Denise DeForest

Director for Academic Support | Associate Teaching Professor

401 UCB
2450 Kittredge Loop Drive
Wolf Law Building
Boulder, CO  80309
Office: 422
Phone: (303) 735-7467
E-mail: denise.deforest@colorado.edu

Bio:

Denise DeForest joined the University of Colorado after a career as a Colorado Administrative Law Judge, a Colorado Assistant Attorney General, an associate at a large Denver law firm, a member of police oversight teams in Denver and Omaha, NE, and an investigator for such entities as the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the U.S. Senate and the Washington D.C. Public Defender Service.

Denise focuses her teaching on legal reasoning and other lawyerly skills. At CU, she teaches several courses for 3Ls who are beginning their preparations for the bar exam, along with skill workshops for 1Ls. Denise also still carries a torch for excellence in investigations, and she continues to teach investigative best practices throughout the US and Canada.

Denise obtained her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and has a B.A. in biology from the University of Virginia.



Courses:

Fall 2024 Remedies LAWS 7433-801
Spring 2024 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-801
Spring 2024 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-801
Spring 2024 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-803
Spring 2023 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-801
Spring 2023 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-801
Spring 2023 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-803
Fall 2022 Remedies LAWS 7433-801
Spring 2022 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-801
Spring 2022 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-801
Spring 2022 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-802
Fall 2021 Remedies LAWS 7433-801
Spring 2021 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-801
Spring 2021 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-801
Spring 2021 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-802
Fall 2020 Remedies LAWS 7433-801
Spring 2020 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-801
Spring 2020 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-801
Spring 2020 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-802
Fall 2019 Remedies LAWS 7433-801
Spring 2019 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-801
Spring 2019 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-902
Spring 2019 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-801
Spring 2019 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-802
Spring 2019 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-903
Fall 2018 Remedies LAWS 7433-801
Spring 2018 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-801
Spring 2018 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-801
Spring 2018 Analytical Strategies LAWS 7350-802
Spring 2017 Advanced Legal Writing LAWS 6226-804
Spring 2017 Problem-Solving and Writing LAWS 6816-801