Widely recognized for its intellectual diversity and originality, the faculty at Colorado Law encompasses an array of prominent legal scholars who are widely cited, both in academia and throughout the national media landscape. We invite you to catch up on the latest faculty publications and media mentions with this weekly round up, provided by the extraordinary .

Notable Mentions:

Brad Bernthal, Kristelia Garcia, Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss, Blake Reid, & SFC Distinguished Advisor JP de Vries,  (Silicon Flatirons Conference, Feb. 5-6, 2023).

Violeta Chapin, Debbie Kelley, , The Gazette, Feb. 5, 2023.

[Casey Fiesler, SFC affiliate faculty], Clarissa-Jan Lim, , Buzzfeed News, Feb. 8, 2023.

[Markus Funk, Colorado Law adjunct], , Washington Post, Jan. 10, 2023

Markus Funk, Bill Hutchinson, , ABC News, Jan. 18, 2023.

Markus Funk, , Dan Abrams Live (NewsNation), January 11, 2023 (appearance begins around 3:19).

Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Blake Reid, & Kyle Velte, Three New Faculty to Join Colorado Law, Feb. 10 2023.

Benjamin Levin, , Slate, Feb. 7, 2023.

Mark Loewenstein, , SSRN.com, Feb. 6, 2023 (SSRN login required).

Doug Spencer, , Mini Law School, Feb. 8, 2023.

Doug Spencer, Kate Riga, , Talking Points Memo, Feb. 9, 2023.

Ahmed White,  (Feb. 7, 2023). 

Ahmed White,  (upcoming, March 1, 2023).

Silicon Flatirons conference Cristiano Lima, , Washington Post, Feb. 5, 2023.

Silicon Flatirons conference, , TR Daily, Feb. 6, 2023 (Lexis login required).

Silicon Flatirons conference, Andrea Grajeda, , Daily Camera, Feb. 5, 2023.

[Colorado Law], , TaxProf Blog, Feb. 9, 2023.

[Colorado Law], , TaxProf Blog, Feb. 9, 2023.

[Colorado Law], , TaxProf Blog, Feb. 9, 2023.

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Widely recognized for its intellectual diversity and originality, the faculty at Colorado Law encompasses an array of prominent legal scholars who are widely cited, both in academia and throughout the national media landscape. We invite you to catch up on the latest faculty publications and media mentions with this weekly round up, provided by the extraordinary .

Faculty Publications:

Autumn L. Bernhardt [Getches-Wilkinson Center Affiliate Faculty], Kekek Jason Stark, Monte Mills, & Jason Robison, , 22 Wyoming L. Rev.397 (2022). 

Gregor MacGregor [Acequia Project], , Wisconsin Lawyer, July 29, 2022 (notable mentions for emeritus faculty Charles Wilkinson & GWC’s Anne Castle).

Notable mentions:

Rabea Benhalim, Zainab Iqbal, , Middle East Eye, Aug. 3, 2022. 

Casey Fiesler, Silicon Flatirons Fellow, Amanda Siberling, , Techcrunch, Aug. 3, 2022.

Kristelia Garcia, Emma Camp, , Reason, Aug. 3, 2022.

Aya Gruber, Douglas Berman,  Sentencing Law and Policy, Aug. 1, 2022.

Aya Gruber, , CrimProf Blog, Aug. 3, 2022.

Lakshman Guruswamy,Ved Nanda, , Denver Post, July 31, 2022.

Sloan Speck, TaxProf Blog, July 29, 2022.

Pierre de Vries, Silicon Flatirons, , Communications Daily, July 31, 2022. 

Colorado Law #47, Paul Caron, , TaxProf Blog, Aug. 3, 2022.

If you have any problems accessing any of these articles, contact: lawfacultyservices@colorado.edu

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The 2022-23 Gilbert Goldstein Faculty Fellowship has been awarded to Colorado Law Professor . Awarded by the Dean, the fellowship provides one semester without teaching responsibilities to enable concentration on research and writing.

She graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Economics and earned her J.D. at Yale Law School where she served as editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. She is a member of the American Law and Economics Association and the Society for Empirical Legal Studies.

Gilbert Goldstein ‘42, for whom the fellowship is named, is remembered not only as a tremendously successful graduate of the law school, but also as a longtime, dedicated supporter of the greater Denver legal community. The MDC/Richmond American Homes Foundation established the Gilbert Goldstein Fund in recognition of his dedication and generosity. The fund includes scholarships and fellowships to deserving Colorado Law students and faculty.

“Professor García is incredibly well-deserving of a Goldstein fellowship!” said Colorado Law Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss, “Her scholarship digs into endlessly fascinating questions and garners avid attention from fellow scholars, popular media, and, not least of all, her students. We are on the edge of our seats about what comes next.”

The law school’s Robyn Munn spoke with Professor García about her upcoming semester of research.

RM: Thank you so much for taking some time to chat! Let’s get right to it. Would you tell us a bit about your research and your plans for the Goldstein Fellowship?

KG: Of course! I’ve written a lot already about how the law that protects music, art, and films tends to presume that content owners and people who use copyrights all want the same things. And, as you can imagine, that is just not true when it comes to real life. Much of my scholarship has challenged the “one size fits all” approach. So, I want to take these same questions and ideas around when parties act in ways that surprise us under the law and look specifically at enforcement.

RM: Enforcement of copyright law?

KG: Among other fields, yes. I imagine the project proceeding in two parts. First, I’ll be looking at enforcement decision making—when parties decide to enforce their right and when they don’t. And second, I’ll consider when people outsource that decision, when the rights holders aren’t even the ones making the decision about whether rights should be enforced.

I want to know what those behaviors tell us about how representative the law is of reality, how good of a job it’s doing accomplishing its purported goals, and whether there are certain groups who are particularly impacted by this. My hope is that this research goes beyond copyright law, to include examples from other fields like property, criminal, and tort law. What does it look like when parties decide not to enforce their rights, and who’s impacted by that?

RM: Fascinating! Where do you begin when tackling an ambitious line of inquiry like this?

KG: I personally begin with the notions that have come to me from other projects. For instance, I have ideas about places where rights-holders overreach and where the law is a mismatch for what’s happening on the ground. Then I find examples that illustrate what I think is going on.

Take for example when you hear about Taylor Swift’s unexpected strategy in the battle for rights over her master recordings. Why is that happening? Or when you hear about disgruntled YouTubers complaining about a new policy and their content being taken down. The research helps me decide if the examples prove or disprove my theories.

RM:  How does having a break from the demands of teaching impact your ability to dive into this research?

KG: The idea behind these kinds of fellowships is that, while teaching is far and away one of the best and most rewarding parts of our profession, it is really time consuming. For every hour of teaching there are days and even weeks of preparation. And there are office hours, supervising student groups, commenting on papers, supervising projects, and grading. Law school exams are not easy reading.

The goal behind this is not just to receive the gift of time, which is super valuable, but also the gift of a mental reprieve. So, I can devote all my mental energy to the question that I’m puzzling through. Not having to split my thinking should give me a chance to make more progress and really bury myself in research.

RM: Do you anticipate there will be any kind of student involvement?

KG: Absolutely. This will be a great opportunity to bring in students who can help me with the actual research. Being a research assistant (RA) is a phenomenal learning experience. RA’s get a feel for the scholarly side of the law that they’re studying (even if they don’t plan to be professors). And, importantly, these assistantships give students a chance to build a closer relationship with a professor who can then become a recommender, provide a reference letter, or chat with a judge about a clerkship. So, hopefully I’ll be able to incorporate some research assistants.

RM: Did you read that, law students? Sounds like a great opportunity! Thank you again for your time, Professor. I can’t wait to learn more.

KG: The feeling is mutual!

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Associate Professor Kristelia García will moderate a panel presentation on "Content in a Multiplatform World and Related Legal Issues" at the , May 30-31.

Panelists Stephanie S. Abrutyn, senior vice president and chief counsel, litigation, at HBO, and Brooke Mallette, associate general counsel at AT&T, will discuss:

• How the creation and economics of content has changed with the advent/proliferation of cable channels, social media, stream media and more
• The evolution of content licensing and distribution terms and conditions
• The impact of increasing fragmentation of distribution on economics at various levels
• In the Age of Disruption, what legal developments might be next?

García is an associate professor of law and director of the content intiative at the law school's Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship.

The event is co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association, Stanford Law School, Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, the Copyright Society of the USA, and in cooperation with the Rocky Mountain Regional Office of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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On March 7, 2019, Associate Professor Kristelia García will host a conference at the University of Colorado Law School titled "," focused on the intersection of intellectual property and gender. The conference, held in partnership with the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, will feature two leading experts on intellectual property law: Orly Lobel, author of You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side, and Jennifer Rothman, author of The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World. Following a presentation of Lobel and Rothman's book projects, the conference will convene a roundtable of experts in intellectual property and gender to discuss, among other topics:

• conceptions and treatment of ownership and value, especially as they vary between men and women
• anticompetitive use of IP law and concerns about the concentration of power (and composition of leadership) in culture-producing industries
• IP’s expansion to human capital and the disparity in male/female compensation
• fair use in the context of public criticism, especially about gender roles.

García serves as director of the content initiative at Silicon Flatirons.

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