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In August, Paige Wilson will join Colorado Law as Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic. Prior to joining ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä, Professor Wilson directed the Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where her students represented a mix of startups, small businesses, nonprofits, and student-athletes with NIL contracts. She also practiced corporate law at Gunderson Dettmer in New York City, where she represented high-growth technology companies and venture capital funds. Her research on venture capital and clinical pedagogy has been published in the Berkeley Business Law Journal and the Tennessee Journal of Business Law, respectively.
In August, Bryan H. Choi will join the Colorado Law faculty Associate Professor of Law. Choi's scholarship brings an interdisciplinary focus to software and AI safety. He is especially well-known for his work on software liability, which has been influential in policymaking discussions on national cybersecurity strategy.Ìý
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.
An Associate Professor of Law, Tony Derron is an environmental law scholar who examines how administration, government structure, and property rules affect environmental outcomes. Professor Derron’s scholarship explores the many pathways of environmental law, from federal regulation to state constitutions, and draws on historical and current environmental practices to inform solutions to problems both inside and outside the field. He teaches Advanced Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, and Energy Law.Ìý
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.
Delaram Takyar is joining the Colorado Law faculty as an associate professor of law. Her research focuses on social inequality and the law, considering how the law contributes to the marginalization of disadvantaged groups. Her most recent article, The Hidden Price of Government Immunity, forthcoming in the U.C. Irvine Law Review, argues in favor of reforming government immunity laws, which, the article argues, disproportionately affect poor communities and communities of color.
The American Indian Law Program (AILP) at the University of Colorado Law school is thrilled to welcome Hannah Ahders ’25 as the 2025-26 AILP fellow. In this role, Ahders will work with AILP faculty, students, and community members in support of American Indian and Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
On June 5-6, the Getches-Wilkinson Center and the Water & Tribes Initiative hosted the 45th Annual Colorado Law Conference on Natural Resources. As efforts to finalize the post-2026 Interim Guidelines ramp up, the aptly titled Turning Hindsight into Foresight: The Colorado River at a Crossroads gathered attorneys, government officials, tribal leaders, NGO representatives, students, filmmakers, and academics to reflect on the successes and failures of the past to facilitate a discussion of how to better manage the Colorado River in the future.
In August, Professor Adam Sopko will join the Colorado Law Faculty as Associate Professor. In this interview, Adam shares more about his work, the inspiration behind it, and some of her career accomplishments so far.
In August, Professor Ann M. Lipton will join the Colorado Law Faculty as Professor of LawÌý and Laurence W. DeMuth Chair of Business Law. In this interview, Professor Lipton shares more about her work, the inspiration behind it, and some of her career accomplishments so far.Ìý