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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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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 .

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...

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...

Getches-Wilkinson Center Water Law Fellows Jaime Garcia and Chelsea Colwyn filed an amicus brief on behalf of Eco-Cycle and Conservation Colorado in an important environmental protection case On April 7, the Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Board of County Commissioners of the County of La Plata County, Colorado...

2021 Ruth Wright Distinguished Lecture in Natural Resources: Are We Saved? Tempering Our Expectations for Natural Resources Management Under the Biden Administration Marcilynn A. Burke Dean and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law University of Oregon School of Law Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Almost forty years ago, Dean Derrick...