UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

STURM COLLEGE OF LAW

2255 E. EVANS AVENUE

DENVER, COLORADO 80210-4705

Telephone: (303) 871-6000

URL: http://www.law.du.edu

 

ABA Approved Since 1928

The University of Denver Sturm College of Law is located in Denver, the thriving and progressive capital of Colorado, on a campus just a short drive from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The law school emphasizes practical legal skills through its highly developed clinical programs, its extensive internship program, its nationally ranked tax, environmental law, and trial advocacy programs, and its nationally recognized champion moot court teams.

 

In 2003, a state-of-the-art law center opened on the main campus of the University of Denver. The 181,000 square foot Frank H. Ricketson Jr. Law Building - which houses one of the most technologically sophisticated legal teaching centers in the United States - is the nation’s first law school building to be certified 9 green 9 in accordance with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification standards.

 

The University of Denver began offering clinical legal education in 1904, one of the first law schools in the nation to do so. That tradition continues today through five clinical opportunities offered at the law school.

 

Students participating in the Civil Litigation Clinic help low-income clients work through civil controversies. In addition to integrating legal theory and practice, students in the Civil Litigation Clinic are required to perform some sort of community outreach in order to better understand the clients whom they serve. Recent cases have included housing discrimination, eviction defense, civil protection orders, and wage and hour claims.

 

The model of the Civil Litigation Clinic is based on student self-direction and community outreach. Because of this focus, students have a great deal of input into and ability to shape their clinical experience. With this focus, students are able to obtain a variety of learning experiences and target their expressed areas of interest.

 

The Criminal Representation Clinic offers an intense experience in the criminal justice system for students interested in becoming criminal defense attorneys or prosecutors. Students represent low-income clients with a wide range of legal problems, including misdemeanors such as assault or DUI/DWAI, and municipal ordinance violations such as disturbing the peace and shoplifting. Students appear in court at arraignment, pre-trial conferences, trial, and sentencing. As participants in the Criminal Representation Clinic, students practice interviewing and counseling, fact investigation, basic research and writing, oral advocacy, drafting, and legal analysis. Students are introduced to the complex ethical dilemmas that defense attorneys face while working in the criminal justice system. The clinic also offers students an opportunity to think about the underpinnings of the criminal justice system and the impact of larger societal ills, which may play a part in our client’s journey through that system.

 

The Civil Rights and Disability Law Clinic provides services to clients in matters involving civil rights and liberties violations. Students in this clinic represent clients before courts and civil administrative agencies in a broad range of civil and human rights matters, including discrimination based on disability, race, gender, religious, age and national origin discrimination, as well as constitutional law issues.

 

Students in the Mediation and Arbitration Clinic perform simulations and mediate actual cases in the county court and through the clinic. Recent mediation cases have included criminal misdemeanors, restraining orders, and employment disputes involving city workers. Students participate in an orientation class, which focuses on lawyering skills, mediation skills, and ethics.

 

The Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law provides a real world experience for students interested in environmental law who wish to develop practical legal skills. Under the supervision of Mike Harris, director of the Environmental Law Clinic, and supervising attorney Kay Bond, students represent environmental advocacy organizations before courts and administrative agencies in a broad range of environmental matters, including endangered species, public lands, and air quality. The clinic’s efforts have produced significant protections for the environment and public health.

 

In addition to the aforementioned clinical offerings, the Student Law Office enjoys a relationship with an affiliated program: the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center. The Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center offers the Child Advocacy Law Clinic, a highly competitive program that allows students the distinct opportunity to serve as an advocate for children. Because working with children requires a unique approach to law, students learn from a multidisciplinary team of professionals, including a pediatrician, a child psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a social worker. As a third-year student, students represent child (or juvenile) clients throughout the pretrial, trial, and appellate procedures, as well as draft and lobby for legislation that specifically addresses children’s needs in Colorado.

 

Students who want to work in the community can do so through the countless part-time jobs available in Denver through DU’s extensive Legal Internship Program. The Sturm College of Law facilitates more than 400 internship placements each year throughout the Denver area, throughout the U.S., and abroad. Students serve as clerks for judges with the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Federal Court and State Court or work in private law firms, government or non-profit agencies, or corporate counsel offices. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is located in Denver, as is the U.S. District Court and the Colorado Supreme Court. Most U.S. Government agencies have regional offices in Denver, and many national law firms locate offices here as well.

 

The University of Denver Sturm College of Law produces the following scholarly journals, all of which are student-run and edited: Denver University Law Review; Denver Journal of International Law & Policy; Preventive Law Reporter; Transportation Law Journal and Water Law Review, the only one of it’s kind in the United States. Each addresses unique issues, and students have many topics on which they can write.

 

In addition to the J.D. degree, the College of Law offers a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in National Resources Law and Policy and a Master of Resources Law Studies (MRLS). These are designed for attorneys and professionals who need cutting-edge information and skills and responds to the recent proliferation of resources and environmental laws throughout the world. The Master of Science in Legal Administration (MSLA) is dedicated to advancing the establishment, development, education, and training of the profession of managing legal organizations. MSLA course work presents business management principles and fosters an understanding of the legal culture and the court and practice environments.

 

The University of Denver is an ideal setting in which to pursue a J.D. along with an advanced degree in another field. Dual degrees are offered in Business Administration, Economics, Geography, History, Intermodal Transportation, International Management, International Studies, Legal Administration, Mass Communications, Mineral Economics (with the Colorado School of Mines), Professional Psychology, Psychology, Real Estate and Construction Management, Social Work, Sociology, Computer Science and Urban and Regional Planning.

 

Dean: José Roberto (Beto) Juárez, Jr. (303) 871-6121

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Penelope Bryan (303) 871-6105

Associate Dean of Administration: Forrest Stanford (303) 871-6135

Assistant Dean of Admissions and Finance Management:

Iain Davis (303) 871-6136

Library & Assistant Dean of Information Services:

Gary Alexander (303) 871-6188

Assistant Dean of Career Development: Misae Nishikura, Esq. (303) 871-6478

Assistant Dean of Student Affairs: Dan Vigil (303) 871-6208

Senior Director, DU Law Business & Finance: Molly Keegan (303) 871-6107

Executive Director of Alumni and Development: Eric Lundstedt (303) 871-6123

Registrar: Julie Gordan (303) 871-6132

Director, Clinics: Christine Cimini (303) 871-6140

 

FULL TIME FACULTY

 

MARTIN J. KATZ, (Law Professor), born New York, New York, February 2, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Colorado. Education: Harvard College (B.A., 1987); Yale Law School (J.D., 1991). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination Law. Email: mkatz @ law.du.edu

 

GARY ALEXANDER, (Law Professor), born 1950; admitted to bar, 1982, Colorado. Education: University of Denver (M.L.L., 1982; J.D., 1981). Email: galexand @ law.du.edu

 

ROBERT S. ANDERSON, (Law Professor), born Glendale, California, April 1, 1968; Education: University of California (B.A., 1988); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1993). COURSES: Legal Research and Writing. Email: randerson @ law.du.edu

 

RACHEL S. ARNOW-RICHMAN, (Law Professor), born New Brunswick, New Jersey, December 10, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1992); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1995); Temple University (LL.M., 2000). COURSES: Contracts, Employment Law. Email: rarnow @ law.du.edu

 

REBECCA AVIEL, (Law Professor), Education: Yale College; Harvard Law School. COURSES: Family Law, Legal Profession. Email: raviel @ law.du.edu

 

TANYA B. BARTHOLOMEW, (Law Professor), born 1958; admitted to bar, 1992, Iowa. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., 1982); Drake University (J.D., 1992). COURSES: Legal Research and Writing. Email: tbartholomew @ law.du.edu

 

ARTHUR M. BEST, (Law Professor), born 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, District of Columbia; 1974, New York; 1989, Colorado. Education: Columbia College (A.B., 1966); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1969). COURSES: Torts, Evidence. Email: abest @ law.du.edu

 

JEROME BORISON, (Law Professor), born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1946; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1981, California; 1985, Colorado. Education: Temple University (B.S., 1967); Gonzaga University (J.D., 1977); New York University (LL.M., 1982). COURSES: Public Interest Law, Basic Tax, Estate and Gift Tax, Trusts and Estates, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. Email: jborison @ law.du.edu

 

J. ROBERT BROWN, JR., (Law Professor), born Baltimore, MD, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1978); Georgetown University (M.A., 1984; Ph.D., 1993); University of Maryland (J.D., 1980). COURSES: Corporations, Administrative Law, Russian Commercial Environment. Email: jbrown @ law.du.edu

 

TERESA M. BRUCE, (Law Professor), born Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 31, 1965; Education: Colorado State University (B.S., 1988); Cornell Law School (J.D., 1996). COURSES: Advanced Legal Writing. Email: tbruce @ law.du.edu

 

PHOENIX X.F. CAI, (Law Professor), born 1976; admitted to bar, 1999, California; 2002, Illinois. Education: Washington University, St. Louis (B.A., 1996); University of California Berkeley School of Law (J.D., 1999). COURSES: Property Damage, International Trade, Public International Law. Email: pcai @ law.du.edu

 

FEDERICO CHEEVER, (Law Professor), born Rome, Italy, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1988, Colorado. Education: Stanford University (B.A/M.A., 1981); UCLA (J.D., 1986). COURSES: Property, Environmental Law, Public Land Use and Resources, Wildlife Law and Land Conservation Transactions. Email: fcheever @ law.du.edu

 

ALAN CHEN, (Law Professor), born 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, California; 1988, Illinois. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., 1982); Stanford (J.D., 1985). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Constitutional Litigation, Criminal Procedure, Federal Jurisdiction. Email: achen @ law.du.edu

 

CHRISTINE CIMINI, (Law Professor), born New York, December 14, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1996, Oregon; 1998, Colorado. Education: Clark University (B.A., 1989); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1992). COURSES: Civil Litigation Clinic. Email: ccimini @ law.du.edu

 

ROBERTO L. CORRADA, (Law Professor), born Nouasseur AFB, Morocco, Africa, June 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, District of Columbia, 1990, Michigan. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1982); Catholic University School of Law (J.D., 1985). COURSES: Employment Law, Labor Law, Contracts, Administrative Law, Critical Race Theory. Email: rcorrada @ law.du.edu

 

WENDY N. DUONG, (Law Professor), born Vietnam, November 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; 1986, Washington D.C.. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.S., 1978); University of Houston (J.D., 1984); Harvard University (LL.M., 1999). COURSES: International Business Transactions, Corporations. Email: wduong @ law.du.edu

 

KATHARINE K. DUVIVIER, (Law Professor), born Alton, Illinois, January 1, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Colorado. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1975); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 1982). COURSES: Local Government, Trust and Estates. Email: kkduvivier @ law.du.edu

 

NANCY S. EHRENREICH, (Law Professor), born 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Virginia; 1996, Colorado. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1974); University of Virginia (J.D., 1979; LL.M., 1982). COURSES: Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, Reproductive Rights, Torts, Feminist Legal Theory. Email: nehrenre @ mail.law.du.edu

 

CHRISTOPHER A. GEHRING, (Law Professor), born Baltimore, MD, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Colorado. Education: Albright College (B.A., 1992); Cornell University (J.D., 1996). COURSES: Legal Research Writing. Email: cgehring @ mail.law.du.edu

 

J. WADINE GEHRKE, (Law Professor), born 1942; admitted to bar, 1984, Colorado. Education: Colorado State University (B.A., 1965); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 1984). COURSES: Clinical Education, Basic and Advanced Civil and Criminal Representation. Email: wgehrke @ law.du.edu

 

RASHMI GOEL, (Law Professor), born 1968; Education: University of Saskatchewan (B.A., Hons, 1992; LL.B., 1992); Stanford Law School (J.S.M., 1996). COURSES: Criminal Law, Multi-Culturalism and Race, International Criminal Law. Email: rgoel @ law.du.edu

 

ROBERT M. HARDAWAY, (Law Professor), born 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Colorado. Education: New York University (J.D., 1971). COURSES: Evidence, Civil Procedure, Preventive Law. Email: rhardawa @ law.du.edu

 

MICHAEL HARRIS, (Law Professor), Education: Pitzer College (B.A.); Vermont Law School (M.S.L.); University of California Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D.). Email: mharris @ law.du.edu

 

JEFFREY H. HARTJE, (Law Professor), born 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Minnesota; 1976, Washington. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1967). COURSES: Clinical Teaching, Wrongful Convictions, Evidence. Email: jhartje @ law.du.edu

 

TIMOTHY M. HURLEY, (Law Professor), born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1981); Southern Illinois University Lesar College of Law (J.D., 1985). COURSES: Legal Writing, Advanced Legal Research. Email: thurley @ law.du.edu

 

SHEILA K. HYATT, (Law Professor), born 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Missouri; 1980, Colorado. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1971); Washington University (J.D., 1974). COURSES: Evidence, Civil Procedure, Trial Practice, Gender and the Law. Email: shyatt @ law.du.edu

 

JOSÉ ROBERTO (BETO) JUÁREZ, JR., (Law Professor), born 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1977); University Texas (J.D., 1981). Email: bjuarez @ law.du.edu

 

SAM KAMIN, (Law Professor), born 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1992); University of California (J.D., 1996; Ph.D., 2000). COURSES: Criminal Law, Basic Criminal Procedure, Administration of Criminal Justice Seminar. Email: skamin @ law.du.edu

 

TAMARA L. KUENNEN, (Law Professor), admitted to bar, 1996, Oregon; 2002, District of Columbia. Education: Occidental College (B.A., 1991); Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1996); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 2004). COURSES: Civil Clinic. Email: tkuennen @ law.du.edu

 

JAN G. LAITOS, (Law Professor), born Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 6, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Colorado; 1974, District of Columbia. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1968); University of Colorado (J.D., 1971); University of Wisconsin (S.J.D., 1975). COURSES: Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Constitutional Law. Email: jlaitos @ law.du.edu

 

JUSTIN MARCEAU, (Law Professor), born Missoula, Montana, 1977; Education: Boston College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude). COURSES: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure. Email: jmarceau @ law.du.edu

 

LUCY A. MARSH, (Law Professor), born 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Connecticut; 1971, Colorado. Education: Smith College (B.A., 1963); University of Michigan (J.D., 1966). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Future Interests, Property, Trusts and Estates. Email: lmarsh @ law.du.edu

 

MICHAEL G. MASSEY, (Law Professor), born Wichita, Kansas, April 12, 1946; Education: University of Denver (B.A., 1968); University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (J.D., 1971). COURSES: Legal Research and Writing. Email: mgmassey @ law.du.edu

 

G. KRISTIAN MICCIO, (Law Professor), born New York; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: Marymount College (B.A.); University of New York (M.A.); Antioch University College of Law (J.D.); Columbia University School of Law (LL.M.; JS.D.). COURSES: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Family Law, Seminar on Male Intimate Violence, Seminar on the Holocaust, Individual and State Accountability. Email: kmiccio @ law.du.edu

 

VIVA MOFFAT, (Law Professor), born 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, California; 2000, Colorado. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1991); University of Virginia (M.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). COURSES: Intellectual Property, Contracts. Email: vmoffat @ law.du.edu

 

VED P. NANDA, (Law Professor), born 1934; Education: Punjab University (B.A./M.A., 1952); Delhi University (LL.B., 1955; LL.M., 1958); Northwestern University (LL.M., 1962). COURSES: International Law, Conflicts of Law, Human Rights Law, International Conflict Resolution, International Business Trade Law. Email: vnanda @ mail.law.du.edu

 

STEPHEN L. PEPPER, (Law Professor), born 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Colorado. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1969); Yale University (J.D., 1973). COURSES: Torts, Legal Profession, Professional Ethics. Email: spepper @ law.du.edu

 

GEORGE (ROCK) PRING, (Law Professor), born 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Ohio; 1974, Colorado. Education: Harvard College (B.A., 1963); University of Michigan (J.D., 1968). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, International Water Law, Administrative Law. Email: rpring @ law.du.edu

 

JOHN H. REESE, (Law Professor), born 1931; admitted to bar, 1954, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A./LL.B., 1954); George Washington University (LL.M., 1965; S.J.D.,1969). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law. Email: jreese @ law.du.edu

 

PAULA RHODES, (Law Professor), born 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana; 1979, District of Columbia. Education: American University (B.A., 1971); Harvard University (J.D., 1974). COURSES: International Law, Human Rights, International Organizations, Comparative Law. Email: prhodes @ law.du.edu

 

EDWARD J. ROCHE, JR., (Law Professor), born 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; 1982, Colorado. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1973); University of Chicago (J.D., 1976). COURSES: Taxation of Property Transactions, Individual Tax Seminar, Tax Principles, Research & Writing. Email: eroche @ law.du.edu

 

HOWARD ROSENBERG, (Law Professor), born Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 1927; admitted to bar, 1952, Illinois; 1954, Colorado. Education: Roosevelt College (B.A., 1949); DePaul University (LL.B., 1952). COURSES: Legal Profession, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Law, Student Law Office (clinical). Email: hrosenbe @ law.du.edu

 

LAURA L. ROVNER, (Law Professor), born Washington, D.C., August 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Maryland; 1995, District of Columbia; 2002, North Dakota. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1990); Cornell Law School (J.D., 1993); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1995). COURSES: Clinic Disability Rights, Civil Rights. Email: lrovner @ law.du.edu

 

NANTIYA RUAN, (Law Professor), born Detroit, Michigan, November 25, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, New York, 2004, California, 2005 Colorado. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1993); University of Denver Law School (J.D., 1999); University of Denver (M.S.W., 1999). COURSES: Legal Research and Writing. Email: nruan @ law.du.edu

 

THOMAS DAVID RUSSELL, (Law Professor), born 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, California. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1983); Stanford University (M.A., 1986; J.D., 1989; Ph.D., 1993). COURSES: Legal History, Torts, Criminal Justice, Contracts. Email: trussell @ law.du.edu

 

DAVID C. SCHOTT, (Law Professor), born 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois; 1997, Colorado. Education: University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1990). COURSES: Street Law: Trial Practice, Trial Advocacy. Email: dschott @ law.du.edu

 

CATHERINE E. SMITH, (Law Professor), born 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, South Carolina. Education: Wofford College (B.A., 1991); University of South Carolina (M.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). COURSES: Torts, Employment Discrimination Law. Email: csmith @ law.du.edu

 

JOHN T. SOMA, (Law Professor), born 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois; 1976, District of Columbia; 1984, Colorado. Education: Augustana College (B.A., 1970); University of Illinois (M.A., 1973; J.D., 1973; Ph.D., 1975). COURSES: Corporations, Antitrust, Internet and Computer Law, Cybercommunications, Copyright, Trademarks, and Unfair Competition. Email: jsoma @ law.du.edu

 

MICHAEL D. SOUSA, (Law Professor), born 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.A., 1995); Rutgers Law School (J.D., 1999); St. John’s University School of Law (LL.M., 2006). COURSES: Bankruptcy Law, Corporate Reorganization, Corporate Finance, Commercial Law Survey, Sales and Leases, Secured Transactions. Email: msousa @ law.du.edu

 

MARY A. STEEFEL, (Law Professor), born Arcola, Illinois, April 28, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Colorado. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1973); University of Colorado (J.D., 1979); University of Denver Graduate Tax Program (LL.M., 1984). COURSES: Academic Support. Email: msteefel @ law.du.edu

 

JOYCE S. STERLING, (Law Professor), born 1945; Education: University of California (B.A., 1967); University of Hawaii (M.A., 1970); University of Denver (Ph.D., 1977). COURSES: American Legal History, Law and Society, Scientific Evidence. Email: jsterlin @ law.du.edu

 

CELIA TAYLOR, (Law Professor), born Poughkeepsie, New York, November 12, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, California. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1986); New York University (J.D., 1989); Columbia University (LL.M., 1994). COURSES: Contracts, Corporations, International Human Rights and Economic Development, Securities Regulation. Email: ctaylor @ law.du.edu

 

DAVID I. C. THOMSON, (Law Professor), born New York, N.Y., November 30, 1957; Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1979); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1982). COURSES: Legal Research and Writing, Discovery Practicum. Email: dthomson @ law.du.edu

 

MARK A. VOGEL, (Law Professor), born Peoria, Illinois, May 6, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Colorado. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1969); University of Denver (J.D., 1975; LL.M., 1976). COURSES: Taxation. Email: mvogel @ law.du.edu

 

ELI WALD, (Law Professor), born Tel Aviv, Israel, February 17, 1975; Education: Tel-Aviv University (B.A., 1997; LL.B., 1997); Harvard Law School (S.J.D., 2001). COURSES: Legal Profession, Corporations, Legal Education. Email: ewald @ law.du.edu

 

EDWARD H. ZIEGLER, (Law Professor), born 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Kentucky. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1970); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1973); George Washington University (LL.M., 1975). COURSES: Property, Land-Us Planning, Real Estate, Legal Profession. Email: eziegler @ law.du.edu