News and Events
- The Law Review hosted a lunch event featuring Dave Kopel on February 24th, 2009. Mr. Kopel is a preeminent second amendment scholar, and authored an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Heller. Mr. Kopel also published the lead article in the Law Review’s annual 10th Circuit Survey, The Second Amendment in the Tenth Circuit: Three Decades of (mostly) Harmless Error (available under the “Current Volume” link).
- In honor of the historic election of President Barack Obama, the Denver University Law Review published a special issue dedicated to President Obama’s remarkable campaign. The articles in this special issue were drawn from speakers at the “Obama Phenomena” conference held at the law school during the DNC. The articles are available under the “Current Volume” link.
- On January 30th, 2009, the Law Review co-hosted a symposium on the topic of Home Rule and Municipalities. The event was co-hosted by the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law. Experts in the field traveled from Columbia, New York University, University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Texas to speak at the event. Look for the articles in the upcoming issue of the Denver University Law Review.
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor published the introduction to Volume 86 of the Denver University Law Review. Justice O’Connor’s piece, Judicial Accountability Must Safeguard, Not Threaten, Judicial Independence: An Introduction, 86 Denv. U. L. Rev. 1 (2008), led off a themed issue dedicated to judicial accountability.
- In October 2008, the Law Review proudly hosted a lunch event featuring former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis. Justice Kourlis presented the article she co-authored with Jordan Singer, Director of Research at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.
- On February 15th, 2008, the Denver University Law Review hosted a symposium entitled Global Climate Change: Integrating Environmental Justice Into Policy, Regulation, and Litigation.
- The Law Review hosted Judge Neil M. Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on January 31, 2008.
- United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito cited the Denver University Law Review in his dissenting opinion in Cunningham v. California, decided January 22, 2007 (available at 2007 WL 135687). In this case regarding sentencing guidelines, Justice Alito cited Tenth Circuit Judge Michael W. McConnell’s article, The Booker Mess, 83 Denv. U. L. Rev. 665 (2006).