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STUDENT ORG SPOTLIGHT - Public Defense Student Association

Cecelia Tecu — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:51:21 +0000

STUDENT ORG SPOTLIGHT - Public Defense Student Association Cecelia Tecu Mon, 01/26/2026 - 09:51

Cecelia Tecu

Colorado Law is home to nearly 50 active student organizations. These organizations empower law students to increase their knowledge, gain leadership experience, network, and collaborate with the legal community—all while building connections with classmates that will last throughout their careers and beyond.

President Evan Grossmann ’27 and Vice-President Linnea Lindeman ’27

In this series, we are highlighting extraordinary organizations run by Colorado Law students.

Meet the Public Defense Student Association (PDSA) at Colorado Law.

The association is run by President Evan Grossmann ’27, Vice-President Linnea Lindeman ’27, Treasurer Joshua Cary ’27, Events Chair Tessa Bailon Armendariz ’27, and Body-Worn Camera Organizer Jeff Caldwell ’27. Professor Jonathan Booth is the Faculty Advisor.

This current iteration of the PDSA was formed during the 2023-2024 school year. The club was operational in the past, but after a period of several years where the association did not run, the group was officially reformed.

The primary goal of PDSA is to create opportunities for students to express and discover their interest in public defense. Grossmann notes that this association seeks to help interested students gain valuable insight and knowledge about and to create a professional network of students and attorneys within the field.

“Personally, PDSA has given me the opportunity to create a large network of individuals with whom I share career goals, life experiences, and more. I have also been fortunate enough to work with a wonderful group of colleagues on the PDSA executive board that have helped me engage more with the greater law school community,” added Grossmann.

PDSA hosts numerous events both on and off campus every semester for students to meet and engage with public defenders and public defender-adjacent individuals. PDSA predominantly hosts informative lunch meetings during the school year. At these events, students have the opportunity to hear from panelists, who share their insight and expertise in the field of public defense.

Additionally, PDSA hosts social outings in the community to give students an opportunity to meet public defenders and network in a more informal setting. Through these events, we hope students are able to have their questions answered and ultimately be inspired to pursue a career in public defense.

To get involved with PDSA, students can email PDSA@colorado.edu.

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ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities

Cecelia Tecu — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:33:51 +0000

ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities Cecelia Tecu Mon, 01/26/2026 - 09:33

Widely recognized for its intellectual diversity and originality, the faculty at Colorado Law encompasses an array of prominent legal scholars who are widely cited, both in academia and throughout the national media landscape. We invite you to catch up on the latest faculty publications and media mentions with this weekly round up.

Faculty Publications

Rabea Benhalim, Free Exercise and the Fertilized Egg, SSRN (forthcoming U.C. L. J.)

Media Mentions

[Chris Winter, GWC], Caroline Llanes, Feds Want States to Weigh in on Colorado River Plans Before its Too Late, Rocky Mountain Community Radio (Jan. 12, 2026).

[Govind Persad], Understanding GLP-1 Drugs: Cost, Safety, and Access in Context, National Academy of Medicine News & Insights (Jan. 20, 2026).

[Ann Lipton], Drew Hutchinson & Jennifer Kay, Delaware High Court Rulings Seen as Staving Off Corporate Exits, Bloomberg Law (Jan. 23, 2026).

[Rebecca Ciota & Dean Inniss], Sandy Battluga, Who Were CU Law's First Black Students? A Librarian is on a Quest to Find Out, CPR (Jan. 19, 2026).

Faculty and Staff Activities

Harry Surden (moderator), Blake Reid (panelist), Vivek Krishnamurthy (moderator), Margot Kaminski (moderator), To Have and Have Not: Growing Asymmetries in Communications Technology, Silicon Flatirons Center Annual Flagship Conference (upcoming, Feb. 1-2, 2026). Register here.

Doug Spencer, Scott Skinner-Thompson, Margot Kaminski, & Deep Gulasekaram, 2026 Supreme Court Preview, Byron White Center (upcoming, Feb. 5, 2026). Register in advance here.

Sloan Speck, TaxProf Blog posts available here.

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog posts available here.

Emily Horowitz (presenter), Thriving, Not Just Surviving, in 1L: Building resilience and Self-Awareness, Mini Law School, Colorado Law (Jan. 14, 2026).

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, blog posts available here.

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ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities

Cecelia Tecu — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:40:06 +0000

ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities Cecelia Tecu Wed, 01/21/2026 - 09:40

Faculty Publications

Jonathan Skinner-Thompson, Enforcing Environmental Penalties (Matthew Bender, 2026).

J. Paul Kelleher, Govind Persad, & Carrie Thiessen, Exploring Non-Utilitarian Justifications of Allocation Out of Sequence, 26 Am. J. Bioethics 90 (2026).

Media Mentions

[Chris Winter, GWC], Bobby Magill, Ruling Shows Court's Eagerness to Scrutinize Trump Logging Plans, Bloomberg Law (Jan. 15, 2026).

[Scott Skinner-Thompson], Sam Levin, How the US Supreme Court Case on Trans Athletes Could Unravel LGBTQ+ Rights, The Guardian (Jan. 12, 2026).

[Blake Reid], Hayden Field, What Apple and Google's Gemini Deal Means for Both Companies, The Verge (Jan. 13, 2026).

[Margot Kaminski & Colorado Law adjunct faculty Julia Martinez & Thomas Ward], AI Guidance: CU Law Profs Named to New State Supreme Court Panel, BizWest (Jan. 16, 2026)(appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court’s newly established Legal Technology Advisory Committee.)

[Deep Gulasekaram], Bob Egelko, Can ICE Arrest You? What the Law Says About Agents' Actions and Protester Rights, San Francisco Chronicle (Jan. 11, 2026).

Faculty and Staff Activities

Doug Spencer (presenter), Inside the 1L Year: Why it Looks the Way it Does and a (Real) Sample Class Experience, Mini Law School, Colorado Law (upcoming, Jan. 21, 2026).

Sloan Speck, TaxProf Blog posts available here.

[Andrew Schwartz], University of Colorado Law's Andrew A. Schwartz Elected to American Law Institute, Colorado Law (Jan. 16, 2026).

Alan Schieve (presenter), Getting to 1L: What Really Prepares You for Law School, and What Do 1Ls Wish They Knew Beforehand?, Mini Law School, Colorado Law (Jan. 14, 2026).

Amanda Parsons, The Anarchist Currency With a Government Sponsor, LPE Project Blog (Dec. 16, 2026).

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog, blog posts available here.

What to Read in 2026 (Jan. 14, 2025) Shareholder Primacy (with Mike Levin, Apple podcasts link).

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, blog posts available here.

Amy Bauer (presenter), Getting to 1L: What Really Prepares You for Law School, and What Do 1Ls Wish They Knew Beforehand?, Mini Law School, Colorado Law (Jan. 14, 2026).

[American Indian Law Program], Colorado Law to Host National NALSA Writing Competition, Colorado Law (Jan. 14, 2026).

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University of Colorado Law’s Andrew A. Schwartz Elected to American Law Institute

Emily Battaglia — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:11:44 +0000

University of Colorado Law’s Andrew A. Schwartz Elected to American Law Institute Emily Battaglia Thu, 01/15/2026 - 13:11

University of Colorado Law School Professor Andrew A. Schwartz has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI). Schwartz, the Laurence W. DeMuth Chair of Business Law, is one of 45 legal scholars and practitioners who were chosen to join ALI in December of 2025. The 102-year-old organization is dedicated to producing scholarship that clarifies, modernizes, and improves the law. Membership is highly selective, and Schwartz’s election recognizes his cutting-edge scholarship, noteworthy professional achievement, and commitment to improving the law.

ALI drafts, discusses, revises, and publishes Restatements of the Law, Model Codes, and Principles of Law that are widely influential in the legal academy, legislatures, and courts. Its membership is limited to approximately 3,000 judges, lawyers, and law professors from across the United States and around the world.

“Professor Schwartz’s election is an extremely well-deserved honor and a reflection of the rigor and impact of his scholarship,” said Colorado Law Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss. “Our community is incredibly proud to see him recognized at the national level, and I have every confidence that his contributions to ALI will be as valuable and influential as his teaching and research here at the law school.”

Schwartz, who joined the faculty in 2008, teaches and publishes on corporate, securities and contract law, and has become an internationally recognized expert on investment crowdfunding.

“This is a tremendous honor, and I’m grateful to my colleagues at Colorado Law for their support and mentorship over the years,” remarked Schwartz. “I’ve long admired the ALI’s contributions to American jurisprudence, and I look forward to helping advance its mission of clarifying and improving the law.”

Schwartz is the author of one book, Investment Crowdfunding, published by Oxford University Press, as well as more than forty scholarly publications. His major articles have appeared in leading flagship law reviews including the UCLA Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, and Notre Dame Law Review, top specialty journals such as the Yale Journal on Regulation and Harvard Business Law Review, and peer-reviewed journals like the New Zealand Law Review.

In 2017, Schwartz served as a Fulbright Research Scholar at the University of Auckland Law School in New Zealand. He has won numerous national awards for his scholarship, including the AALS Scholarly Paper Competition and the Federalist Society Young Legal Scholars Paper Competition. At Colorado Law, he has received the Provost's Award for Faculty Achievement, the Gilbert Goldstein Faculty Fellowship, the Sandgrund Award, and the Outstanding New Faculty Award. His research is frequently cited and relied upon by courts and commentators across the country and around the world, including numerous citations by the Delaware Court of Chancery, the nation's leading venue for corporate law.

Schwartz earned his Sc.B. in Civil Engineering from Brown University and a J.D. from Columbia University, where he served on the Columbia Law Review and was named a James Kent Scholar (top honors) all three years. Before entering academia, he clerked for Judge William A. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Following his clerkships, Schwartz practiced corporate law in New York at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Professor Schwartz joins several other current and retired University of Colorado Law School professors who are elected members of the ALI:

S. James Anaya
Kristen A. Carpenter
Ted James Fiflis
Lolita Buckner Inniss
Mark J. Loewenstein
Christopher B. Mueller
Daría Roithmayr
Wadie Edward Said
Marianne Wesson

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Colorado Law To Host National NALSA Writing Competition

Cecelia Tecu — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:35:15 +0000

Colorado Law To Host National NALSA Writing Competition Cecelia Tecu Wed, 01/14/2026 - 12:35

Brittany Rogers ’28

The University of Colorado Law School is proud to announce that the Colorado Law Review (CLR) and Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) have been selected to host the 2026 National NALSA Writing Competition. Held annually, this competition aims to increase awareness and involvement in National NALSA (NNALSA) and related legal interests that impact Native and Indigenous communitie worldwide.

“This competition reflects a shared commitment to fostering inclusivity and expanding access to legal publication for underrepresented voices,” said Sam Hawkinson ’26, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Editor for CLR. “Through the University of Colorado Law Review Forum, we are excited to showcase diverse and impactful student scholarship while supporting meaningful representation in the legal academy.”

Brittany Rogers ’28, a representative of Colorado Law’s NALSA chapter, will serve as the Writing Competition Administrator. Applications for the NNALSA Writing Competition are expected to open on January 19, and the deadline for submission will be Monday, March 23, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. (MT).

Hosting this event is an incredible honor for both Colorado Law’s NALSA chapter and CLR, further demonstrating their commitment to amplifying and promoting Indigenous voices in the legal profession. Both host organizations are working with the full support of the American Indian Law Program (AILP).

"It has truly been a wonderful experience working with the faculty and students involved with making this happen, especially Professor Kristen Carpenter and Hannah Ahders ’25 with the American Indian Law Program, and Professor Vanessa Racehorse who is currently publishing with CLR in Volume 97,” said McKenzie Porter, Editor in Chief of CLR. “The support of NALSA, particularly Malorie Stick '26 and Chantal Raguin '27, has been so instrumental. CLR is excited to continue partnering with them."

Colorado Law remains committed to education and advocacy in Indigenous Peoples’ Law. The AILP, CU NALSA, and CLR aim to elevate scholarship and dialogue surrounding American Indian and Indigenous People’s Law. We are proud of these organizations’ efforts for their work in achieving this honor as they prepare to take on the responsibility of hosting this event.

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ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities

Cecelia Tecu — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:24:22 +0000

ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities Cecelia Tecu Mon, 01/12/2026 - 11:24

Faculty Publications

Ann Lipton, The Legitimation of Shareholder Primacy, 51 J. Corp. L. 83 (2025).

Jennifer Hendricks, Being Pregnant in Someone Else's Body, 20 FIU L. Rev. 598 (2025).

T. Markus Funk (Colorado Law adjunct), Freedom vs. Dignity: What U.S. and German Defamation Law Protect (and What They Sacrifice), SSRN.com (Dec. 8, 2025).

Media Mentions

[Chris Winter, GWC], Bobby Magill, Interior to Spend Holidays Studying Refuges for Possible Closure, Bloomberg Law (Dec. 22, 2025).

Caroline Llanes, Drought Conditions on the Colorado River are Getting Worse Because of Climate Change. How Will Leaders Respond in 2026?, KUNC (Dec. 31, 2025).

Caroline Llanes, 2025 Brought Big Changes for Public Lands and Environmental Regulations. Could 2026 Bring More?, KUNC (Jan. 4, 2026).

Bobby Magill, Alaska Seeks Control of Waters on Federally Protected Lands, Bloomberg Law (Jan. 6, 2026).

Mark Squillace & Cody Perry, Cmmon Waters: Inside the Fight for Stream Access in Colorado, Center for Western Priorities's the Landscape podcast (Dec. 18, 2025).

Shanna Lewis, The Search is on For Valuable Minerals in Southern Colorado, Here's What Happens if they are Found Under Your Land, Colorado Public Radio (Dec. 29, 2025).

[Govind Persad], 2025 Greenwall Foundation Year in Review, Greenwall Foundation (Dec. 2025).

Hannah Albarazi, Drugmakers Fight Multifront Legal Battles over GLP-1s, Law360 (Jan. 6, 2026)(access through Lexis here).

[Ann Lipton], Maria Aspan, How President Trump Reshaped Capitalism in 2025, NPR (Dec. 22, 2025).

Jeff Feeley, Sabrina Willmer, & Jennifer Kay, Musk 2018 Pay Plan Reinstated After 7-Year Legal Fight, Bloomberg News (Dec. 19, 2025).

Jennifer Kay, Delaware Looks to Future Without Musk as Blue Bell Trial Looms, Bloomberg Law (Dec. 24, 2025).

Jeff Montgomery, Top Delaware Chancery Cases and Trends to Watch in 2026, Law360 (Jan. 2, 2026).

Martina Barash & Gillian R. Brassil, Investor Arbitration, Class Status, AI, Shake Up Securities Bar, Bloomberg Law (Jan. 2, 2026).

Professor Ann Lipton on the State of Corporate Governance, Bloomberg's ESG Currents (Jan. 7, 2026).

Gillian R. Brassil, Zillow Investor Class Rehearing Denial Spurs High Court Question, Bloomberg Law (Jan. 7, 2026).

[Doug Kenney, GWC], Alan Gionet, New Report Paints Grim Picture of Water Use Problems with the Colorado River, CBS News (Dec. 21, 2025).

Caroline Llanes, Drought Conditions on the Colorado River are Getting Worse Because of Climate Change. How Will Leaders Respond in 2026?, KUNC (Dec. 31, 2025).

[Deep Gulasekaram], Hamed Aleaziz, Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem, NY Times (Dec. 23, 2025).

[Rebecca Ciota], Ryan Warner, Jan. 7, 2026: History of CU's First Black Law Students, Colorado Public Radio (Jan. 7, 2026)(from 10:53 through 19:54).

[Violeta Chapin], Angeline McCall, Trump Administration Halts Green Card Process for 19 Countries, Issuing Additional Vetting, 9 News Denver (Dec. 22, 2025).

[Kristen Carpenter], Tom Hamburger, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Native American Senator, Dies at 92, Washington Post (Dec. 30, 2025).

[Paul Campos], Michael Hiltzik, Here's How Trump Gets Away With Using Questionable Numbers, LA Times (Dec. 19, 2025).

[University of Colorado Law's Criminal Defense Clinic], Dan Slepian & Mike Hixenbaugh, How Rob and Michele Reiner Formed a Remarkable Bond with a Texas Man Once Sentenced to Death, NBC News (Jan. 5, 2026).

Faculty and Staff Activities

Sloan Speck, TaxProf Blog posts available here.

Andrew Schwartz, How Elon Musk Won Back His Tesla Competition, Columbia Law School's Blue Sky Blog (Dec. 22, 2025).

[Scott Skinner Thompson], Top Contributor Essays of 2025, The Regulatory Review (Dec. 29, 2025)(Skinner-Thompson's Correcting the Common Sense of "Biological Sex").

Govind Persad (panelist), Innovation vs. Access? The Legal, Ethical, and Economic Dimensions of U.S. Drug Pricing, Silicon Flatirons, the Daniels Fund, & Davis Graham (upcoming Jan. 15, 2025).

Melanie Kay (moderator), Innovation vs. Access? The Legal, Ethical, and Economic Dimensions of U.S. Drug Pricing, Silicon Flatirons, the Daniels Fund, & Davis Graham (upcoming Jan. 15, 2025).

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog, blog posts available here.

What Activists are Doing Right Now, (Dec. 10, 2025), & Tesla, Activist Board Nominees (Jan. 7, 2025) Shareholder Primacy (with Mike Levin, Apple podcasts link).

[Laura Dolbow], Top Contributor Essays of 2025, The Regulatory Review (Dec. 29, 2025)(Dolbow's Recent E-Cigarette Decision Leaves Unanswered Questions).

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, blog posts available here.

[Getches-Wilkinson Center's Water Law Fellow Daniel Anderson], Colorado River Continues to Bring Unlikely Parties Together at CRWUA, Colorado Law (Dec. 29, 2025).

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ICYMI: Media Mentions and Faculty & Staff Activities

Emily Battaglia — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:45:23 +0000

ICYMI: Media Mentions and Faculty & Staff Activities Emily Battaglia Tue, 01/06/2026 - 08:45

Media Mentions

[Ann Lipton], 'A Whole Sequence of Attacks': White House Increases Heat on Proxy Advisors with New Executive Order, Law.com (Dec. 12, 2025)(Lexis login required).

T. Markus Funk [Colorado Adjunct] and Hope Anderson, Courts Navigating AI Defamation Opens Legal Risks for Companies (Bloomberg Law, Dec. 17, 2025).

[Violeta Chapin]. Elizabeth Hernandez, Kids Left Without Representation in Colorado Immigration Court After Federal Funding Cuts, Denver Post (Dec. 15, 2025).

[GWC's Colorado River Research Group], Jasmine Laws, Lake Mead Warnings Issued by Multiple Experts, Newsweek (Dec. 15, 2025).

Faculty and Staff Activities

Sloan Speck, TaxProf Blog posts available here.

[Pierre Schlag], Yussef Al Tamimi & Kerttuli Lingenfelter, International Law's Problem of Evil, EJIL Talk! Blog of the European J. Int'l L. (Dec. 16, 2025).

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog, blog posts available here.

2026 Predictions with Matt Moscardi & Damion Rallis of the Proxy Countdown Podcast, Shareholder Primacy (Dec. 17, 2025)(with Mike Levin, Apple podcasts link).

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, blog posts available here.

[Dan Anderson, Water Law Fellow], The Shoshone Instream Flow Acquisition: Public Process Carves a Path Forward, GWC (Dec. 15, 2025).

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ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities

Emily Battaglia — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:06:32 +0000

ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities Emily Battaglia Mon, 12/15/2025 - 12:06

Faculty Publications

Michael Pappas, Sally Richardson, and Peter Gerhart, Property: Principles, Values, and Tradoffs (1st ed., American Casebook Series, 2025).

Prof. Emeritus Susan Nevelow Mart & Tom O'Brien, eds., Legal Research Unbound: A Comic (2025).

Media Mentions

[Doug Spencer], Nick Coltrain, President Trump Claims to Pardon Tina Peters--A Power He Does Not Have, Experts Say, Denver Post (Dec. 11, 2025).

[Ann Lipton], Sujeet Indap, Alexandra White, & Patrick Temple-West, Donald Trump Drives Historic Shift of Power From Investors to Boardrooms, Financial Times (Dec. 8, 2025)

Sujeet Indap, Ructions Test Delaware's Primacy as Favored State of Incorporation in US, Financial Times (Dec. 8, 2025)(get direct access to the Financial Times through your CU email).

Jennifer A. Dlouhy & Leah Nylen, Trump's Warner Bros. Meddling Pushes Limits of Executive Power, Bloomberg Law (Dec. 11, 2025).

Maryam Jamshidi, CU Law Professor Discusses Law Used to Justify Venezualan Boat Strikes, 9News (Dec. 5, 2025).

Jessica Porter, Experts Say The Legal Justification for US Military Boat Strikes in Caribbean, Pacific, is Murky, Denver 7 (Dec. 5, 2025).

[Deep Gulasekaram]. Shannon Ogden, Colorado Legal Scholar Weighs in on SCOTUS Taking up Birthright Citizenship Case, Denver 7 (Dec. 10, 2025).

Faculty and Staff Activities

Sloan Speck, TaxProf Blog posts available here, including Speck Reviews Belnap, Hoopes, & Hadfied's Does Voluntary Private Tax Disclosure Reduce IRS Audit Risk? (Dec. 5, 2025).

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog, blog posts available here.

What Activists are Doing Right Now,Shareholder Primacy (Dec. 10, 2025)(with Mike Levin, Apple podcasts link).

Ann Lipton (with Jill Fisch, Sarah Haan, & Amelia Miazad), Stockholder Proposals: Law and Policy Considerations, Harv. L. School Forum on Corporate Governance (Dec. 9, 2025).

Kristen Carpenter (moderator), UN Declaration in Action: International and Domestic Strategies to Protect the Apache Sacred Site of Oak Flat, The Implementation Project (upcoming, Dec. 16)(Register for the Zoom link here).

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, blog posts available here.

[Getches-Wilkinson Center's Colorado River Research Group], Colorado River Insights, 2025: Dancing with Deadpool, Colorado Law (Dec. 3, 2025).

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STUDENT ORG SPOTLIGHT - Finance and Tax Law Association

Cecelia Tecu — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:02:26 +0000

STUDENT ORG SPOTLIGHT - Finance and Tax Law Association Cecelia Tecu Mon, 12/08/2025 - 09:02

Cecelia Tecu

In this series, we are highlighting extraordinary organizations run by Colorado Law students.

Meet the Finance and Tax Law Association (FTLA) at Colorado Law.

FTLA Co-President Natalie Phillips ’26 and Vice President Anona Striker ’26 shared their insights into this new student organization.

“We had the idea for it [the organization] in spring 2025, when Anona and I had a class together,” Phillips said. “This is our inaugural semester.”

FTLA was approved by the Student Bar Association for the fall of 2025. Alongside Phillips and Striker, the Executive Board is composed of Co-President Johnathan Khoriaty ’26, Secretary Nick Haggestad ’26, Treasurer Tyson Agla ’26, SBA Representative Trent Dawe ’28, and Program Director Xandra Gonzales ’27. Professor Sloan Speck, Professor Nadav Orian Peer, Professor Amanda Parsons and Professor Rabea Benhalim are the faculty advisors.

The primary goal of the FTLA is to get students introduced and exposed to the areas of bankruptcy, tax law, consumer and corporate finance, and securities. As these areas are not always covered in law school courses, particularly in 1L year, Phillips and the other board members aim to introduce these areas of study to their peers early on.

“We want to show future employers that these students have an interest in finance and tax law beyond their transcript, and help get them connected with attorneys that are actively practicing in the area,” Phillips said.

FTLA hosts a variety of events to help members reach their academic and professional goals. These include networking opportunities, panels, listening events, and academic guidance. One recent listening event featured Supreme Court arguments of Learning Resources v. Trump. FTLA gathered early in the morning to listen and discuss the specifics of this case.

“We discussed whether or not the wide sweeping tariffs were legal,” said Phillips. “We had a surprisingly great turnout, especially for it being an 8 a.m. event.”

FTLA aims to help students find their unique path within the areas of bankruptcy, securities, and tax law. With assistance from board members and those in the profession, students are exposed to various opportunities and insights in this field.

“Bankruptcy, securities and tax are highly specialized areas. We are getting people exposed to different classes that help them in their career, and connecting them with different focus areas,” Phillips said.

Despite just getting started, FTLA has over 60 members, many of whom are in their 1L and 2L years. The executive board is excited to see how much FTLA can grow, even after the board members graduate from Colorado Law this spring. Because of the organization’s size, they received school funding to attend the 2026 Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition in New York City. The team competed in the 2025 Competition as well.

“The association provides opportunities for students that would be hard for them to find without it,” Striker shared. “It’s an incredible way to build professional skills, while also gaining the background knowledge to enter into these disciplines.”

To get involved with FTLA, students can email ftla@colorado.edu.

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Cecelia Tecu — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:49:49 +0000

ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities Cecelia Tecu Mon, 12/08/2025 - 08:49

Faculty Publications

Michael Whitlow, Evaluating Decisis: A Free Resource for CBA Members, Colorado Lawyer 16 (Dec. 2025).

Govind Persad, Ethical Issues in Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, in Disease Control Priorities 4: Investing in Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response 427 (Ole Norheim et al. eds., 2025).

Siddhanth Sharma, Stefano M. Bertozzi, Victoria Y. Fan, Dean T. Jamison, Ole F. Norheim, Hitoshi Oshitani, Brett N. Archer, Till Bärnighausen, David E. Bloom, Donald A. P. Bundy, Simiao Chen, Maddalena Ferranna, Rachel Glennerster, Julian Jamison, Sun Kim, Nita K. Madhav, Jonna Mazet, Ben Oppenheim, Govind Persad, John Rose, Linda Schultz, Gabriel Seidman, David A. Watkins, Bridget Williams, & Muhammad Ali Pate, Responding to Pandemic Risk: What Countries and Regions Can Do Within the Constraints of Limited Global Cooperation and Solidarity, in Disease Control Priorities 4: Investing in Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response 9 (Ole Norheim et al. eds., 2025).

Helen Norton, Suspicion, Deference, and the First Amendment, 6 J. Free Speech L. 641 (2025)(featured on Reason).

James D. Cox, Donald C. Lagevoort, Ann M. Lipton, & Patrick Corrigan, Securities Regulation: Cases and Materials (11th ed., 2025).

Maryam Jamshidi, Securitizing the University, 110 Minn. L. Rev. 301 (2025).

T. Markus Funk [Colorado Law adjunct faculty], Sean Lyons, & Kevin Spencer, Tax Disputes with the IRS Need an Upgrade-- More ADR for Better Tax Administration (added to SSRN Nov. 20, 2025).

Kristen Carpenter & Angela R. Riley, Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Migration, in Oxford Handbook of Economic and Social Rights (2025).

Jonathon Booth, Religious Police Forces with Public Powers, JOTWELL (November 24, 2025) (reviewing Grace Watkins, Piety Police, 134 Yale L.J. 2645 (2025)),

Media Mentions

Chris Winter, We Need Courage to Change Course on the Colorado River, Denver Post (Nov. 22, 2025).

Bobby Magill, Trump Logging Plans Stretch "Emergency" Definition, Suits Claim, Bloomberg Law Dec. 1, 2025).

Bobby Magill, Trump Logging Plan Threatens Centuries-Old Trees, Fuels Lawsuits, Bloomberg Law (Dec. 3, 2025).

[Mark Squillace], Bobby Magill, Congress Risks Chaos on Federal Lands After Tossing Biden Plans, Bloomberg Law (Nov. 26, 2025).

[Doug Spencer], Quentin Young, The Redistricting Debate in Colorado Has Shifted, Colorado Newsline (Nov. 20, 2025).

Isaiah Poritz, Trump Squares Off With San Francisco in Sactuary City Rematch, Bloomberg Law (Dec. 5, 2025).

[Ann Lipton], Tatyana Monnay, et al, Elite Shareholder Suits Firm's Nasty Divorce Comes at Tough Time, Bloomberg Law (Dec. 5, 2025)

[Doug Kenney, GWC], Mark Heinz, Hageman Says California Needs to Get in Gear, Stop Going After Wyoming's Water , Cowboy State Daily (Nov. 21, 2025)

T. Markus Funk [Colorado Law adjunct faculty] & Carolyn Gurland, C-Suite’s Rising Legal Exposure Demands Stronger Safeguards (Bloomberg Law, Nov. 28, 2025)

T. Markus Funk & Hope Anderson, From Hallucinations to Harm: The Defamation Risks Posed By AI Systems (SSRN, November 10, 2025 – Forthcoming in Bloomberg Law)

[Jonathon Booth], Ava Kian, Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Accused Shooter Dies in Custody, Colorado Public Radio (Nov. 25, 2025).

Faculty and Staff Activities

[Chris Winter, GWC], Getches-Wilkinson Center Joins Law Scholars in Defense of Public Lands Rule, CU ��ý�� Today (Nov. 25, 2025).

[Heidi Todacheene, AIlP] AILP Welomes Heidi Todacheene as a Visiting Practitioner, Colorado Law (Dec. 3, 2025)

Harry Surden made HeinOnline's most cited in Law, Science, & Technology list & most cited in Human Rights Law (Nov. 2025).

Sloan Speck, TaxProf Blog posts available here.

Prof. Emeritus Pierre Schlag made HeinOnline's most cited in Legal Education and Practice & most cited in Economics (Nov. 2025).

Mike Pappas made HeinOnline's most cited in Insurance law (Nov. 2025).

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog, blog posts available here.

Proxy Advisors and Activism, Shareholder Primacy (Dec. 3, 2025)(with Mike Levin, Apple podcasts link).

Margot Kaminski made HeinOnline's most cited in Law, Science, & Technology; most cited in Tort s; most cited in Property; & most cited in Administrative Law lists (Nov. 2025).

[Dean Inniss], Faculty, Staff, Celebrate Completion of Fourth Floor Renovations, Colorado Law (Dec. 3, 2025).

Deep Gulasekaram made HeinOnline's most cited in Immigration Law (Nov. 2025).

T. Markus Funk, Moderator, Fireside Chat with Chief US District Judge Virginia M. Kendall, White & Case Senior Leader Summit: Overcoming Legal and Business Challenges in a Global Economy (Nov. 19, 2025).

Moderator, Hot Topics in SEC and DOJ Enforcement and Litigation - Chicago (Moderator, Nov. 20, 2025).

Presenter, New DOJ Playbook: Minimizing FCPA Risk | CLE Course (Barbri, Nov. 13, 2025).

Kristen Carpenter made HeinOnline's most cited in Property Law (Nov. 2025).

CNAIS Core Faculty Member, Kristen Carpenter, Named CU Distinguished Professor, Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (Dec. 1, 2025).

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, blog posts available here.

Prof. Emeritus Harold Bruff made HeinOnline's most cited in Administrative Law lists (Nov. 2025).

James Anaya made HeinOnline's most cited in Human Rights Law & most cited in International and Comparative Law (Nov. 2025).

[Korey Wise Innocence Project], Cass Garner's Story Featured at KWIP's Stories of Innocence Gala, Colorado Law (Dec. 1, 2025).

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