Jane Thompson

Senior Instructor Emeritus

E-mail: jane.thompson@colorado.edu

Curriculum Vitae:  View (PDF format)

Educational Background:
M.L.L.   University of Denver College of Law   1984  
J.D.   University of Denver College of Law   1984  
M.A.   University of Denver   1978  
B.A.   University of Missouri   1977  

Published Books

Thompson (with Barbara Bintliff, Alicia Brillon & Alan Pannell), Computer-Based Interactive Lesson (co-authored): Colorado Legal Research: Primary Source Materials, Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (2009).

Articles

Subject Index, in Twenty-Five-Year Index, Volumes 51-75 (1980-2004), U. Colo. L. Rev. (2006).
Teaching Research to Faculty: Accommodating Cultural and Learning-Style Differences, 88 L. Libr. J. 280-87 (1996).
International Legal Research, CoALL Scuttle (Colo. Ass'n L. Libr.), at 18-58 (1996).

Book Reviews

Trials of the Century: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture and the Law, 50(4) Reference & User Serv. Q. 402 (2011).
Rights of the Disabled, 48(4) Reference & User Serv. Q. 412 (2009).
The U.S. Supreme Court, 47(1) Reference & User Serv. Q. 91 (2007).
Defense and Security: A Compendium of National Armed Forces and Security Policies, 45 Reference & User Serv. Q. 338 (2006).
Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, 42 Reference & User Serv. Q. 369 (2003).
Peter G. Renstrom's The Stone Court: Justices, Rulings and Legacy 2002, Am. Reference Books Ann. (2002).
Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court, 40(3) Reference & User Serv. Q. 287 (2001).
Bruce Elliott Johansen's Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition, 38(1) Reference & User Serv. Q. 92-93 (1998).
Ronald J. Hy's & William L. Waugh, Jr.'s State and Local Tax Policies: A Comparative Handbook, 35 RQ 422 (1996).



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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.


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.