Charles E. Baker
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401 UCB
2450 Kittredge Loop Drive
Wolf Law Building
Boulder, CO 80309
E-mail: charles.baker@colorado.edu
Charles served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Ball Corporation until his retirement in January 2024. He joined Ball in 1993 as its Director, Business Development, and added the Director, Corporate Compliance role in 1996. He was Ball's Associate General Counsel from 1999 to 2004, when he was appointed General Counsel. Prior to joining Ball, Charles was a Partner at the law firm of Fraser & Beatty in Toronto, Ontario. He received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; a J.D. from the University of Toronto; and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Denver.
Courses:
Fall 2025 | Introduction to In-House Practice of Law | LAWS 7629-801 |
Fall 2024 | Introduction to In-House Practice of Law | LAWS 7629-801 |
Fall 2023 | Introduction to In-House Practice of Law | LAWS 7629-801 |
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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.
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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.