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On Oct. 22, 2019, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan spoke to a sold-out crowd of over 2,000 people at CU Boulder’s Macky Auditorium—with hundreds more watching via livestream nationwide and internationally. The fireside-chat style event was moderated by Provost Professor of Civil Rights Law and Director of the White Center Suzette Malveaux.

Professor Helen Norton, who holds the Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Chair in Constitutional Law, will deliver the 45th annual Austin W. Scott Jr. Lecture on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in Wittemyer Courtroom. The lecture is presented annually by a member of the faculty engaged in a significant scholarly project selected by the dean.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Law School will celebrate six alumni and friends of the law school at its 39th annual awards banquet on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver.

Constitutional law tends to focus on the rules that apply to what the government does—like the rules that apply to the laws that the government enacts to the government’s taxes and the government’s decisions to arrest and imprison. What’s less clear are the constitutional rules that apply to what the government says. In her new book, The Government’s Speech and the Constitution, constitutional law scholar and Professor Helen Norton investigates the variety and abundance of government speech.

We spoke to four alumni making their mark in entrepreneurial and business law.

Recent Colorado Law graduate Zachary New ('19) is one of two winners of the Yale Law Journal's annual student essay competition, focused this year on emerging issues in immigration law.

This year's Homecoming & Reunion Weekend events include CLEs on U.S. technologies for domestic surveillance and the future of regulating the practice of law in Colorado, the Law Buffs BBQ, and more.

The U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments for the fall term on Monday, Oct. 7. Colorado Law faculty are available for media interviews on upcoming cases in front of the Court.

How do you define racism? What impact does that have on the law? Professor Anna Spain Bradley was a guest on the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder's Brainwaves podcast.

Associate Justice Elena Kagan of the Supreme Court of the U.S. will visit the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder campus Oct. 22-23, 2019, giving the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Law School’s John Paul Stevens Lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Macky Auditorium and meeting with students during select events.