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Faculty Presentations

RECENT PRESENTATIONS BY STURM COLLEGE OF LAW FACULTY

Spring 2012:

  • Ved Nanda, “The State of Human Rights with a Focus on North Africa and the Middle East,” at the Winter Park Rotary, Winter Park, Colo. (January 10, 2012).
  • Ved Nanda, “U.S.-India Relations,” at the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin, Jaipur, India (January 6, 2012).
  • Ved Nanda, “Higher Education: The Need for Reform,” at the All-India Student Organization’s Annual Congress, New Delhi, India (January 5, 2012).
  • Don C. Smith, “Introduction to Environmental Law at the Sturm College of Law,” to a 3000 level undergraduate class at the University of Denver to acquainted students with the strong environmental law program offered at the College of Law (January 4, 2012).

Fall 2011:

  • Wald, Eli, “Federalizing Legal Ethics, Nationalizing Law Practice and the Future of the American Legal Profession in a Global Age,” at the Colorado Attorney Chapter of the Federalist Society, Denver (December 14, 2011).
  • Wald, Eli, “Understanding the ‘Ethical Screen’ and Its Utility,” at the 16th Annual Ethics Conference, Colorado Law Institute, CLE International, Denver (December 12, 2011).
  • Wald, Eli, “Nationalizing of Law Practice: The Future of Law Practice in Colorado,” at the 8th Annual Nuts & Bolts CLE, Weld County Bar Association and the 19th Judicial District Bench-Bar Committee, Greeley, Colo. (December 9, 2011).
  • Wald, Eli, “In-House Counsel, Diversity and Discrimination,” at the University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison (November 17-18, 2011).
  • Lasch, Christopher, “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions and Immigration Detainers,” co-presented with Hans Meyer at the Colorado Bar Association, Denver (November 10, 2011).
  • DuVivier, KK, “Survey of U.S. Laws Affecting the Siting and Development of Renewable Energy Projects,” co-presented with Maryanne Kurtinaitis, renewable energy program manager, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and Sandi Snodgrass, of counsel, Holland & Hart LLP, at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (November 7, 2011).
  • Corrada, Roberto, “Affirmative Action Implications of the Ricci (New Haven Firefighters) Case,” at the Symposium on the Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Winston-Salem, N.C. (November 5, 2011).
  • Chen, Alan, “How Public Interest Lawyers Pursue New Rights in a Post-Rights World,” at the 19th Annual Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Conference: Toward the Constitutional Right of Access to Justice—Implications and Implementation, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder (November 4, 2011).
  • Hardaway, Robert, “Top Ten Reasons for Racial Disparity in Incomes,” at the Columbia Law School, sponsored by the Columbia Law School Journal of Law and Race (November 4, 2011).
  • Bernard Chao, “Bringing Coherence to Foreign-Based Infringement,” at the UMKC School of Law, Kansas City, Mo. (October 14, 2011).
  • Wald, Eli, “The Growth of a Modern Law Firm: A Case Study,” at the Colloquium on Globalization and the Legal Profession, The Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, Fordham Law School, New York (October 2011).
  • Wald, Eli, “Should We All be Teaching Professional Identity/Ethics?,” co-presented with Joyce Sterling and Rebecca Aviel at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (October 2011).
  • Nancy Leong, “Making Rights,” at the University of California Hastings Faculty Colloquium, University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco. This article is forthcoming in 2012 in the Boston University Law Review (September 27, 2011).
  • Nancy Leong, Draft of “The Open Road and the Traffic Stop,” at the Race and Criminal Justice in the West Conference, Gonzaga Law School, Spokane, Wash. (September 24, 2011).
  • Nancy Leong, Work-in-progress, “Non-Whiteness as Capital,” at the Sixth Annual Labor and Employment Law Colloquium, Los Angeles (September 16, 2011).
  • Eli Wald, “Denial and Accountability in Legal Education: How Law Schools Fail to Meet Their Responsibility for the Formation of Professional Identity,” co-presented with Russell Pearce of Fordham Law School, at the University of St. Thomas Law School, Minneapolis (September 2011).
  • Eli Wald, “Equality and Diversity in the American Legal Profession,” at the University of Denver’s Alumni Symposium, Denver (September 2011).
  • Eli Wald, “Ethical Issues Facing In-house Counsel in Responding to Government Investigations of Companies,” an ABA CLE program co-presented with Susan Hackett, CEO, Legal Executive Leadership, LLC; Sara Bloom, assistant U.S. attorney; William T. Hassler, Steptoe & Johnson LLP; and the Hon. Judge Roger Titus, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Washington, D.C. (September 2011).

Summer 2011:

  • Eli Wald, “Critical Legal Considerations for Non-Compete Agreements in Business Transactions,” at Holland & Hart, LLP, Denver (August 2011).
  • Eli Wald, “Legal Ethics in the Movies the Sequel: Family Law Attorneys and Popular Culture,” Breckenridge, Colo. (August 2011).
  • Bernard Chao, “Toward an Infringement Continuum,” at the IP Scholars Conference, DePaul University, Chicago (August 11-12, 2011).
  • Ved Nanda,“The Arab Spring and Its Implications for the Near East and South Asia,” at the Woodstock (India) School Annual Conference, Fort Collins, Colo. (July 28-30, 2011).
  • Ved Nanda,“Uberoi Foundation’s Role in Spreading Awareness of the Dharmic Traditions of India,” Teaching Dharmic Traditions — Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the Uberoi Foundation, Dartmouth, Mass. (July 21, 2011).
  • Christopher Lasch, “Jury Instructions: The Second Closing Argument,” a CLE for the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (July 15, 2011).
  • David Thompson, “Introduction to the Skills & Values Series,” an online Webinar for LexisNexis (July 13, 2011).
  • David Thompson, Conference host and committee member, Applied Legal Storytelling Conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Materials and streaming video from the conference are posted at http://www.law.du.edu/storytelling-conference/program (July 8-10, 2011).
  • David Thompson, “Finding Lost Stories in the Digital Morass and Emerging Modalities for Telling Them,” Applied Legal Storytelling Conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (July 9, 2011).
  • Ved Nanda,“Human Rights and Freedom of Religion,” at the India Forum, Los Angeles (July 9, 2011).
  • Tom Romero, “Water Law,” presented to the Water Environment of Cities class at the University of Denver University College (July 2011).
  • Eli Wald, 29th Annual Real Estate Symposium, Vail, Colo. (July 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, Invited Panelist, “Women Rethinking Equality, Closing Plenary: Reshaping Institutions,” AALS Midyear Meeting, Washington, D.C. (June 20-22, 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, Keynote Speaker, Freedom Writers, 2010 Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston (June 16-19, 2011).
  • Robin Walker Sterling, “At SEA (Sympathy, Empathy, and Apathy): Teaching Students to Distinguish Between and Strategically Select Modes of Communication,” co-presented with Profs. Christopher Lasch and Patience Crowder at the Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Seattle (June 16, 2011).
  • Patience Crowder, “At SEA (Sympathy, Empathy, and Apathy): Teaching Students to Distinguish Between and Strategically Select Modes of Communication,” co-presented with Profs. Robin Walker Sterling and Christopher Lasch at the Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Seattle (June 16, 2011).
  • Christopher Lasch, “At SEA (Sympathy, Empathy, and Apathy): Teaching Students to Distinguish Between and Strategically Select Modes of Communication,” co-presented with Profs. Robin Walker Sterling and Patience Crowder at the Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Seattle (June 16, 2011).
  • Laura Rovner, Plenary presenter, “Content and Context: Use of Narrative Theory in the Initial Client Interview,” at the Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Seattle (June 15, 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, Work-in-Progress, “The Rights of the Child of Same-Sex Parents,” Freedom Writers, 2010 Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston (June 16-19, 2011).
  • Ved Nanda, “The Japanese Nuclear Crisis,” Rotary, at The Hague, Netherlands (June 7, 2011).
  • Nancy Leong, Moderator, “Bias in the Criminal Justice System: Sources and Effects,” a panel at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco (June 4, 2011).
  • Nancy Leong, “Overthinking Race,” a work-in-progress as part of a panel entitled “The Viability of Racial Categories in a ‘Post-Racial’ Era” at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco (June 4, 2011).
  • Joyce Sterling, “Why Do Women Take the ‘Off Ramps’ or ‘Opt Out’ from their Positions at Law Firms: It’s Not About the Children,” co-presented with Gabriele Plickert, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco (June 3, 2011).
  • David Thomson, “Teaching an Integrated Course with a Hybrid Text,” Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, New York (June 3, 2011).
  • Joyce Sterling, Panelist, “Perspectives on Gender and Diversity in Law Firms,” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco (June 2, 2011).
  • Laura Rovner, Co-presenter, “A Five-Lesson Framework for Reaping Dividends from Spontaneous Classroom Controversy,” at the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, New York Law School, New York (June 2, 2011).
  • Eli Wald, Speaker, “Moral Pluralism and Legal Ethics,” at the Law and Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco (June 2011).
  • K.K. DuVivier, Access to the Sun: Working Together to Make Distributed Solar Work,” at the 2011 Colorado Renewable Energy Conference, Fort Collins, Colo. (June 4, 2011).

Spring 2011:

  • K.K. DuVivier, “Energy’s Uneven Playing Field,” at the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club’s Energy Committee Meeting, Denver (May 5, 2011).
  • Eli Wald, “Nationalizing Law Practice and Other Contemporary Topics in Legal Ethics,” invited by the Community Association Institute, Attorneys’ Committee for the Colorado Chapter, at Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, LLP, Denver (May 6, 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, “The Psychology of Heterosexism and Racism,” 2011 Think-tank Conference and Symposium for Law and Psychology, University of Nebraska – Lincoln (April 20-22, 2011).
  • Fred Cheever, “DU: The First Truly ‘Green’ Law School – A Virtual Tour,” co-presented with Professor Rock Pring, leadoff event of Earth Week 2011 at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, sponsored by the Natural Resources & Environmental Law Society (April 18, 2011).
  • Rock Pring, “DU: The First Truly ‘Green’ Law School – A Virtual Tour,” co-presented with Professor Fred Cheever, leadoff event of Earth Week 2011 at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, sponsored by the Natural Resources & Environmental Law Society (April 18, 2011).
  • Don Smith, “Jean Monnet and the Making of Modern Europe,” part of the Comparing Democracies: Get to Know Europe workshop, sponsored by the Denver-based Center for Education in Law and Democracy and held at the Brown Palace, Denver (April 16, 2011).
  • Rock Pring, “Welcome to a World of Increasing Population and Water Demand,” Water Law Review’s Annual Water Law Symposium at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (April 15, 2011).
  • Rock Pring, “Wet & Wild: Everything You Need to Know about Water Law,” presented to undergraduate students in the Water and the West course at the University of Denver (April 14, 2011).
  • Don Smith, “Jean Monnet: Father of Europe,” a new documentary presented as part of the University of Denver International Education Week, at the Korbel Internet Café (April 13-14, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Public Controls on the Medical Marijuana Business,” American Planning Association Annual Conference, Boston (April 11, 2011).
  • Rock Pring, “The Judiciary and Climate Change,” International Conference on Legislation and Climate Change, sponsored by the State of Campeche Ministry of the Environment and the Autonomous University of Campeche in Campeche City, Mexico (April 9, 2011).
  • Bernard Chao, Conference fellow, Modest Proposals 4.0 conference at Cardozo Law School, New York (April 8, 2011).
  • Viva Moffat, Conference fellow, Modest Proposals 4.0 conference at Cardozo Law School, New York (April 8, 2011).
  • Rock Pring, “The Judiciary and Climate Change,” conference on the role of law in climate change mitigation and adaptation, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico (April 8, 2011).
  • Patience Crowder, “Connecting Sustainable Development and Social Justice in the Post-Metropolis: Observations from the Law Faculty of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law,” co-presented with Professors Tom Romero, William Shutkin and Annecoos Wiersema as part of the University of Denver Marsico Scholar Program at the Urbanization, Nature and Socio-Politics: A North-South Debate workshop (April 6, 2011).
  • Tom Romero, “Connecting Sustainable Development and Social Justice in the Post-Metropolis: Observations from the Law Faculty of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law,” co-presented with Professors Patience Crowder, William Shutkin and Annecoos Wiersema, part of the University of Denver Marsico Scholar Program at the Urbanization, Nature and Socio-Politics: A North-South Debate workshop (April 6, 2011).
  • William Shutkin, “Connecting Sustainable Development and Social Justice in the Post-Metropolis: Observations from the Law Faculty of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law,” co-presented with Professors Patience Crowder, Tom Romero and Annecoos Wiersema, part of the University of Denver Marsico Scholar Program at the Urbanization, Nature and Socio-Politics: A North-South Debate workshop (April 6, 2011).
  • Annecoos Wiersema, “Connecting Sustainable Development and Social Justice in the Post-Metropolis: Observations from the Law Faculty of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law,” co-presented with Professors Patience Crowder, Tom Romero and William Shutkin, part of the University of Denver Marsico Scholar Program at the Urbanization, Nature and Socio-Politics: A North-South Debate workshop (April 6, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “The Future American Landscape: Urban Planning Law Reform and Sustainable Development in the Twenty-First Century,” Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, University of Colorado Law School, Boulder (April 6, 2011).
  • Bernard Chao, Moderator, “Patent on the Patent Reform Act,” at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (April 5, 2011).
  • Rock Pring, Keynote address, “The Role of Specialized Environmental Courts and Tribunals Around the World,” co-presented with Catherine Pring at the inauguration of the new International Judicial Institute for Environmental Adjudication at Pace University Law School, White Plains, N.Y.
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  • Rock Pring, Institute for Environmental Adjudication at Pace University Law School, White Plains, N.Y. (April 1, 2011).
  • John Soma, “U.S. and EU Privacy,” Colorado Research Institute for Security and Privacy annual spring conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (April 1, 2011).
  • Joyce Sterling, “Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: After the J.D. Results,” co-presented with Professor Eli Wald, sponsored by the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence, at the University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder (April 2011).
  • Joyce Sterling, “Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: The Future of Women Lawyers at Large Law Firms,” co-presented with Professor Eli Wald, sponsored by the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence, at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (April 2011).
  • Eli Wald, Speaker, “Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: After the J.D. Results,” co-presented with Professor Joyce Sterling, sponsored by the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence, at the University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder (April 2011).
  • Eli Wald, Speaker, “Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: The Future of Women Lawyers at Large Law Firms,” co-presented with Professor Joyce Sterling, sponsored by the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence, at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (April 2011).
  • Eli Wald, CLE Presenter, “Nationalizing Law Practice,” the Larimer County Bar Association Professionalism Committee Annual Ethics Seminar, Fort Collins, Colo. (April 2011).
  • William Shutkin, “Collapse, Conundrum, Collective Action: Pursuing Sustainable Communities in the Age of Ideology,” University of Montana’s Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Forum Lecture Series (March 31, 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, Panelist, “Reshaping Heterosexual Masculine Identity” (response to Angel Harris’ keynote address), at the Access to Equal Justice Symposium: Race to Justice – Mass Incarceration and Masculinity through a Black Feminist Lens, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (March 28, 2011).
  • Eli Wald, “Conflicts of Interest: Understanding the ‘Ethical Screen’ and Its Utility, or Can You Represent the Bank and the Borrower?,” part of the 15th Annual Seminar on Real Estate Restructuring, sponsored by CLE International (March 28, 2011).
  • Rachel Arnow-Richman, “A Contract Theory of Employment,” at the Suffolk Law School, Boston (March 25, 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, Panelist, “The Rights of the Child of Same-Sex Parents,” at The New “Illegitimacy”: Revisiting Why Parentage Should Not Depend on Marriage, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. (March 24-25, 2011).
  • Viva Moffat, Presenter and panelist, “Overlapping Copyright and Trademark Protection,” at the University of Southern California Intellectual Property Institute (March 22, 2011).
  • Rock Pring, “Imagine—A World of Environmental Justice,” co-presented with Kitty Pring at the annual Fedder Lecture at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore. Their address was based on their research and publications for the University of Denver Environmental Courts and Tribunals Study (March 18, 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, Speaker, “The Rights of the Child of Same-Sex Parents,” Chapman University Law School Faculty Development Workshop Series, Orange, Calif. (March 14, 2011).
  • Robin Walker Sterling, “The Negative Effects of Juvenile Detention,” Juvenile Delinquency Practice: Translating Current Research into Convincing Advocacy, co-sponsored by the Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition, Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 10, 2011).
  • Robin Walker Sterling, “Counseling Children and Youth in Times of Crisis: Tips to Achieve Success and Avoid Pitfalls,” co-presented in a national teleconference call co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee (March 8, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “China’s Cities and Sustainable Development,” Visiting Scholar Lectures, University of Trento Global Studies in Local Comparative Development, Trento, Italy (March 7, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “The American Culture of Law and Business, Parts I and II,” Visiting Scholar Lectures, University of Trento Global Studies in Local Comparative Development, Trento, Italy (March 5-6, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Fixed Rail Public Transit in the Rocky Mountain West: The Potential Smart Growth Benefits for the Twenty-First Century,” Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March 4, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Let’s Make a Deal Zoning: Zoning with Conditions, Contract Zoning and Other Regulatory Agreements,” Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March 4, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “New LULUs from La La Land: The Regulation of Medical Marijuana,” Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March 4, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Whatever Happened to the Property Rights Revolution,” Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March 4, 2011).
  • Tom Romero, “The Blue Line as the Color Line: A Historical Account of Post-Urban Water Infrastructure, Development, and Social Equity,” part of the Beyond Dams and Diversion panel at the 20th Annual Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Conference (March 3, 2011).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Now That We are Poor: Housing and Zoning and the New Economics,” Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March 3, 2011).
  • Kris Miccio, “The Castle Rock Dilemma,” at the University of Dublin Law School (March 2011).
  • Kris Miccio, “The Education Tool Box,” designed and conducted a full-day workshop for the law faculty at University College Dublin Law School about participatory learning in the classroom (March 2011).
  • Kris Miccio, Keynote Panelist, “Using the Courts, the Legislature and the University to Make Social Change,” University College Dublin School of Social Justice, co-sponsored by the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University College Dublin and Whittier Law School (March 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, Panelist, “Seven Principles: Increasing Access to the Legal Academy among Students of Color,” The Future of Legal Education, Iowa Law Review, University of Iowa College of Law (February 25-26, 2011).
  • Catherine Smith, Panelist, “Equity in Education: Examining the Rhetoric of Race and Achievement Gaps,” R.I.S.E. Symposium, University of Colorado, Boulder (February 18, 2011).
  • K.K. DuVivier, “Urban Eating,” at the Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit (February 18, 2011).
  • Steve Pepper, “How Should Lawyers Deal with the Gap Between Law and Justice?” at a conference on lawyers’ ethics for a group of practicing lawyers and legal academics, Tokyo, Japan (February 11, 2011).
  • Ved Nanda, “The Egyptian Protests,” for the Denver Rotary World Community Service Committee (February 8, 2011).
  • Tom Russell, “‘F—- You Tom Russell’: History & Media in the Texas Klan Dorm (Simkins Hall) Controversy,” at a conference on slavery and the university, Emory University (February 5, 2011).
  • John Soma, “World Privacy Day Seminar,” Privacy Foundation program (February 3, 2011).
  • Dean Martin Katz “Popular Constitutionalisms and the Uses of History in Constitutional Arguments,”panel moderator, Byron White Center Annual Rothgerber Conference, Denver (January 28, 1011).
  • Alan Chen “Is the Tea Party A Constitutional Movement?” panel discussant at the 18th Annual Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Conference on Popular Constitutionalism and the Uses of History in Constitutional Argument, Denver (January 28, 2011).
  • Dean Marty Katz, Co-moderator with Professor Tom Romero, Popular Constitutionalism and Civil Rights panel at the Ira C. Rothgerber Conference in Denver (January 27, 2011).
  • Tom Romero, Co-moderator with Dean Marty Katz, Popular Constitutionalism and Civil Rights panel at the Ira C. Rothgerber Conference in Denver (January 27, 2011).
  • David Thomson, “Managing Laptops and Mobile Devices in the Classroom,” co-presented with Christof Demont-Heinrich (DU Media Studies), University of Denver (January 21, 2011).
  • Celia R. Taylor, “Berle II: Corporate Governance Conference,” Seattle, Wash. (January 21-22 2011).
  • Nancy Ehrenreich “Battered Women in Prison: the Flawed Criminal Justice System that Lands Them There,” keynote lecture at workshop, “Sin by Silence: Clemency and Re-Entry for Incarcerated Battered Women,” Denver (Jan. 11, 2010).
  • Rachel Arnow-Richman, Lead and moderated panel, “Author Meets Reader: Restoring the Power of Unions,” presented by the Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law at the annual meeting of the AALS, San Francisco (January 7, 2011).
  • Rachel Arnow-Richman, Spoke at Rally in Support of Economic Justice for Hilton Workers, Hilton Union Square, sponsored by Unite/HERE! Local 2 and the Ad Hoc Committee of Law Professors to Support the Hilton Boycott, San Francisco (January 7, 2011).
  • David Thomson “How LRW Faculty Can Contribute to Their Law School’s Assessment Plan,” co-presented with Sophie Sparrow (UNH), Lori Shaw (Dayton), San Francisco, Calif. (January 6, 2011).
  • K.K. DuVivier “Renewable Energy Law,” intersession course at the University of Houston Law Center (January 2011).
  • Annecoos Wiersema “International Environmental Law Year in Review 2010,” at the AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco (January 6, 2010).

Fall 2010:

  • Celia R. Taylor “Sustainability Companies Law-US Perspective,” part of an international project considering the possibility of using corporate law to encourage/require companies to pay attention to climate change, Oslo, Norway (December 2010).
  • Dean Martin Katz, “The Future of Legal Education and Federal Practice,” keynote address at Federal Judges Roundtable (sponsored by Faculty of Federal Advocates), Denver, Colo. (November 6, 2010).
  • Jessica West, “Police Accountability: The Role of the Independent Monitor,” co-presented with Darold Killmer and Eric Winfield, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (November 4, 2010).
  • Christopher N. Lasch, “The New ICE Age: A Panel Discussion on the Expanding Use of Immigration Detainers by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” co-presented with Hans Meyer and Mark Silverstein, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, Colo. (November 2, 2010).
  • Eli Wald “Law Practice as a Morally Responsible Business: Reintegrating Ethics into Economics and Law,” (with Prof. Russell G. Pearce), University of Colorado School of Law’s 2010-2011 workshop series, Boulder, Colo. (November 2010).
  • Dean Martin Katz, “Systemic Innovation at Denver Law,” at Legal Education Reform after Carnegie: Bringing Law-in-Action into the Law School Classroom, University of Wisconsin, Madison (October 23, 2010).
  • Christine Cimini “Immigrant Youth Activism,” panel moderator, at the Lat Crit Conference, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (October 9, 2010).
  • Christine Cimini, “The Role of Fault in a Post Hoffman World,” work in progress at the NYU Clinical Writers’ Workshop, New York University Law School (October 2, 2010).
  • Fred Cheever, “Defining the Scope of NEPA Review: ‘Small Handles’ and Connected Actions,” at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute on NEPA (October 2010).
  • Roberto Corrada, “Multidisciplinary and Disciplinary Approaches to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,” at the 2010 National Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. (June 5, 2010).
  • Roberto Corrada, “Creativity,” at the 2010 National Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. (June 3-6, 2010).
  • Roberto Corrada, Speaker and Facilitator, “The Critical Elements of Effective Collaborative Learning: Foundation and Application,” workshop, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif. (September 29, 2010).
  • Roberto Corrada, Keynote Address, “Creating a ‘Community of Learning’ in the Classroom: One Scholar’s Journey in the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning,” Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, Calif. (September 28, 2010).
  • Roberto Corrada, “Creativity,” at the Multidisciplinary and Disciplinary Approaches to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. (June 3-6, 2010).
  • Roberto Corrada, “Teaching for Engaged Learning: Teaching Methods & Assessment,” Elon Law School, Greensboro, N. C. (April 10, 2010).
  • Roberto Corrada, Speaker and facilitator, “U.S. Administrative Law and Cooperative Learning Methods,” Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala (March 8-11, 2010).
  • Jan Laitos, “The Emergence of a Third Player in the Natural Resources Law Game,” Emory University Law School (April 2010).
  • Jan Laitos, Chaired a session on “The New Property,” at the Conference on the Evolution of Property Rights, sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA (September 2010).
  • Jan Laitos, “Constitutional Limits on Government Housing Restrictions,” Istanbul, Turkey (July 2010).
  • Christopher Lasch, “Using Simulations to Teach Substantive Law, Skills, Ethics, and Professionalism,” co-presented with Asst. Professor Patience Crowder , University of Denver Sturm College of Law (October 13, 2010).
  • Christopher Lasch, Commented on Lahny Silva’s draft paper on a due process framework for analyzing collateral consequences of criminal convictions, at LatCrit XV Denver, Colo. (October 9, 2010).
  • William Shutkin, “Regional Sustainability,” at Remarkable Beyond Borders: Shaping The Future Of The Crown Of The Continent, First Annual Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent, with the University of Montana, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Sonoran Institute, Waterton National Park, Alberta, Canada (September 2010).
  • William Shutkin, “The Front Range and Sustainability,” at Urban Futures: Opportunities and Challenges for Transforming the Urban Landscape, Loeb Fellowship 40th Reunion, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Mass. (October 2010).
  • William Shutkin, “Sustainable Community Development Code Framework,” Sustainability Series, Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, Mo. (November 2010).
  • Robin Walker Sterling, “The Intersection of Fundamental Fairness and Fundamental Rights in Juvenile Delinquency Court,” at the Clinical Law Review Writers’ Workshop, NYU School of Law (October 3, 2010).
  • Robin Walker Sterling, “DNA 101: Understanding the Basics,” with Dr. Angela Williamson, Washington, D.C. (October 15, 2010).
  • Robin Walker Sterling, “Innovative Use of the Brady Exculpatory Evidence Rule,” with Barbara Butterworth, Washington, D.C. (October 16, 2010).
  • Robin Walker Sterling, “Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC): Blind Justice in the Area of DMC,” at the Washington Juvenile Defender Summit, Leavenworth, Wash. (October 30, 2010).
  • Robin Walker Sterling, “Media and Messaging in Juvenile Defense,” co-presented with Prof. Kim Ambrose, University of Washington School of Law, and Anne Lee, Executive Director of TeamChild, at the Washington Juvenile Defender Summit, Leavenworth, Wash. (October 30, 2010).
  • Jessica West, “Is Injustice Relevant?: Limitations on the Admissibility of Evidence of Oppression,” at the LatCrit XV conference, Denver, Colo. (October 9, 2010).
  • Jessica West, LatCrit XV Conference: Attended the 2 day faculty development workshop and presented a work in progress entitled 12 Racist Men: Post-Verdict Evidence of Juror Bias. Also moderated a panel on “The Politics and Economics of Racism,” with presentations by Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic, Katherine Darmer, George Martinez and Justin Levinson (October 8-10, 2010).
  • Annecoos Wiersema, “Trade and Environment Redux: What the WTO can Learn From International Environmental Law About Risk, Science, and the Precautionary Principle,” First Annual Fall Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship, Vermont Law School (October 2010).
  • Jan Laitos, Natural Resources Law, co-authored with Zellmer and Cole, Thomson West, 2nd Edition (date of acceptance September 2010; publication date TBD 2012).
  • Bernard Chao, “Using Special Masters in Litigation,” co-presented with Lynn Pashow, Hon. Charles Legge, Hon. Ronald Whyte, as part of a conference presented by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and the Federal Judicial Center, Berkeley, Calif. (Sept. 25, 2010).
  • Christine Cimini, “The Secure Communities Program and the Impact Upon Immigrants,” co-presented with Professor Marie Provine, Arizona State University, at Constitution Day, sponsored by the Constitutional Rights & Remedies Program and the University of Denver Political Science Department (September 28, 2010).
  • K.K. DuVivier, “National and International Implications of the Gulf Oil Disaster,” Panelist for DU International Law Society (September 2010).
  • K.K. DuVivier, Testified about problems with coal fly ash at an EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Materials Recovery and Waste Management Division hearing concerning proposed new regulations, Denver (September 2, 2010).
  • Sam Kamin, Commented on Kathie Barnes’ Paper: “The Constitutional Implications of the Reality of Racial Profiling,” at the Southwest Criminal Law conference, co-organized with Carolyn Ramsey, University of Colorado (September 2010).
  • Tamara Kuennen, “Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases,” co-presented with Hon. Ronald Adrine, Hon. Amy Krause, Hon. Jeannie JinKyung Hong, Hon. Jeffrey Dremers, Sujata Warrier, PhD, Linda Baker, PhD at the training for judges.
  • Tamara Kuennen, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, in conjunction with the federal Office on Violence Against Women, Bethesda, MD (Aug 7 – 11, 2010).
  • Rock Pring, Made a joint keynote presentation (with co-author Kitty Pring) on “Judicial Challenges in Creating and Improving Environmental Courts and Tribunals (ECTs),” to 80 justices and judges from around the world at the Australasian Conference of Planning and Environment Courts and Tribunals (ACPECT), Sydney, Australia (Sept. 2, 2010).
  • Rock Pring, “Specialized Environmental Courts and Tribunals: The Explosion of New Institutions to Adjudicate Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development,” (co-authored with Kitty Pring) to the United Nations-Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy, Yale Law School (Sept. 19, 2010).
  • Tom I. Romero, II, “What Can “Brown” Do For Your: Hernandez v. Texas, Brown v. Board of Education and the Concept of La Raza Latina in American Law,” at the Annual Meeting of the Hispanic National Bar Association (September 9, 2010).
  • Laura Rovner, “The Moment as Microcosm: Making the Most of Spontaneous Classroom Controversies As Integrated Learning Opportunities,”co-presented with Professor Patti Alleva, University of North Dakota School of Law, at the Central States Law Schools Association, University of North Dakota School of Law (September 25, 2010).
  • John Soma, Attended a workshop, “Risk of Data Sharing in Genomics,” at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (August 26-26, 2010).
  • Celia Taylor, Presented an update on corporate law and legislation relating to corporate law in Colorado over the past year to the Colorado Business Law Institute (September 30, 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Ethical Guidelines Related to Attorney’s Liens, Charging Liens and Other Security Interests,” co-presented with the Honorable Judge Edward C. Moss and the Honorable Judge Ruthanne Polidori, at the 2010 Annual Family Law Institute, Steamboat Springs, Colo. (August 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Legal Ethics in the Movies: Family Law Attorneys and Popular Culture,” at the 2010 Annual Family Law Institute, Steamboat Springs (August 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Law Practice as a Morally Responsible Business: Reintegrating Ethics into Economics and Law,”
    co-presented with Russell G. Pierce, Fordham University School of Law’s 2010-2011 workshop series, New York City (September 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Federalizing Legal Ethics, Nationalizing Law Practice and the Future of the American Legal Profession in a Global Age,” at Saint Louis University School of Law’s 2010-2011 workshop series, St. Louis (September 2010).


Summer 2010:

  • Steve Pepper, At the International Legal Ethics Conference IV, Stanford Law School: 1) opening plenary session, “Legal Ethics in Legal Education: Should it be a Required Course;” closing plenary session, “Jurisprudence and Legal Ethics;” and Pepper’s paper, “Three Dichotomies in Lawyers’ Ethics.” (July 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Law Practice as a Morally Responsible Business: Reintegrating Ethics into Economics and Law,” (co-presented with Prof. Russell G. Pearce, Fordham Law School), Stanford Law School (July 16, 2010).
  • David Thomson, “Mile High Summit on Training,” with co-presenters Molly Peckman (Dechert LLP), Linda-Jean Schneider (Cahill Gordon & Reindell, LLP), and Tommy Preston, University of South Carolina School of Law, Denver, Colo. (July 11, 2010).
  • David Thomson, “A New and Urgent Role for the LRW Professorate: The Impact of Technology on the Law and the Legal Profession,” with Ian Gallacher (Syracuse); Ellie Margolis (Temple); Kristen Murray (Temple), as part of the Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Marco Island, Fla. (June 29, 2010).
  • Stephen Pepper, Presenter and panelist, Daniels College of Business Faculty Symposium highlighting the book Good Business: Exercising Effective and Ethical Leadership (Routledge, 2010). Prof. Pepper spoke on his chapter (2): “How to do the Right Thing: A Primer on Ethics and Moral Vision.”
  • David Thomson, “Teaching Contract Drafting Online,” with Susan Duncan (Univ. Louisville), as part of the Transactional Law Teaching Conference at Emory University Law School. (June 5, 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: The Future of Women Lawyers at Large Law Firms,” at Dorsey & Whitney, part of the summer CLE series through the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence (June 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “The Ethics of Attorney-Client Communications and Expectations’ Management,” CLE, hosted by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP (June 2010).
  • Christine Cimini, “Nuts and Bolts: What Do We Mean By Outcomes and Assessment,” at the AALS Annual Clinical Conference, Baltimore, Maryland (May 5, 2010).


Spring Semester 2010:

  • David Thomson, Keynote speaker, Annual Conference of the New England Law Librarians Association, Portsmouth, NH (April 23, 2010).
  • Alan Chen, “Meaningful Access to Constitutional Remedies,” at the Access to Justice Conference, DU Sturm College of Law (April 23, 2010).
  • David Thomson, “Web 2.0 and Its Impact on Law Libraries,” keynote speaker, Annual Conference of the New England Law Librarians Association, Portsmouth, NH (April 23, 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Lawyers in Practice: Ethical Decision Making in Context,” cosponsored by the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy at the University of Buffalo Law School and the University of Connecticut, Buffalo, NY (April 23, 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Jack Abramoff Exposed: The Integrity of the Legal/Lobbying Profession in a Money Culture,” Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Denver, Colo. (April 13, 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Judges, (in) Civility and the Media, Judicial Ethics and Accountability: At Home and Abroad,”University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, Calif. (April 9, 2010). “Ethics of Attorney Communications,” at the Denver Bar Association’s Bench/Bar Retreat, Denver, Colo. (April 10, 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: Professional Ideologies, Gender Stereotypes and the Future of Women Lawyers at Large Law Firms,” Private Practice Lawyers – Jack Heinz Tribute Panel: Lawyers and Social Structure: Stratification, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill.(May 2010).p((. “Using Deception in Intellectual Property Related-Investigations: Are You Unwittingly Violating The Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct?,” to the Colorado Bar Association’s IP Section (April 1, 2010).
  • KK Duvivier, “Jousting at Windmills—Wind Power Rights & Conflicts Update,” at the Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Spring Land Workshop (March 25, 2010).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Transportation Planning, Density, and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, A 2020 View of Urban Infrastructure: A Festschrift in Honor of Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer,” Georgia State University Law School Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, Atlanta, Georgia (March 25, 2010)
  • Ed Ziegler, “Transportation Planning, Density, and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, A 2020 View of Urban Infrastructure: A Festschrift in Honor of Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer,” Georgia State University Law School Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth (March 25, 2010).
  • Stephen Pepper, “Three Dichotomies In Lawyers’ Ethics,” keynote address, 32nd Legal Ethics Institute, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. (March 19, 2010).
  • Joyce Sterling, “After the JD II: What is the Picture for Women Lawyers After the 7th Year of Practice?” at the Rocky Mountain Legal Diversity Summit, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March 16, 2010).
  • Kris Miccio, “Lesbian Parenting: Same or Different,” with Professor Catherine Smith & Professor Caryn Aviv, at the Motherhood Conference, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March 13, 2010).
  • Rachel Arnow-Richman, Reconstructing Superwoman: Care and Market Work from a Non-Binary Perspective,” Motherhood: Reclaiming Our Past, Transforming Our Future, U. Denver College of Law, Denver, CO (March 13, 2010).
  • Ann Vessels, “Designing Externship Courses in Specialized Areas and Class Content that Engages Students,” co-presented with Denise Platfoot Lacey, University of Dayton & Carl Circo, University of Arkansas, at the Externships V Conference, Miami, Fla. (March 5, 2010).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Local Bouillabaisse Regulation: A Critical Overview of the New American Landscape,” University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Conference (March 4, 2010).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Local Bouillabaisse Regulation: A Critical Overview of the New American Landscape,” University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado (March 4, 2010).
  • K.K. DuVivier, “The New Energy Frontier: The University of Denver’s Partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,” organized and co-presented with Robert J. Noun, Chief Spokesman for NREL, University of Denver’s 2010 Winter Quarter Provost’s Lecture and Luncheon (March 2, 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “How to Effectively Network during an Economic Downturn, or Don’t Burn the Bridges You’re Trying to Build!” panel participant, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (March, 2010).
  • Fred Cheever, Penn State Live, February 23 – Conservation professionals, wildlife enthusiasts, forest managers and government officials are invited to “Fire in the Eastern United States,” a symposium featuring Professor Stephen J. Pyne of Arizona State University who is one of the world’s leading experts in fire history and ecology. Other panelists include Fred Cheever, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, who writes about federal public land law, the Endangered Species Act, and land conservation transactions. (February 23, 2010).
  • Ed Ziegler, “Urban Planning Law and Places of Worship: Local Controls and National Protection in the United States,” University of Barcelona Law School, Barcelona, Spain, February 17, 2010.
  • Ed Ziegler, “Private Property Rights, the Rule of Law, and Economic Prosperity in the United States: An International Perspective,” University of Barcelona Law School, Barcelona, Spain, February 16, 2010
  • Rock Pring, Presented lectures on “Environmental Law in the U.S.” and “U.S. Administrative Law” at the Brazilian Judges Association’s Judicial Seminar on United States Law, hosted by the Sturm College of Law. Deans Katz, Chen, and Cheever and Profs. Hyatt, Miccio, and Carpenter also presented their U.S. law specialties (Feb. 15-18, 2010).
  • K.K. DuVivier, “International Issues for Sustainable Energy,” American Branch, International Law Association, 2010 International Law Weekend—Midwest (co-chair of panel and presenter) (February 12-13, 2010)
  • K.K. DuVivier, “Solar Access and Denver’s Code Rewrite,” at the Energy Committee, Rocky Mountain Chapter Sierra Club (February 4, 2010).
  • Eli Wald, “The History and Future of Denver’s ‘17th Street’s Large Law Firms,” at Davis, Graham & Stubbs, LLP (February 2010).
  • Alan Chen, “Right Labels, Wrong Categories: Some Comments on Steven D. Smith’s, ‘Why is Government Speech Problematic?’” at the 17th Annual Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Conference on Constitutional Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (January 22, 2010).
  • Michael Sousa, Panelist, “Chapter 11 business bankruptcies in the post General Motors and Chrysler landscape, at the American Bankruptcy Institute Rocky Mountain Conference (January 22, 2010).
  • Alan Chen, “An Introduction to Government Speech,” in conjunction with the 17th Annual Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Conference on Constitutional Law, co-sponsored by the DU Law Review (January 21, 2010).
  • Ved Nanda, “Why Should We Pay Special Attention to Afghanistan and Pakistan When the Menace of Terrorism is Worldwide?” Rotary Club of Denver (January 21, 2010).
  • Ved Nanda, “Lifetime Commitment to Service,” Orlando NGO group talk (January 17-18, 2010).
  • Raja Raghunath, Panelist, “Cultivating Values: Developing Law Students into Citizen Lawyers,” AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 9, 2010).
  • Christine Cimini, “In the Public Interest: Exploring the Legacy of Robert Cover as Professor, Activist, and Scholar,” American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Conference, New Orleans (January 8, 2010).
  • David Thomson, Will lead the Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research (LWRR) Section’s presentation at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA (January 2011).
  • Rachel Arnow-Richman, Presented on panel: “The Law & Economics of Reduced/Compressed Work Weeks,” to be published in Conn. L. Rev. (Spring 2010)