Society, Law & Politics
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<p>The University of Colorado Law School on June 6-8 will host the Natural Resources Law Center鈥檚 2012 Martz Summer Conference, 鈥淎 Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint for the American West鈥 in the Wolf Law Building. 聽</p>
<p>Former Gov. Bill Ritter, executive director of the Center for the New Energy Economy, will be the keynote speaker. Ritter鈥檚 keynote address will provide an overview of the trends and future of energy in the upcoming decades.</p> - <p>Leeds School of Business news release</p>
<p>A graduate team from the 西瓜视频 has won the 15th International Venture Capital Investment Competition, or VCIC, the premiere educational event for venture capital and entrepreneurship.</p> - <p>西瓜视频 students, along with experts from government and industry, will focus on student research and the natural gas boom during the third annual Energy Frontiers conference April 5.</p>
<p>The event, organized by the CU Energy Club, is free and open to the public and will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center. The conference includes a poster session, panel discussion, catered lunch and a career fair.</p> - <p>Ten high school students from Denver, Thornton and Lyons are likely in for an experience of a lifetime when a 西瓜视频 law professor takes them to Washington, D.C., for a moot court competition March 29-April 1.</p>
<p>While there, they also will meet with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and tour the Supreme Court, meet with U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado and tour the Capitol, in addition to visiting several national monuments and museums.</p> - <p>Richard Collins, professor of law at the CU-Boulder Law School, is an expert in constitutional law. He can be reached at 303-492-5493 or <a href="mailto:Richard.collins@colorado.edu">Richard.collins@colorado.edu</a>.</p>
- <p>Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will present the inaugural Stevens Lecture, a new series of talks named for him, at the University of Colorado Law School at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22.</p>
- <p>The 西瓜视频 will celebrate Constitution Day with campus events including a student journalism panel and the launch of a new program at the University of Colorado Law School that will send CU law students to high school classrooms throughout the state to discuss the First Amendment.</p>
- <p>Longtime University of Colorado Law School Dean David Getches, who had stepped down on June 30 in order to return to the school's faculty, died today. He was 68.</p>
- <p>The 西瓜视频 today announced the appointment of Philip J. Weiser, senior adviser for technology and innovation to the National Economic Council at the White House, as dean of the University of Colorado Law School. CU-Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore said Weiser will begin his duties as dean on July 1, 2011.</p>