What lies ahead of you in this Volume is over one-thousand pages of scholarship. This collection comes together through the careful work of many. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize those who brought this Volume to fruition.
I would like to thank each of our authors for choosing to publish with Colorado Law Review Volume 96. Each article brings a unique contribution toward our goals for this year: to find authors and articles that highlight new voices and uncommon perspectives; to celebrate each author’s personal tone, voice, and style; to bring humanity to academia; to present thought-provoking topics that challenge hegemony; to confront important issues in the Rocky Mountain region; and to address ideas important to our fellow students, such as Indigenous rights, technology, the environment, and social justice.
Authors pour months (if not years) into an article and then entrust it to us—students—to shepherd it through publication. And we are honored to do it. We are grateful for their trust, openness, and kindness towards us. We at Colorado Law Review do not take this lightly. We sincerely appreciate each of our sixteen professional authors for working with us this year.
The work of a law review is hard. This Volume is no different. At the beginning of this year, our Executive Board presented the 3L Editors with a goal: provide our authors with the most thorough, respectful, and enjoyable experience possible. Our 3L Editors, unsurprisingly, delivered. They spent hours painstakingly reviewing each idea, every sentence, every word, and every mark within this Volume. They did this while representing the University of Colorado Law School as leaders in mock trial, moot court, international moot court, and transactional competitions; representing real clients through practicums and clinics; advocating for democracy by canvassing, phone banking, and working at polling stations; raising families; publishing their own articles in Volume 96; and completing the rigorous work that is law school. I am continually in awe of the people and work of Colorado Law’s Class of 2025. They are in a class of their own. Getting to work with my classmates in this way has been one of the greatest joys of my law school experience. Though a small token compared to their effort, I want them to know how grateful I am for their commitment, positivity, and camaraderie this year.
I’d like to give a special thank you to our Executive Board: Natalie Tiggleman (Executive Editor), Mallory Shaner (Managing Editor), and Abigail Franke (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Editor). These three women have made Volume 96 their first priority. Their dedication to patience, excellence, and collaboration has made Colorado Law Review better for our authors and members now and in the future.
It takes a village to produce a volume. We owe appreciation to that village.
To our predecessors in Volume 95, led by Caitlin Dacus, for taking on hard things so we in Volume 96 had the power of choice. Their work gave us the freedom to shape this volume and determine what Colorado Law Review could become. And still, they continue to guide us, offering their support and wisdom as we carry their work forward.
To our 2L Members, we recognize the work you’ve done this year to ensure our author’s articles are well-sourced and cited. It is not a glamourous job but it is critically important. We are thankful for your work and hopeful for the future of Colorado Law Review.
None of this could be done without our Office Manager Jackie Koehn, our daily advocate. She makes sure these issues make it into physical form and that Colorado Law Review survives from year to year. The issue you are holding would not be here without her.
Finally, to our Faculty Advisor, Fred Bloom, whose greatest gift to us is empowering Colorado Law Review to be and remain student-run. He humbly steps into the background so we can lead, yet is the first to ask “Is there anything I can do to help?” and to say “I’ve got your back.” I know I speak for all of us on Volume 96 when I say we hope we make him proud.
We hope our readers enjoy the scholarship in this Volume as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it all together.
With gratitude,
Devin Schultze
Editor in Chief, Colorado Law Review, Volume 96