on the grounds that this would breach the United States Constitution and the Antiquities Act of 1906. Read more...
University of Denver Sturm College of Law Schools Associate Professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández writes an opinion piece for the New York Times regarding how ICE arrests undermine democratic values. Read more...
