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Law Week 2024 in the UW College of Law

Law Week

October 14-18, 2024 

 

welcome!

Everyone who is interested is welcome to attend. All programs except the Trelease Dinner are free. 

RSVPs are required for the Firearms Research Center Conference and the Trelease Dinner.

            Firearms Research Conference RSVP here or to FRC@uwyo.org (free).

            Trelease Dinner reservations here ($20, by October 11, 2024).

All events except the Trelease Dinner will be at the University of Wyoming College of Law. It is located at 1820 East Willett Drive, Laramie, Wyoming.

The Trelease Dinner will be held at the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center. It is located at 222 S. 22nd Street, Laramie, Wyoming.

These events will be available online:

            The Groundwater Panel on October 16 will be live streamed here.

            The Wyoming Supreme Court Oral Arguments October 17 will be live streamed here.

            The Firearms Research Conference October 18 will be live streamed here.

For questions, email uwlaw@uwyo.edu.  

  Monday, October 14

12:30-1:10 p.m.

Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill

"Thoughts on Leadership in the Equality State"

Sponsored by Women's Law Forum

 

5:00-6:00 p.m.

Navigating Your Career Path: Stories from Experienced Attorneys 

Featuring:

Judge Kelly H. Rankin, U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Ryan Lance, Pathfinder Ranches

T.J. Forwood, Assistant U.S. Attorney

Kari Hartman, Associate, Hathaway & Kunz, LLP

 

Sponsored by the Federal Bar Association

 

6:00-7:00 p.m.

Amelia Vukeya Motsepe, Consultant, Lelaka Attorneys

“Access to Justice Matters: Protecting Human Rights for the Key and Marginalized Population is Central to the HIV and TB Response” 

Sponsored by the UW College of Law International Human Rights Law and Advocacy Center and the UW Global Engagement Office

 

 

Tuesday, October 15

12:30-1:10 p.m.

Matthew Kaufman, Partner, Hathaway & Kunz, LLP

Sponsored by the Blockchain Law and Innovation Club

 

5:00-6:00 p.m.

Kyle C. Barry, Director of the State Law Research Initiative 

Invited by Professor Lauren McLane

 

6:00-7:00 p.m.

Professor Lauren McLane, UW College of Law

"OutLaw in the 'Equality' State"

Sponsored by OUTLaw

 

 

Wednesday, October 16

12:30-1:10 p.m.

Civil Defense Attorney Panel Discussion

Featuring:

Randy A. Rea, Associate, Crowley Fleck PLLP (moderator)

Alaina M. Stedillie, Partner, Crowley Fleck PLLP

Andrew F. Sears, Sundahl, Powers, Kapp & Martin, LLC

Whitney D. Boyd, Associate, Childs McCune, LLC

 

Sponsored by the Defense Lawyers Association of Wyoming

 

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Groundwater: A Shared Resource with Shared Consequences

Featuring:

Anne MacKinnon, Water Law Scholar and Author, Public Waters: Lesson from Wyoming for the West (2021) (moderator)

Reba D. Epler, Attorney and Rancher

Sandra Iron Cloud, Teacher, Wyoming Indian High School

Carolyn Lambert, Senior Hydrologist, SRK Consulting

 

Sponsored by the Natural Resources Law Club

The groundwater panel will be live streamed here. 

Thursday, October 17

9:00 a.m. to noon  

Wyoming Supreme Court Oral Argument

Court:

Honorable Kate M. Fox, Chief Justice

Honorable Lynne Boomgaarden

Honorable Kari Jo Gray

Honorable John G. Fenn

Honorable Robert C. Jarosh

 

Cases Heard:

Nicholas Hull v. Northern Lincoln Hospital District (Case No. S-24-0094)

Samuel Martin Nania v. The State of Wyoming (Case No. S-24-0064)

(OBSERVERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BRING BAGS INTO THE COURTROOM)

The Wyoming Supreme Court Oral Argument will be live streamed here.

 

5:00-6:00 p.m. 

Fireside Chat with Judge Lawrence VanDyke and Judge Thomas B. Griffith

Featuring:

Judge Lawrence J.C. VanDyke, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Judge B. Griffith, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (retired)

 

Sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Society, Federalist Society, and UW College of Law Firearms Research Center

 

6:00-7:00

Carissa Armitage, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid of Wyoming

Sponsored by Equal Justice

Friday, October 18

  • College of Law Building

    Firearms Research Center Fall Conference

    8:30-3:30 College of Law Room 182, Free registration

    The National Firearms Act: A Discussion on its Historical and Legal Relationship with the Second Amendment

    • This conference, organized with the Wyoming Law Review, brings together scholars from around the world to discuss the National Firearms Act of 1934.
    • For more information and registration, please visit FirearmsResearchCenter.org or email Ashley@FirearmsResearchCenter.org.

    • The Firearms Research Conference will be live streamed here.

  • John Leshy

    Frank J. Trelease Dinner featuring John Leshy

    7:00 Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center, Ticket required

    "John Leshy is one of the most noted natural resource scholars in the nation." -Sam Kalen

    • Featured speaker is John Leshy, Emeritus Harry D. Sunderland and Distinguished Professor of Real Property Law at University of California College of Law San Francisco. His most recent book is Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands (Yale Univ. Press 2022).
    • Tickets are $20 each and include dinner.
    • Reserve your ticket by October 11, 2024, here. 
    • For more information, contact JBSG@uwyo.edu.

 

 

Helpful Information

For events at the College of Law on Monday through Wednesday, you may park along Willett Drive (free) or in the metered spots ($1.75/hr) in the parking lot outside of the College of Law. Meters have a 2-hour limit.

For events at the College of Law on Thursday or Friday, you may park in the lot in front of the College of Law, along 19th Street, or on Willett Drive. Parking restrictions will not be enforced in the College of Law lot or along 19th Street on Thursday and Friday.

For the Trelease Dinner, you may park in the lot adjacent to the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center (free).

Yes, food will be available at most sessions. Thank you, ASUW (Associated Students of the University of Wyoming) and other sponsors!
Yes, CLE credit is available through the Wyoming State Bar for all Monday-Thursday presentations, the Trelease Dinner speaker, and most FRC conference sessions.
Law Week is brought to you by the UW College of Law John Burman Student Government, the College of Law Office of the Dean, College of Law centers, law student organizations, and sponsoring individuals, organizations and supporters. To all our speakers and all who make this possible, we thank you! 

For ADA accessibility, please contact (307) 766-6417 or uwlaw@uwyo.edu.

 

Contact Us

College of Law
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3035
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6416
Email lawadmis@uwyo.edu