With a long tradition of rigorous legal scholarship, University of Denver Sturm College of Law faculty members publish articles in the nation’s top scholarly journals and in numerous peer-reviewed and specialty journals. The faculty’s extensive record of interdisciplinary scholarly publication includes academic books, treatises, and leading law school casebooks, in addition faculty members implement innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
Submissions from 2021
Yes, You Can Learn Movement Lawyering in Law School: Highlights from the Movement Lawyering Lab at Denver Law, Alexi Freeman and Lindsey Webb
Is There a New Extraterritoriality in Intellectual Property?., Timothy R. Holbrook
Defenses to the Tort of Negligence: A Comparative Study of the Iranian and the U.S. Legal Systems, Laya Joneydi and Zahra Takhshid
Rethinking Environmental Law: Why Environmental Laws Should Conform to the Laws of Nature, Jan G. Laitos
Incorporating Health Equity Into COVID-19 Reopening Plans: Policy Experimentation in California, Emily A. Largent, Govind Persad, Michelle M. Mello, Danielle M. Wenner, Daniel B. Kramer, Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, and Monica Peek
Enjoyed by White Citizens, Nancy Leong
Yes, It’s Legal for Businesses and Schools to Require You to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine, Holly Fernandez Lynch JD, MBE and Govind C. Persad
Employment Discrimination Law, Cases and Materials on Equality in the Workplace, Maria L. Ontiveros and Roberto L. Corrada
Why The Biden Administration’s Recommendation on Booster Shots Is a Mistake, William Fiske Parker and Govind C. Persad
Fair Allocation at COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Sites, William F. Parker, Govind C. Persad, and Monica E. Peek
Four Recommendations to Efficiently and Equitably Accelerate the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, William F. Parker, Govind C. Persad, and Monica E. Peek
Against Exclusive Survivalism: Preventing Lost Life and Protecting the Disadvantaged in Resource Allocation, Govind Persad
Allocating Medicine Fairly in an Unfair Pandemic, Govind Persad
Improving the Ethical Review of Health Policy and Systems Research: Some Suggestions, Govind Persad
Prioritizing the Prevention of Early Deaths during Covid-19, Govind Persad
Sustainability, Equal Treatment, and Temporal Neutrality, Govind Persad
Tailoring Public Health Policies, Govind Persad
Can Vaccine Allocation Plans Legally Respond to Racial Disparities?, Govind C. Persad
Letter in reply to Bernard Prusak, et al., Govind C. Persad
Pricing Drugs Fairly, Govind C. Persad
Should Booster Shots Be Mandatory? It’s Hard to Justify., Govind C. Persad
Vaccinating the World: The Problem with Drop-in-the-Bucket Thinking, Govind C. Persad
Can COVID-19 Vaccines Be Global Public Goods?, Govind C. Persad and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Can COVID-19 Vaccines Be Global Public Goods?, Govind C. Persad and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Millions of Vaccines Are About to Expire. The U.S. Might Just Let Them Go to Waste, Govind C. Persad and Holly Fernandez Lynch
Age-Based Vaccine Distribution Is Not Only Unethical. It’s Also Bad Health Policy., Govind C. Persad, Emily Largent, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Extending the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause for a Week Was a Deadly Mistake, Govind C. Persad and William Fiske Parker
American COVID Boosters and Global Vaccinations: How to Ensure Both Get Done, Govind C. Persad, William Fiske Parker, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Taming the 4th COVID surge: Delay second shots and get first vaccine doses into arms ASAP, Govind C. Persad, William Fiske Parker, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Should Vaccinating Children Off-Label Against COVID-19 Be Universally Prohibited?, Govind C. Persad; Patricia Zettler; and Holly Fernandez Lynch JD, MBE
Ethical Considerations of Offering Benefits to COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients, Govind Persad and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Public Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization, Govind Persad, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Samantha Sangenito, Aaron Glickman, Steven Phillips, and Emily A. Largent
Allocating Scarce Life-saving Resources: The Proper Role of Age, Govind Persad and Steven Joffe
Disrupting Frivolous Defenses, Thomas D. Russell
Disrupting Frivolous Defenses, Thomas D. Russell
Frivolous Defenses, Thomas D. Russell
Frivolous Defenses, Thomas D. Russell
The Fight Between Biden and Trump Over Executive Privilege Should Be Decided In Favor of the Sitting President, Laurent Sacharoff
Questions of Citizenship and the Nature of "The Public", Sarah Schindler
Rethinking the Fee Simple in Rural America, Sarah Schindler
The Harms of Liminal Housing Tenure: Installment Land Contracts and Tenancies in Common, Sarah Schindler and Kellen Zale
Categorized Priority Systems: A New Tool for Fairly Allocating Scarce Medical Resources in the Face of Profound Social Inequities, Tayfun Sönmez, Parag A. Pathak, M. Utku Ünver, Govind Persad, Robert D. Truog, and Douglas B. White
An Introductory Study on the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Tort Law, Zahra Takhshid
Assumption of Risk in Consumer Contracts and the Distraction of Unconscionability, Zahra Takhshid
Kidney, Money, and the Shī‘ah Implementation of the Rule of Necessity, Zahra Takhshid
Elements of Effective Online Instruction in Law, David I. C. Thomson
What We Do: The Life and Work of the Legal Writing Professor, David I.C. Thomson
True Crime and Danger Narratives: Reflections on Stories of Violece, Race, and (In)justice, Lindsey Webb
Submissions from 2020
Should Pediatric Patients be Prioritized when Rationing Life-saving Treatments during COVID-19 Pandemic, Ryan M. Antiel, Farr A. Curlin, Govind Persad, Douglas B. White, Cathy Zhang, Aaron Glickman, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and John D. Lantos
Eliminating Categorical Exclusion Criteria in Crisis Standards of Care Frameworks, Catherine L. Auriemma, Ashli M. Molinero, Amy J. Houtrow, Govind Persad, Douglas B. White, and Scott D. Halpern
Leadership Lapse: Laundering Systemic Bias Through Student Evaluations, Debra S. Austin
Teaching “Good Work” in the Law, John Bliss
The Legal Ethics of Secret Client Recordings, John Bliss
Free Speech, Rational Deliberation, and Some Truths About Lies, Alan K. Chen
College Athletes in Revenue-Generating Sports as Employees: A Look into the Alt-Labor Future, Roberto L. Corrada
The Northwestern University Football Case: A Dissent, Roberto L. Corrada
Can Political Headwinds Against U.S. Offshore Wind Power Help Policy Change Course?, K.K. DuVivier
Siting Wind Turbines, K.K. DuVivier
The Law of Distributed Generation in the United States—Conclusions [including microgrids], K.K. DuVivier
Moat Mentality: Onshore and Offshore Approaches to Wind Waking, K.K. DuVivier and Brendan Mooney
An Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Govind Persad, Adam Kern, Allen Buchanan, Cécile Fabre, Daniel Halliday, Joseph Heath, Lisa Herzog, R. J. Leland, Ephrem T. Lemango, Florencia Luna, Matthew S. McCoy, Ole F. Norheim, Trygve Ottersen, G. Owen Schaefer, Kok Chor Tan, Christopher Heath Wellman, Jonathan Wolff, and Henry S. Richardson
Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Govind Persad, Ross Upshur, Beatriz Thome, Michael Parker, Aaron Glickman, Cathy Zhang, Connor Boyle, Maxwell Smith, and James P. Phillips
How the Coronavirus May Force Doctors to Decide Who Lives, Who Dies, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, James Phillips, and Govind C. Persad
Amici Curiae Brief of the International Municipal Lawyers Association and Legal Scholars in Support of Defendants-appellees in Portland Pipe Line Corporation, et al. v. City of South Portland, et al., Sarah J. Fox, Sara C. Bronin, Nestor M. Davidson, Keith H. Hirokawa, Ashira Pelman Ostrow, Dave Owen, Laurie Reynolds, Jonathan D. Rosenbloom, and Sarah Schindler
Don't Hire Me as a Token: Best Practices for Recruiting and Supporting Externs from Historically Marginalized Backgrounds, Alexi Freeman
Pandemic Guidelines, Not Changed Malpractice Rules, Are the Right Response to COVID-19, Valerie Gutmann Koch, Govind C. Persad, and Wendy Netter Epstein
The Importance of Communication to Possession in IP, Timothy R. Holbrook
Not All Violence in Relationships is “Domestic Violence", Tamara L. Kuennen
The Law of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste, Jan G. Laitos, John S. Applegate, Mary J. Angelo, and Jeffrey M. Gaba
Pioneers of Environmental Law, Jan G. Laitos and John Copeland Nagle
Principles of Natural Resources Law, 2d ed., Jan G. Laitos and Sandra B. Zellmer
US Public Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Emily A. Largent, Govind Persad, Samantha Sangenito, Aaron Glickman, Connor Boyle, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Sensitive Species Data in Colorado’s State and Local Government Decision-Making, Kevin J. Lynch, Marissa Hoffman, Katherine Klein, John Molera, Merrily Newcomb, Sarah Matsumoto, Wyatt Sassman, and Natalie Norcutt
Climate Policy & Environmental Justice Recommendations for Colorado: Environmental Justice and the Climate Action Plan to Reduce Pollution, Kevin J. Lynch, Edwin Lamair, and Evan Healey
Respecting Disability Rights — Toward Improved Crisis Standards of Care, Michelle M. Mello, Govind Persad, and Douglas B. White
Fair Coronavirus Triage Guidelines—Not Business as Usual—Will Save More Patients with Disabilities from Covid-19, Joseph Millum and Govind C. Persad
Choosing Affordable Health Insurance, Govind Persad
Disability Law and the Case for Evidence-based Triage in a Pandemic, Govind Persad
Expensive Patients, Reinsurance, and the Future of Health Care Reform, Govind Persad
A Conceptual Framework for Clearer Ethical Discussions About COVID-19 Response, Govind C. Persad
Advance Directives and Transformative Experience: Resilience in the Face of Change, Govind C. Persad
Arizona’s Crisis Standards of Care and Fair Allocation of Resources During COVID-19, Govind C. Persad
How Triage During COVID-19 Can be Fair to Patients with Disabilities, Govind C. Persad
Philosophers on Access to Medicine: What Sort of Access to Which Medicines?, Govind C. Persad
What Are the Ethics Behind Covid-19 “Immunity Passports”?, Govind C. Persad and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Diversity and Solidarity in Response to Covid-19, Govind C. Persad and David Wasserman
The Case for Valuing Non-health and Indirect Benefits, Govind Persad and Jessica du Toit
The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-based Licenses ("Immunity Passports"), Govind Persad and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Fairly Prioritizing Groups for Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, Govind Persad, Monica E. Peek, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Allocating Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19. Reply, Govind Persad, James Phillips, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Criminal Trespass and Computer Crime, Laurent Sacharoff
The Fourth Amendment Inventory as a Check on Digital Searches, Laurent Sacharoff
Expanded Outdoor Dining Must Make Room for Public in Public Spaces, Sarah Schindler
Pardoning Dogs, Sarah Schindler
Tear It All Down: Highways as Racist Monuments, Sarah Schindler
Tear It All Down: Highways as Racist Monuments, Sarah Schindler
How the Law Fails Tenants (and Not Just During a Pandemic), Sarah Schindler and Kellen Zale
Cultural Due Diligence and M & A in the Wake of a Pandemic, Michael R. Siebecker and Iris Lozano
Defemation, Privacy, and the Role of Public Figures: A Comparative Study of Iran and the U.S. Legal Systems, Zahra Takhshid
Lessons from Regulating E-Cigarettes: A Case of Coercive Paternalism, Nudging, or Behaviorally Informed Boosting?, Zahra Takhshid