Gabrielle Marks Stafford
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401 UCB
2450 Kittredge Loop Drive
Wolf Law Building
Boulder, CO 80309-0401
Office: 444
Phone: (303) 492-6192
E-mail: gabrielle.stafford@colorado.edu
Curriculum Vitae: View (PDF format)
Educational Background: | |||
M.A. | Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English | Expected 2003 | |
J.D. | Boston University School of Law | 1991 | |
B.A. | University of Pennsylvania | 1984 |
Prior to joining the faculty at the Colorado Law School in 1999, Gabrielle Stafford taught legal writing at Chicago-Kent College of Law and practiced law for eight years. During her four years in private practice, she focused primarily on commercial litigation and bankruptcy law. She specialized in public and private housing law during her years as a legal aid staff attorney and as counsel for the City of Albuquerque's housing authority.
Courses:
Fall 2025 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2025 | Special Topics | LAWS 6708-805 |
Spring 2025 | Professional Communication in Business | LAWS 4226-801 |
Spring 2025 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-805 |
Spring 2025 | Special Topics | LAWS 6708-805 |
Spring 2025 | Special Topics | LAWS 6708-806 |
Fall 2024 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2024 | Special Topics | LAWS 6708-807 |
Spring 2024 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-805 |
Spring 2024 | Legislative and Policy Drafting | LAWS 6123-801 |
Fall 2023 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2023 | Intro To US Legal Practice: Legal Writing, Research and Analysis | LAWS 9246-901 |
Spring 2023 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-805 |
Spring 2023 | Legislative and Policy Drafting | LAWS 6123-801 |
Fall 2022 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2022 | Intro To US Legal Practice: Legal Writing, Research and Analysis | LAWS 9246-901 |
Summer 2022 | Introduction to U.S. Law for Undergraduate Student | LAWS 4075-100 |
Spring 2022 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-805 |
Fall 2021 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2021 | Research and Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6223-801 |
Fall 2021 | Intro To US Legal Practice: Legal Writing, Research and Analysis | LAWS 9246-901 |
Spring 2021 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-805 |
Spring 2021 | Research and Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6223-801 |
Fall 2020 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2020 | Intro To US Legal Practice: Legal Writing, Research and Analysis | LAWS 9246-901 |
Summer 2020 | Introduction to U.S. Law for Undergraduate Student | LAWS 4075-050 |
Spring 2020 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-805 |
Spring 2020 | Research and Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6223-801 |
Fall 2019 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2019 | Intro To US Legal Practice: Legal Writing, Research and Analysis | LAWS 9246-901 |
Spring 2019 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-803 |
Spring 2019 | Research and Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6223-801 |
Fall 2018 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2018 | Intro To US Legal Practice: Legal Writing, Research and Analysis | LAWS 9246-901 |
Summer 2018 | Seminar: Law and Literature | LAWS 8458-501 |
Spring 2018 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-803 |
Spring 2018 | Research and Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6223-001 |
Fall 2017 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-803 |
Fall 2017 | Advanced Appellate Advocacy | LAWS 6213-001 |
Summer 2017 | Introduction to Law and Literature | LAWS 4458-802 |
Spring 2017 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-805 |
Spring 2017 | Research and Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6223-001 |
Fall 2016 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-805 |
Fall 2016 | Advanced Appellate Advocacy | LAWS 6213-002 |
Fall 2016 | Communications For Compliance Professionals | LAWS 9226-002 |
Spring 2016 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-803 |
Spring 2016 | Research and Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6223-001 |
Spring 2016 | Communications For Compliance Professionals | LAWS 9226-001 |
Fall 2015 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-804 |
Spring 2015 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-803 |
Fall 2014 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-803 |
Fall 2014 | Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6207-001 |
Spring 2014 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-803 |
Fall 2013 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-803 |
Fall 2013 | Writing in the Regulatory State | LAWS 6207-001 |
Summer 2013 | Seminar: Law and Literature | LAWS 8458-001 |
Spring 2013 | Legal Writing II | LAWS 5223-803 |
Fall 2012 | Legal Writing I | LAWS 5226-803 |
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.