Christina Stanton teaches at Mullen high school

Byron White Center brings educational programming to local high schools in honor of Constitution Day

Oct. 10, 2023

The Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law at Colorado Law commemorated annual Constitution Day on September 28 and 29, a practice it has engaged in for the last twelve years. In 2004, Congress recognized Constitution Day as a day of national observance and required all...

Sabrina McKenna

Justice Sabrina McKenna of the Hawaii Supreme Court to Deliver 12th annual John Paul Stevens Lecture on Oct. 26

Oct. 6, 2023

Associate Justice Sabrina McKenna of the Hawaii Supreme Court will join the Colorado Law community on Thursday, October 26, to deliver the 12th annual John Paul Stevens Lecture, entitled “State Constitutional Law: The Critical Course Missing from Most Law School Curricula.â€

Suzette Malveaux

Suzette Malveaux Receives Gilbert Goldstein Award

Sept. 28, 2023

The 2023-24 Gilbert Goldstein Faculty Fellowship has been awarded to Suzette Malveaux, Colorado Law’s Moses Lasky Professor of Law and Director of the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law. Awarded by the Dean, the fellowship provides one semester without teaching responsibilities to enable concentration on research and writing.

SCOTUS lunch talk

SCOTUS Review lunch talk expands discussion about developments in constitutional law

Sept. 27, 2023

On Sept. 12, the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law hosted its first SCOTUS Review lunch talk at the University of Colorado Law School. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Constitutional Law professors broke down the latest U.S. Supreme Court decisions, their potential impact, and what to keep an eye out for in future cases. 

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31st Annual Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Conference Explores “The Role of States in the Midst of Federal Court Crisisâ€

May 16, 2023

Scholars, lawyers, advocates and leaders from across the country convened on April 14, 2023 for the University of Colorado Law School’s 31st Annual Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Conference: State of Resistance: The Role of States in the Midst of Federal Court Crisis.

Professor Kristen Carpenter, Director of the American Indian Law Program, and student leaders from NALSA present Chief Justice Riley and Professor Malveaux with gift blankets.

11th Annual John Paul Stevens Lecture hosted Chief Justice Angela Riley who discussed Tribal Courts and Justice in Indian Country

Nov. 3, 2022

Written by: Tatiana Nelson, Class of 2024 The 11 th annual John Paul Stevens Lecture took place on October 18 th at the University of Colorado Law School, hosting the first ever Tribal Court Justice to speak at the Stevens Lecture. Over 200 attendees packed the Wittemyer Courtroom in addition...

Student volunteers at Constitution Day

Constitution Day 2022

Oct. 3, 2022

The Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law celebrated its eleventh annual Constitution Day Project this September. Each year, volunteers teach challenging constitutional questions in Colorado high schools to commemorate the 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution.

Justice Angela R. Riley

Justice Angela R. Riley, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma, to deliver Stevens Lecture on October 18

Sept. 28, 2022

Justice Angela R. Riley, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma and internationally esteemed scholar, will join the Colorado Law community on October 18, 2022 to deliver the 11th annual John Paul Stevens Lecture.

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30th Annual Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Conference Explores ‘The Legacy of U.S. Slavery’

April 18, 2022

Scholars, lawyers, community leaders, students and activists from across the country gathered on April 8, 2022 for the University of Colorado Law School’s 30th Annual Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Conference: Looking Back to Move Forward: Exploring the Legacy of U.S. Slavery.

Headshot of Professor Suzette Malveaux with stylized image Wolf Law building in background

Suzette Malveaux Awarded Moses Lasky Professorship

Jan. 19, 2022

Colorado Law Professor Suzette Malveaux has been named Moses Lasky Professor of Law, one of the school’s highest faculty distinctions.

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