Color of Law

• Seven Principles: Increasing Access to Law School Among Students of Color

In Fall 2010, I became one of the first tenured professors in the nation to hold a deanship dedicated exclusively to diversity in a school of law. As the Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law ("SCOL"), I am charged with strengthening access to the legal academy, particularly among, but not limited to, students and faculty of color. This Essay describes the evolution of my role and the seven principles that currently guide student pipeline and recruitment efforts at the SCOL. These principles help the SCOL focus those efforts, work strategically, and increase the likelihood that desired outcomes will be achieved. I conclude by offering three examples of efforts undertaken by the SCOL in the first six months of my se...

• Iowa Law Review
• Nbr. 96-5, July 2011

• 20 CFR 416.1618 - When you are considered permanently residing in the United States under color of law.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20: Employees' Benefits

• David Pesnell, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeffrey Arsenault, a Natural Person Acting Under Color of Federal Law; Janet R. Lintz, a Natural Person Acting Under Color of Federal Law; Thomas P. Gallagher, a Natural Person Acting Under the Color of Federal Law; Douglas J. Morgan, a Natural Person Acting Under Color of Federal Law, Defendants-Appellees., 490 F.3d 1158 (9th Cir. 2007)

Ronald J. Tocchini and Jason M. Sherman, Tocchini & Associates PC, Roseville, CA, for the appellant. Robert I. Lester and Sharla Cerra, Assistant Uni...

• Federal Circuits

• 42 CFR 435.408 - Categories of aliens who are permanently residing in the United States under color of law.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42: Public Health

• 18 USC 242 - Sec. 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law

• U.S. Code - Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure

• ; Suspect a 'Mule' for Drug Smugglers

A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to two years in prison for improperly lifting the arms of a 15-year-old drug smuggling suspect while handcuffed - in what the Justice Department called a deprivation of the teenager's constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force. Agent Jesus E. Diaz Jr. was named in a November 2009 federal grand jury indictment with deprivation of rights under color of law during an October 2008 arrest near the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, in response to a report that illegal immigrants had crossed the river with bundles of drugs.

• The Washington Times
• October 26, 2011

• Color of Law

Some CIVIL RIGHTS statutes proscribe only behavior "under color of" state l...

• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
• CL-EY

• 20 CFR 416.1619 - When you cannot be considered permanently residing in the United States under color of law.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20: Employees' Benefits

• 20 CFR 416.1329 - Suspension due to loss of United States residency, United States citizenship, or status as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20: Employees' Benefits

• University of Buffalo Law Students of Color to Honor Alumni

Themed "Lifting as We Climb," the University at Buffalo Law School's annual Students of Color Dinner will bring together graduating and continuing students, faculty and a variety of alumni and friends to celebrate the year's achievements. The April 15 dinner will be held at the Buffalo Niagara Marriott, presented by the Asian American Law Students Association, the Black Law Students Association and the Latin American Law Students Association.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• April 15, 2010