Deborah Cantrell
Professor of Law
Works In Progress
| Silence and Protest (forthcoming 2020). |
Articles
| Love, Anger, and Social Change, 12 DREXEL L. REV. 47 (2019). |
| Celebrating Mundane Conflict, 18 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 139 (2018). |
| Practicing Practical Wisdom, ___ MERCER L. REV. ___ (2016). |
| Are Clinics a Magic Bullet?, 51 ALBERTA L. REV. 831-47 (2014). |
| With Lovingkindness and Compassion: One Buddhist Woman's Response to Feminist Domestic Violence Advocacy, in FEMINISM, LAW, AND RELIGION (Ashgate Publishing, 2013), pp. 219-36. |
| Re-Problematizing Anger in Domestic Violence Advocacy, 21 AM. U. J. GENDER SOC. POL'Y & L. 837-63 (2013). |
| Lawyers, Loyalty and Social Change, 89 DENVER UNIV. L. REV 941-75 (2012). |
| The Role of Equipoise in Family Law, 14 J. OF LAW & FAMILY STUDIES 63-96 (2012). |
| Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal Practice?: Answers From the Lives of Buddhist Lawyers, 12 RUTGERS J. LAW & RELIGION 1-75 (2011). |
| What's Love Got to Do With It?: Contemporary Lessons on Lawyerly Advocacy From the Preacher Martin Luther King, Jr., 22 ST. THOMAS L. REV. 296-340 (2010). |
| Common Ground: The Case for Collaboration Between Anti-Poverty Advocates and Public Interest Intellectual Property Advocates, 15 VA. J. SOC. POL'Y & L. 415-45 (2008). |
| Cantrell (with Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Heather Lord & April Smith), Walking the Path of the Law: How Law Graduates Navigate Career Choices and Tolerate Jobs That Fail to Meet Expectations, 14 Cardozo J.L. & Gender 267 (2008). |
| Sensational Reports: The Ethical Duty of Cause Lawyers to be Competent in Public Advocacy, 30 HAMLINE L. REV. 567-85 (2007). |
| The Obligation of Legal Aid Lawyers to Champion Practice by Nonlawyers, 73 FORDHAM L. REV. 883-902 (2004). |
| Teaching Practical Wisdom, 55 S.C.L. REV. 391-409 (2003). |
| A Short History of Poverty Lawyers in the United States, 5 LOY. J. OF PUBLIC INTEREST LAW 11-36 (2003). |
| Justice for the Interests of the Poor: The Problem of Navigating the System Without Counsel, 70 FORDHAM L. REV. 1573-90 (2002). |
| Self-Presentation When Sharing with Friends and Nonfriends (with primary authors D. Buhrmester & J. Goldfarb), 12 J. OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE 61 (1992). |
Courses:
| Fall 2025 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-801 |
| Fall 2025 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2025 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2024 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-801 |
| Fall 2024 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2024 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2023 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-801 |
| Fall 2023 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2023 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2022 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-801 |
| Fall 2022 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2022 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2021 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2020 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-801 |
| Fall 2020 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2020 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2019 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-801 |
| Fall 2019 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2019 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2018 | Legal Ethics and Professionalism | LAWS 6103-801 |
| Fall 2018 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2018 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2017 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-801 |
| Fall 2017 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Spring 2017 | Legal Ethics and Professionalism | LAWS 6103-001 |
| Spring 2017 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2016 | Community Collaboration Law Lab | LAWS 6209-801 |
| Fall 2015 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-804 |
| Fall 2014 | Legislation and Regulation | LAWS 5205-801 |
| Fall 2014 | Legal Ethics and Professionalism | LAWS 6103-001 |
| Spring 2014 | Legal Ethics and Professionalism | LAWS 6103-003 |
| Fall 2013 | Advanced Clinical Practicum | LAWS 7019-801 |
| Spring 2013 | Legal Ethics and Professionalism | LAWS 6103-001 |
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.