Jacob Jose

Jacob Jose '23 Named 2022 Colorado Law Wyss Scholar

April 4, 2022

University of Colorado Law School student Jacob Jose (’23) has been named the 2022-2023 Colorado Law Wyss Scholar in U.S. Lands Conservation.

GWC

Recording: 41st Annual Colorado Law Conference on Natural Resources

March 16, 2022

Equity in the Colorado River Basin: How to Sustainably Manage a Shrinking Resource Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1 Simply put – demands for water in the Colorado River Basin exceed supply. Chronic drought, record heat, and rampant wildfires are already affecting the Basin’s overall health and resilience, and...

Greg Hobbs

In Memoriam, Justice Gregory J. Hobbs Jr.

Dec. 15, 2021

Gregory J. Hobbs Jr. 1944 – 2021 The water and law communities across the West are mourning the unexpected loss of Justice Gregory Hobbs who died peacefully on November 30 with his wife and children by his side. A master of water law and jurisprudence, Justice Hobbs’ interests were as...

Colorado River

41st Annual Colorado Law Conference on Natural Resources

Oct. 7, 2021

Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1 Equity in the Colorado River Basin: How to Sustainably Manage a Shrinking Resource Simply put – demands for water in the Colorado River Basin exceed supply. Chronic drought, record heat, and rampant wildfires are already affecting the Basin’s overall health and resilience, and...

Newsletter

Fall 2021 Newsletter

Sept. 16, 2021

Featured Articles: GWC Water Law Fellows: Quality, Quantity, and Equity in Colorado Rivers GWC Webinar Series: The Climate Justice Lens is Here to Stay Colorado Law Wyss Scholar in Public Lands Conservation: Johnsie Wilkinson Read the newsletter.

River

Introducing the Inaugural Getches-Wilkinson Water Law Fellows

June 9, 2021

We are pleased to announce we have completed a national search for the inaugural pair of Getches-Wilkinson Water Law Fellows. The Getches-Wilkinson Water Fellows program was initiated by a generous donation from David Bonderman, a lawyer, businessman, and significant supporter of conservation efforts. The matching funds came from an anonymous...

Land, Water, and People: The Natural Resource Priorities of the Biden Administration

Recordings Now Available for the GWC Webinar Series: The Climate Justice Lens is Here to Stay

June 7, 2021

The Water & Tribes Initiative: Tribal Water Rights & a Sustainable Vision for the Colorado River Basin April 27, 2021 The 30 federally recognized tribes in the Colorado River Basin depend on the Colorado and its tributaries for a variety of purposes, including cultural and religious activities, domestic, irrigation, commercial,...

E-news

Summer 2021 E-News

June 1, 2021

Featured Articles: Professor Krakoff Named Deputy Solicitor for Parks and Wildlife GWC Water Law Fellows file Amicus Brief in La Plata County v. Colorado Department of Public Health Colorado Law Student Environmental Law Award Winners Read the newsletter .

James Anaya

Land, Water, & People: The Natural Resource Priorities of the Biden Administration

May 13, 2021

Colorado Law Dean James Anaya leads a moderated conversation with Secretary Haaland and Congressman Neguse exploring both agency and legislative priorities regarding public lands and water management, resource extraction, energy development, and related tribal issues – with an environmental/climate justice lens. Land, Water, and People Event Video Now Available CLE...

Patterson

Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, Joins Professor Jacobs’ Energy Law and Regulation Class

April 16, 2021

Jacqueline Patterson, director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, joined students Natasha Viteri and Cynthia Vitale for a wide-ranging discussion of her work to rectify the unequal distribution of benefits and burdens around energy, environmental, and climate law and policy; on issues of intersectionality; on the false trade-off...

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