Past Events

  • Scholarship and Fellowship Outreach
    Over 40 CU Law students joined The Getches-Wilkinson Center on Thursday, October 26th for a delicious lunch and to hear from current GWC Scholar and Fellows. Information on the various scholarships and fellowships and instructions on how to apply
  • Organizing Team
    On Tuesday, October 24th the Environmental Law Society (ELS), Getches-Wilkinson Center, and Career Development Office (CDO) co-hosted an Environmental Law Networking Happy Hour for current students and lawyers working in the environmental law space
  • Public Lands Panel
    CU Law is one of six leading institutions to host the Wyss Foundation Scholars Program which supports the graduate-level education of emerging leaders in U.S. land conservation by providing scholarships, mentorship, and community. Early this
  • 43rd Annual Colorado Law Conference on Natural Resources
    Crisis on the Colorado River: From Short-Term Solutions to Long-Term SustainabilityThursday, June 8 and Friday, June 9, 2023 Hosted by the Getches-Wilkinson Center and Water & Tribes InitiativeThe Colorado River is in crisis. Rapid declines in
  • Fawn R. Sharp
    Mobilizing the Global Community on Climate Change: An Indigenous Leadership PerspectiveFawn R. Sharp QuinaultPresident, National Congress of American IndiansThursday, October 13, 2022 6:00 p.m. Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer
  • Water Image
    Thursday, June 16 and Friday, June 172026 May Be Too Late: Hard Conversations ÀÏ¾ÅÆ·²è Really Complicated IssuesThere is no debate – demands for water across the Colorado River Basin exceed the shrinking supply. Chronic drought, record heat, increasing
  • Our Common Ground
    John Leshy, Author Distinguished Professor of Law University of California, Hastings College of LawThe little-known story of how the U.S. government came to hold nearly one-third of the nation land and manage it primarily for recreation, education
  • Audrey Zibelman
    Tapestry, X Moonshot for the Electric Grid Audrey Zibelman Vice President, X Electric Grid MoonshotNations are finally committing to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets that could limit global warming. However, technical obstacles to the
  • GWC
    Equity in the Colorado River Basin: How to Sustainably Manage a Shrinking ResourceThursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1Simply put – demands for water in the Colorado River Basin exceed supply.  Chronic drought, record heat, and rampant
  • Colorado River
    Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1Equity in the Colorado River Basin: How to Sustainably Manage a Shrinking ResourceSimply put – demands for water in the Colorado River Basin exceed supply.  Chronic drought, record heat, and rampant
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