Samantha Funk
Associate Teaching Professor - Legal Writing
401 UCB
2450 Kittredge Loop Road
Wolf Law Building
Boulder, CO 80309
Office: 448
Phone: (303) 492-4893
E-mail: samantha.funk-1@colorado.edu
Curriculum Vitae: View (PDF format)
Bio:Samantha Funk practiced commercial litigation for seven years, first at Dorsey & Whitney LLP and then Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where she represented clients at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal court. Her practice involved a broad range of civil matters, including class actions and franchise or contract disputes. After working as a civil litigator, Samantha conducted civil rights and Title IX investigations at the University of Washington. Samantha has been committed to pro bono work throughout her legal career, representing clients seeking asylum, arguing for protective orders in criminal cases, and researching state statutes, post-Dobbs, for a reproductive justice organization.
Samantha graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was an articles editor for the Michigan Journal of Gender and Law and externed at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to law school, Samantha worked for a reproductive rights organization in Guatemala, and then returned home and taught English classes to Spanish speakers. She is proficient in Spanish.
Courses:
| Fall 2025 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-801 |
| Spring 2025 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-801 |
| Fall 2024 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-801 |
| Spring 2024 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-806 |
| Fall 2023 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-806 |
Our Vision
With our roots in Colorado and a global outlook, we are ...
a supportive and diverse educational and scholarly community in a place that inspires vigorous pursuit of ideas, critical analysis, contemplation, and civic engagement to advance knowledge about the law in an open, just society.
Our Mission
To be an outstanding public law school that: provides students with a state-of-the-art legal education and prepares them to serve wisely and with professionalism; advances the development of knowledge through scholarship, testing of new ideas, and challenges to the status quo; and serves as a vehicle and catalyst for meaningful public service, all of which deliver high value to our students and have positive impacts?both locally and globally?on the legal profession and society.