2020 News Archives

November 2, 2020 — University of Wyoming College of Law Professor Darrell D. Jackson, Nicole M. Crawford, Director of the UW Art Museum, and former law student Toni E. Hartzel have co-authored a chapter in an important new book, Critical Race Theory in the Academy.

October 19, 2020 — The University of Wyoming College of Law is pleased to recognize this year’s Brimmer Scholars, Brittney Bulawa of Parker, Colo., and Brenna Fisher of Manassas, Va.

October 18, 2020 — This year, the College of Law and Salt Creek Energy Excellence Committee are excited to recognize second-year law student Elizabeth “Lizzie” Stephani as the Salt Creek Energy Excellence Scholar for 2020-2021, and Salt Creek Scholarship recipient Rachael Buzanowski.

October 1, 2020 — Students in the Defender Aid Clinic at the UW College of Law have launched a new podcast, “Justice Talks in Wyoming.” The mission of the podcast is to educate the public about serious issues within the United States criminal justice system, in the hopes of influencing positive change.

September 16, 2020 — The College of Law was recently recognized for excellence in several different categories.

September 9, 2020 — While the College of Law marked its 100-year anniversary, a local law firm that shares many close ties to the law school is also celebrating it 75th anniversary.

September 8, 2020 — The College of Law recently completed its annual Summer Trial Institute Program, marking the program's tenth anniversary. Making the year even more special was the decision to award the Terry W. Mackey Scholarship to a summer trial student.

September 3, 2020 — On August 19, 2020, the Constitutional Court of Uganda announced a major victory for Ugandan women, human rights, and the Kampala-based Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) in a case that University of Wyoming College of Law faculty and students have been involved in since 2012.

August 7, 2020 — Professor Mocsary recently offered an updated version of the supplemental chapters to his co-authored publication, “Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Regulation, Rights, and Policy” (2nd ed. 2017).

July 17, 2020 — Professor Tara Righetti of the College of Law recently released a myriad of articles published by top law journals nationally and internationally.

July 2, 2020 — As the public health situation continues to be of concern regarding the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the University of Wyoming College of Law has made the difficult decision to postpone the much-anticipated visit of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

June 30, 2020 — Students in the Prosecution Assistance Program and the Defender Aid Clinic appeared remotely before the Wyoming Supreme Court during the June session of oral arguments. Both clinics were represented on separate cases in their respective clinics.

June 25, 2020 — The University of Wyoming College of Law is ranked 30th in the nation this year for students placed in federal judicial clerkships.

June 17, 2020 — Two University of Wyoming College of Law Students were selected to the editorial board of the Harvard Journal of Law and Policy’s Thirty-Ninth Annual Federalist Society National Student Symposium Issue.

June 5, 2020 — Quoted by The Guardian, Reuters, The Atlantic, and Bloomberg Law, Professor Duff is now one of the most quoted experts in the nation on OSHA and COVID-19, and has become a go-to-person for the national news.

June 3, 2020 — During her final year of law school, recent graduate Amy Pettit teamed up with researchers at the School of Energy Resources to co-author an article examining Section 45Q, a federal tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration.

May 11, 2020 — The College of Law will celebrate the Class of 2020 with a virtual commencement ceremony. The graduation ceremony will take place as originally planned on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 10:00am MST.

April 28, 2020 — As a follow-up to a hearing before the Ugandan Constitutional Court on a case in the clinic, third-year law student Adelaide Myers traveled to Uganda with the faculty supervisors of the clinic, Carl M. Williams Professor of Law and Ethics Professor Noah Novogrodsky, and Jamie Crawford, the Robert J. Golten Fellow at the College of Law.

April 8, 2020 — Professor Kenneth D. Chestek recently published an article in the Mississippi Law Journal. Professor Chestek, who serves as the Assistant Director for both the Legal Writing Program at the College of Law as well as the Center for the Study of Written Advocacy (CSWA), has a keen interest in legal writing and politics and often writes on how language and rhetorical tools can highly influence thoughts and perceptions in politics.

April 3, 2020 — The experiential learning programs at the College of Law have demonstrated a remarkable level of resiliency in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak while still offering the same quality services. In particular, the faculty and students in the clinical programs have been incredibly adaptive in a short window of time in order to protect themselves as wells their clients.

April 2, 2020 — The University of Wyoming had another successful academic year earning distinction as a Best Law School for Practical Training and a Best Value Law School by PreLaw and The National Jurist Magazines. The College of Law has garnered recognition in both categories for six years running.

March 27, 2020 — Professor James M. Delaney, the Winston S. Howard Distinguished Professor of Law and Federal Tax Law expert at the University of Wyoming College of Law, was recently recognized and honored by the membership of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC) who elected Professor Delaney as Fellow of the College.

March 24, 2020 — Under the direction of Professor Tara Righetti of the College of Law, and with the support of Kris Koski (J.D., ’08), Associate Lecturer at the School of Energy Resources, students in both programs have ample opportunity to interact with each other, as well as gain valuable first-and experiences through visits to governing and regulatory entities, as well as resource extraction sites. The purpose of these tours is to build upon the concepts learned in the oil, gas, and mineral law coursework.

March 4, 2020 — The College of Law will recognize The Honorable Gregory A. Phillips, The Honorable Michael R. Murphy, Gina Guy, Professor Steve Easton, and Dean Emeritus Frank Trelease at the 2020 Honors Banquet.

February 26, 2020 — United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch will visit the University of Wyoming College of Law and campus Sept. 16-17 in honor of the College of Law’s 100th anniversary. Gorsuch will make two public appearances where the public can attend.

February 25, 2020 — Students in the Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic have been hard at work throughout the academic year, navigating the daily grind. While the perception that many cases are not always glamorous, for the people whose lives they are affecting, they are everything. Students in the clinic have thrived under the high stakes, high-pressure issues for their clients, and proven that they can hold their own both inside and outside the courtroom.

February 13, 2020 — Civil Legal Services Clinic students Brent Rhodes and Jennifer Dean concluded a two-day jury trial in the District Court of Wyoming for the First Judicial District in front of the Honorable Steven K. Sharpe.

February 12, 2020 — Two recent graduates from the law class of 2019 have a recently published a peer-reviewed article in The Environmental Law Reporter, a noted and well-respected academic journal in the area of environmental law.

February 10, 2020 — The University of Wyoming College of Law launched its hundredth anniversary festivities Thursday, February 6, with the first presentation of the Centennial Speaker Series.

January 30, 2020 — Professor R. Smith is the 2019 recipient of the Mary S. Lawrence Award. Professor Smith was nominated by his peers in the legal writing community and was selected for the award by the Board of Directors of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI).

January 27, 2020 — The College of Law was honored and privileged to serve as the host venue for the District Court of Wyoming for the Second Judicial District, where a full criminal jury trial was conducted January 21-23, 2020.