Denver Law Review

101 years and counting…thank you for another great year of DLR Executive Board photos!

Introducing🥁🥁
Denver Law Review, Volume 100.1!

This weekend DLR welcomed the newest class of staff editors. We look forward to working together as we publish new and exciting scholarship! 📚

The Denver Law Review executive board is pleased to announce the staff editors for the upcoming volume 101. Congratulations to the incoming SEs!

– Reminder –

Denver Law Review is currently soliciting articles for the annual “Recent Developments in the Tenth Circuit” Issue due for publication in early 2024. This issue highlights topics of special interest to the Tenth Circuit and/or its constituent states. The articles may be written by judges, practitioners, professors, and law clerks.

If you have an idea for a submission or know someone who might be interested, please contact Tim Swartz.

Contact: [email protected]

Denver Law Review is currently soliciting articles for the annual “Recent Developments in the Tenth Circuit” Issue due for publication in early 2024. This issue highlights topics of special interest to the Tenth Circuit and/or its constituent states. The articles may be written by judges, practitioners, professors, and law clerks.

If you have an idea for a submission or know someone who might be interested, please contact Tim Swartz.

Contact: [email protected]

A statement from the Denver Law Review concerning Ilya Shapiro speaking at Denver Law this week.

Save the date for the Denver Law Review Volume 100 Symposium! Copy and paste the link below to register (students attend for free).

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To celebrate the publication of 's 100th Volume, we are excited to announce that we have launched our Centennial Celebration Page! Join us as we celebrate and journey through 100 years as a Journal.

https://www.denverlawreview.org/Centennial-Celebration

To celebrate the publication of Denver Law Review’s 100th Volume, we are excited to announce that we have launched our Centennial Celebration Page! Join us as we celebrate and journey through 100 years as a Journal.

Denver Law Review's Centennial Celebration Celebrating 100 years as the University of Denver Sturm College of Law's flagship law journal.

We are pleased to announce that the Denver Law Review has selected the members of the Volume 101 Executive Board. Please join us in welcoming and congratulating this new group of exceptional students!

What are the consequences of unreliable eyewitness testimony, and what can we do to address those problems? Read our latest Denver Law Review Forum Article by Andrew J. Fishman on how states can decrease the likelihood of misidentification and wrongful conviction.

Read the article here: https://www.denverlawreview.org/avoiding-misidentification

Learn more about the author here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-fishman-445426102/

"TransUnion v. Ramirez marks a dramatic deviation from modern standing jurisprudence and reflects an inadequate understanding of intangible privacy harms,” argues Travis C. Murphy. Read our DLR Forum Article on why this recent SCOTUS decision threatens individuals’ private data.

Read the article here: https://www.denverlawreview.org/sitting-this-one-out-transunion-v-ramirez

Learn more about the author here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travism13/

Meet Kit Longnecker (left)
Kit is a 3L in the part-time program and serves as a Staff Editor for Denver Law Review. She is interested in Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, and Reproductive Justice. Kit has been lucky enough to travel and have some close encounters with wildlife, including walking among grizzlies, swimming with whale sharks, and almost getting stepped on by a giant tortoise. In her free time, Kit likes to cross-stitch.

Meet Amanda Spitzenberger (middle)
Amanda is a 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for Denver Law Review. She is interested in Constitutional Law and International Law. Amanda spent this past summer in Sorrento and Naples, Italy taking classes and working for an international law firm.

Meet McKenna Milton (right)
McKenna is a 2L and a Staff Editor for Denver Law Review. She is interested in Women's Rights, Environmental Justice, and First Amendment Free Speech. McKenna is quite the ice cream enthusiast and enjoys a good game of ultimate frisbee. She was a big fan of Full House as a kid and she even got John Stamos's (Uncle Jessie) autograph after tracking him down at Disneyland in the second grade.

Meet Misty Schlabaugh (left)
Misty is a 2L in the part-time program and serves as a Staff Editor for Denver Law Review. She is interested in Social Justice Law, particularly income inequality and how it relates to access to basic resources. In her free the, Misty enjoys doing her nails and putting together Lego sets - ask her about her Harry Potter collection!

Meet Catherine O'Toole (middle)
Catherine is a 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for Denver Law Review. She is interested in Constitutional Rights. Catherine grew up in Oradell, NJ and she loves to hike.

Meet Casey Kiernan (right)
Casey is a 3L and serves as the Tenth Circuit Articles Editor for Denver Law Review. She is interested in Gender Rights, Feminist Legal Theory, Criminal Justice Reform, and Constitutional Law. Casey is from St. Louis, MO, and she enjoys running, cooking, photography, reading, and playing with her dog. Her favorite thing about DLR is getting to work with other talented students to help create good writing.

Meet Monica Murguia (left)
Monica is a 2L in the part-time program and is a current Staff Editor for Denver Law Review. She enjoys learning about Constitutional Law and Immigration Law. Monica was born in Mexico and raised in San Antonio, TX. After graduating from George Washington University in 2018, she served as a youth development Peace Corps volunteer in Peru for over a year. She enjoys weightlifting, traveling, and going on nature walks with her family.

Meet Professor Eli Wald (right)
Professor Wald is one of the amazing Faculty Advisors for the Denver Law Review, and his area of expertise is Legal Ethics. In his free time, you can catch Professor Wald hiking, traveling, or enjoying the performing arts.

Meet Natalie Boldt (left)
Natalie is a current 4L and is an Associate Editor for Denver Law Review. She is interested in Environmental Law and Sustainability. Her favorite thing about DLR is the people! Natalie is a part-time student, and DLR has allowed her to connect with full-time students. She often meets wonderful people at DLR events who are willing to help her with whatever she needs.

Meet Amanda Pinkham (middle)
Amanda is a 2L part-time student who serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review. She has a variety of legal interests, including Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, and Business Law. Amanda loves to hike, has two kids, and was previously published as an undergrad through Innovation Consulting Community/Verisk.

Meet Lauren Rowell (right)
Lauren is a 2L and a Staff Editor for Denver Law Review. She is still figuring out the area of law she wants to pursue, but she is interested in Education Law, Discrimination Law, and Juvenile Defense. Lauren has an adorable cat named Cat2.

Meet Erin Loveland (Left)
Erin is a current 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review. She is interested in a wide variety of law ranging from Constitutional and Environmental Law to Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Erin is also a Colorado native, growing up just south of Denver in Castle Rock, CO.

Meet Sydney "Grace" Speight (Middle)
Grace is a current 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review. She is interested in Criminal Procedure, primarily constitutional rights under the 4th Amendment; the relationship between the legislature and the federal courts; judicial impartiality; and the relationship between mental health/illness and our criminal justice system. She is originally from Little Rock, Arkansas. Growing up in the rural South made her increasingly passionate about the role and reputation of the South. In her free time, she enjoys reading and writing about the South, especially when it comes to the role of women. Grace also enjoys cooking, snowboarding, and pilates.

Meet Eleanor Kim (Right)
Eleanor is a current 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review. She is interested in Intellectual Property Law, Sports and Entertainment Law, International Law, and Corporate Law. Eleanor trained pre-professionally in ballet for over 15 years, where she discovered rehearsals for a successful performance are much like the legal writing process. She notes that both require perseverance and immense attention to detail. Both also use narratives to communicate with the audience.

Meet Anna Hamp (Left)
Anna is a current 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review. She is interested in becoming a transactional attorney and is originally from Budapest, Hungary. Anna has prior publications covering topics in TESOL and linguistics.

Meet Pelecanos (Middle)
Pelecanos is a current 3L and serves as the Denver Law Review's Tenth Circuit Research Editor. They are interested in Civil Rights, LGBTQ+ Rights, and the patterns and trends of the Supreme Court. They also have a love for art, both viewing and creating.

Meet Emily Sexton (Right)
Emily is a current 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review. She is interested in Corporate Law, specifically the asset management industry. In her free time, Emily performs improv comedy. Emily is also from Fairbanks, Alaska.

Meet Ryan Tseng (Left)
Ryan is a current 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review. He is interested in Property Law, Takings Law, and Zoning. Ryan also serves as a member of Law School Yes . . . We Can!'s board of directors which is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of diverse individuals in the legal community. In his free time, he enjoys Olympic lifting and climbing 14ers.

Meet Carolyn Fergus-Callahan (Middle)
Carolyn is a current 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver law Review. She is interested in Constitutional Rights and Remedies as well as Environmental law. Carolyn loves to hike, read and is a huge fan of track & field. Keep an eye out for her forthcoming publication in the Denver Law Review, "United States v. Vaello-Madero: A “Shameful” Failure to Protect Needy American Citizens Living in the U.S. Territories."

Meet Stephanie Wise (Right)
Stephanie is a current 2L and serves as a Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review. She is interested in Children's Rights, Human Rights, and Civil Rights. Stephanie used to spend her summers on Lake Michigan but learned how to sail here in Colorado on the Cherry Creek Reservoir.

Meet Brooke Hare (Left)
Brooke is a current 2L and serves as one of the Denver Law Review's Staff Editors. She is interested in Indigenous Land Ownership Rights, notably the Land Back Movement. Brooke's fun fact is that her middle name combines her two grandmothers' names.

Meet Michael A. Kilbourn (Middle)
Michael is a current 4L in the part-time program and serves as one of the Denver Law Review's Associate Editors. He is interested in the Criminal Legal System, Social Justice, and Activism. Keep an eye out for Michael's forthcoming publication in the Denver Law Review titled, "Abolishing Peremptory Challenges: A Fair Price to Pay for Just Jury Selection."

Meet Hannah Goldstein (Right)
Hannah is a current 3L and serves as one of the Denver Law Review's Associate Editors. She is interested in Constitutional Law and Civil rights. This winter, catch Hannah on the slopes as she has been snowboarding for 17 years.

Meet Kate Rosner (Left)
Kate is a current 3L and serves as one of the Denver Law Review's Case Note & Comment Editors. She is interested in Civil Rights, Prisoners' Rights, and Criminal procedure. Kate is from Arlington, MA, and enjoys backpacking, skiing, ultimate frisbee, and cooking.

Meet Heidi Metroz (Middle)
Heidi is a current 3L and serves as the Denver Law Review's Business & Outreach Editor. She is interested in Criminal Law, Mental Health Law, and Animal Law. Before moving to Denver, Heidi lived in Las Vegas, where she worked as a ballroom dance instructor. Her fancy footwork even graced the Bellagio stage!

Meet Matt Knaster (Right)
Matt is a current 3L and works alongside Kate (pictured here) as the other Case Note & Comment Editor for the Denver Law Review. Matt's favorite aspect of the law review is that his writing helps contribute to the scholarly discourse of the law. He is interested in First Amendment Law and International Law.

Meet Anders Erickson (Left)
Anders is a current 3L associate editor for the Denver Law Review. He is interested in corporate, commercial, blockchain, crypto, and entertainment law. In his free time, Anders is an actor, model and plays the bagpipes.

Meet Rachel Gärlick (Middle)
Rachel is a current 2L staff editor for the Denver Law Review. She is originally from Oakland, California, and is interested in criminal defense, child advocacy, and education policy. In her free time, she tries to beat her reading goal on Goodreads.

Meet Abby Weinberg (Right)
Abby is a current 3L associate editor for the Denver Law Review. She is interested in OSHA Worker Rights and Protections and Aviation law. Abby takes to the skies above Colorado in her free time with her private pilot’s license.

Meet Chuck Alcock (Left)
Chuck is a current 3L and the Forum Editor for the Denver Law Review. He is passionate about civil rights and constitutional law. Chuck invites those interested to listen to the Inter Alia podcast, which he helps produce.

Meet Paige Lienau (Middle)
Paige is a current 2L staff editor for the Denver Law Review. She is originally from Orange County, California, and is interested in criminal law and social justice.

Meet Juliana Todeschi (Right)
Juliana is a current 3L and a Production Editor for the Denver Law Review. She continues to develop her interests in constitutional law issues, social policy discussions, and land use. Juliana loves the Denver Law Review because it allows law students to contribute directly to the future of legal scholarship. She enjoys traveling, making vegan ice cream, gravel biking, and taking care of her house plant family in her spare time.

Denver Law Review is partnering with the Constitutional Rights and Remedies program to co-sponsor an event on Thursday, November 10, from 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm in Room 165. The event features Professor Paul Gowder from the Northwestern School of Law, a national expert on constitutional law and race discrimination, for a talk on his recent book The Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberation. The event is free and open to the public!

Meet Adam Estacio (Left)
Adam is a current 3L and the Senior Forum Editor for the Denver Law Review. He is passionate about environmental justice and civil rights law. Adam also is conversational in New Zealand Sign Language, plays guitar and sings in a band, and loves to snowboard and surf.

Meet Rachel DeSimone (Middle)
Rachel is also a current 3L and serves as the Denver Law Review's Equity Editor. She is passionate about land use and civil rights law. While neither in the office nor in classes, Rachel loves baking and cooking.

Meet Sam Rhoton (Right)
Sam is also a current 3L and serves as the Senior Articles Editor for the Denver Law Review. He is interested in appellate advocacy and statutory interpretation. Sam, who grew up in Denver, is a Colorado native who shares his home with his two cats, Clementine and Butterbean.

Meet Teresa Cropper (Left)
Teresa is a 2L Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review and an avid runner, swimmer, and ice cream connoisseur. She has a focused interest in reproductive rights, criminal procedure, and constitutional rights and remedies.

Meet Lainey Decker (Middle)
Lainey is a 2L Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review and is interested in Constitutional law. Lainey is originally from Cleveland, OH, and before arriving at DU, she worked for two years on Capitol Hill. Lainey is also a former college athlete. (Lacrosse)

Meet Dylan Fair (Right)
Dylan is a 2L Staff Editor for the Denver Law Review and is interested in criminal justice reform, education policy, and labor law. Dylan is from Hermosa Beach, California, and went to DU for undergrad. Before law school, Dylan was a teacher. In his free time, he practices ju-jitsu, bartends, and skis.

Meet Rebecca Glenn (Left)

Now in her third and final year of law school, Rebecca serves as the Denver Law Review's Editor in Chief. She Is interested in both water law and environmental law. Her favorite thing about DLR is the community comprised of current members and a tapestry of alumni who make up an incredible network of mentors and advisors to the journal.

Meet Marisa Danos (Right)

Also, in her third and final year of law school, Marisa serves as the Managing Editor for the DLR. She recently has become enamored with legal writing involving anti-trust issues, specifically those in a sports law context. Marisa was also born on a leap day, meaning she is (technically) only 6 1/2 years old in leap years.

Every year the Denver Law Review welcomes a new class of students who demonstrate an evident dedication to scholarship, academic curiosity, and deep respect for the organization's lineage as the flagship journal of the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law.

However, the Journal is not simply a collection of scholarly text and immaculate citations but a group of students who are as human as they come. Join us over the coming weeks as we embark on our "Get to Know You" series, where we will feature the members of the Journal.

The Denver Law Review would love to highlight our current board members to kick off our series. We invite you to get to know each and every one of them during this series, and we look forward to sharing with you over the coming weeks.

STANDING: Kit Beikmann, Pelecanos, Mitchell DiCenso, Matt Knaster, Kate Rosner, Casey Kiernan, Chuck Alcock,
Alana LeFebvre, Allyson Beyer, Juliana Todeschi
SEATED: Adam Estacio, Marisa Danos, Heidi Metroz, Rebecca Glenn, Rachel DeSimone, Samuel Rhoton
NOT PICTURED: Bridget Klene