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- A Feb. 25 panel discussion titled Lawyers and Judges of Color Balance the Scales 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 Why 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.
- Dean S. James Anaya has appointed Associate Professor Harry Surden interim executive director of Colorado Law's Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship.
- 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 Deans Office, have served the University of Colorado for 25 and 30 years, respectively.
- In honor of Black History Month, University of Colorado Law School Associate Professor Anna Spain Bradley will moderate a panel discussion with W. Harold "Sonny" Flowers ('71), attorney with Hurth, Sisk & Blakemore LLP; Judge Gary Jackson ('70
- Speaking on behalf of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), of which she serves as the North American member and vice chair, Council Tree Professor of Law Kristen Carpenter delivered a statement about indigenous languages to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Feb. 1.
- A team of Colorado Law students won second place overall and took the title of Top Prosecution Team at this years 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.