Experience matters. Our Criminal Law curriculum prepares you to be ready from day one of your career, giving you more simulated and real-world trial experience than most law firm partners. After ...

A myriad of problems are caused today by overcriminalization—the misuse and overuse of criminal law, which ensnares average citizens for committing acts that are not morally blameworthy and that most ...

Mistake of law as a defense to criminal liability deserves a second look. The proposition that a defendant should be able to raise a mistake of law defense to a charge that he committed a malum ...

For 30 years or more I have been compiling an annual booklet summarizing all the “Criminal Law and Related Decisions” of the Supreme Court, published every summer by the Criminal Law Section of the ...

SCOTUSCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official ...

Colorado Law has an accomplished faculty teaching a wide range of criminal law topics. In addition to required courses in Criminal Law and Evidence, Colorado Law offers a wide range of electives from ...