Christina Stanton
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401 UCB
2450 Kittredge Loop Drive
Wolf Law Building
Boulder, CO 80309
Office: 105T
Phone: (303) 735-2117
E-mail: christina.stanton@colorado.edu
Professor Christina Stanton (she/they) joins the Colorado Law faculty after most recently serving as the Director Operations at First Peoples Worldwide, an organization housed out of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies at the University of Colorado. There, Professor Stanton led targeted international advocacy and research strategy on behalf of Indigenous partners in parallel with market-based corporate advocacy to better integrate Indigenous rights into routine business operations. Professor Stanton also developed and led the internship and externship program to develop young legal and business professionals in the field.
Previously, Professor Stanton worked as an attorney at Wagenlander & Heisterkamp, LLC, based in Denver, Colorado, where she exclusively focused on public housing with tribally-designated housing entities and local public housing authorities. Professor Stanton practiced in both tribal and state courts and was engaged in policy work, contracting, employment, construction, landlord-tenant, and federal Indian law. Professor Stanton has conducted research on treaty fishing rights, violence against Indigenous women, and the intersection of international mechanisms and Indigenous rights. They are passionate about ending the epidemic of violence against all women, particularly Indigenous and LGBTIA2S women. Professor Stanton has trauma-informed training that has influenced her own research, writing, and legal practice. They also provide pro bono representation to LGBT individuals, specifically trans folks navigating exclusionary federal and state systems and frameworks.
Professor Stanton received her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law and her B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University. She is licensed in Colorado and numerous tribal courts.
Courses:
| Fall 2025 | American Indian Law Clinic | LAWS 7309-801 |
| Spring 2025 | American Indian Law Clinic | LAWS 7309-801 |
| Fall 2024 | American Indian Law Clinic | LAWS 7309-801 |
| Spring 2024 | American Indian Law Clinic | LAWS 7309-801 |
| Spring 2024 | American Indian Law II | LAWS 7735-801 |
| Fall 2023 | American Indian Law Clinic | LAWS 7309-801 |
| Spring 2023 | American Indian Law Clinic | LAWS 7309-801 |
| Fall 2022 | American Indian Law Clinic | LAWS 7309-801 |
| Spring 2022 | American Indian Law II | LAWS 7735-801 |
| Spring 2021 | American Indian Law Clinic | LAWS 7309-801 |
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.