Adam Fisher

Wyss Scholar Adam Fisher publishes article in Environmental Law Reporter

Feb. 9, 2024

Adam Fisher is babyÖ±²¥app Law's current Wyss Foundation Wyss Scholar. His recent article "Pay to Play? The Past, Present, and Future of Recreation Fees on Federal Public Lands" is live in this month's issue of the Environmental Law Reporter. The article explores the thorny issue of public land recreation fees,...

Bears Ears National Monument

GWC and the Getches-Green Clinic Defend the Antiquities Act

Jan. 24, 2024

The Getches-Wilkinson Center and the Getches-Green Clinic recently teamed up with 29 law professors from around the country to submit an important amicus curiae brief in a case that could undermine the integrity of the Antiquities Act. In 2021, President Biden issued two proclamations restoring Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante...

Scholarship and Fellowship Outreach

GWC Scholarship and Fellowship Programs Lunch and Learn

Oct. 27, 2023

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 for a Summer 2024 or Academic Year 24/25 Scholarship or Fellowship...

Michelle White's Favorite Public Lands

Q & A with Michelle White, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Oct. 1, 2023

Michelle White is a staff attorney at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance where her work focuses on issues in public lands including RS 2477 disputes and litigation arising under the Antiquities Act. She graduated from University of babyÖ±²¥app School of Law, where she interned with the Natural Resources Defense Council...

Public Lands Panel

Wyss Scholars Panel: Public Interest Careers in Public Lands

Sept. 9, 2023

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 semester, the GWC partnered with the Wyss Scholars Program to present a panel discussion on...

Adam Fisher

Adam Fisher (Law '24) Named 2023-2024 babyÖ±²¥app Law Wyss Scholar

April 15, 2023

University of babyÖ±²¥app Law School student Adam Fisher (’24) has been named the 2023-2024 babyÖ±²¥app Law Wyss Scholar in U.S. Lands Conservation. Fisher, a J.D. candidate, is babyÖ±²¥app Law’s sixth Wyss Scholar. The Wyss Scholars Program , awarded to one babyÖ±²¥app Law student each year, supports graduate-level education for promising...

Our Common Ground

Charles Wilkinson Book Review – Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Land by John D. Leshy

May 12, 2022

The book review is published by the Environmental Law Amicus, a project of Lewis and Clark Law School. Publication forthcoming in the Lewis and Clark Law Journal, En vironmental Law. “For more than a century, the arc of public land history has bent decisively toward the national government conserving more...

Our Common Ground

Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands

May 6, 2022

John Leshy, Author Distinguished Professor of Law University of California, Hastings College of Law The little-known story of how the U.S. government came to hold nearly one-third of the nation’s land and manage it primarily for recreation, education and conservation. America’s public lands include more than 600 million acres of...

Jacob Jose

Jacob Jose '23 Named 2022 babyÖ±²¥app Law Wyss Scholar

April 4, 2022

University of babyÖ±²¥app Law School student Jacob Jose (’23) has been named the 2022-2023 babyÖ±²¥app Law Wyss Scholar in U.S. Lands Conservation.

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