People

The people of the the Ved Nanda Center for International & Comparative Law are defined by their passion, expertise, and dedication to realizing the goals and mission of the Center.

Kelley Loper, Director

Kelley Loper

Kelley Loper is a professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and the director of the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law. She also sits on the advisory board of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law and the international advisory board of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL) at the University of Hong Kong.

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Anne Aguirre, Coordinator

Anne Aguirre

Anne Aguirre joined the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law in 2015. She manages and directs all operations, budgets, and programs for the Center in its goal of engaging the broader legal community in the Center's pursuit of academic excellence under the leadership of Center Director Professor Kelley Loper.

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Researchers

Diba Aalami Harandi

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Diba Aalami Harandi is an LLM candidate in International Business Transactions at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and is originally from Iran. She works as a Research Assistant at the Ved Nanda Center for International & Comparative Law. Diba also serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy and is a Board Member of the International Law Society. She is deeply interested in the intersection of law, technology, and business, focusing on cutting-edge legal challenges and advancing innovation in the legal field. 

Faculty Affiliates

John Bliss

Associate Professor
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J. Robert Brown

Professor
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Bernard Chao

Professor of Law, Maxine Kurtz Research Scholar and Co-Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program
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Karina Condra

Associate Director, Westminster Law Library; Associate Professor in University Libraries
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Rashmi Goel

Associate Professor
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Tim Holbrook

Professor, Provost's Professor & Robert B. Yegge Endowed Distinguished Professor of Law
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Govind Persad

Associate Professor with Tenure
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Tom Romero

Professor of Law, Affiliated Faculty, Department of History; Director, Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of Inequality
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Sarah Schindler

Professor of Law, Maxine Kurtz Faculty Research Scholar; Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program
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Don C. Smith

Associate Professor of the Practice
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Celia Taylor

Professor, Director of International Legal Studies Program, Nanda Chair 
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Eli Wald

Charles W. Delaney Jr. Professor of Law
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Annecoos Wiersema

Professor, Catherine Boggs Endowed Faculty Research Scholar
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  • Nanda Center Advisory Board

    The Center's Board of Directors provides advice and counsel to guide our research, operations, and programming in alignment with our mission and goals.