Our Team

Staff

Team

Amy is a part-time 2L from Crystal Lake, IL. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Environmental Policy and Environmental Biology. She is a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a focus in migratory bird conservation and management. She is interested in a career in international wildlife law. In addition to school and work, Amy enjoys hiking, cooking, and spending time with her dog, Flynn.

Catherine Fink - Senior Managing Editor

Catherine is a part-time 3L who grew up in Colorado and spent her 20s in Los Angeles. The contrast between her outdoors-based childhood and the urban jungle of her young adulthood made a strong impression and reinforced Catherine's interest in environmentalism and environmental justice. She earned her B.A. in English graduating magna cum laude from Colorado College, and later went on to earn her M.F.A. in Writing & Poetics from Naropa University. Catherine has taught students in grade 6-community college for 19 years and is now studying environmental law and movement lawyering because nothing else she does for the public good really matters if we don't confront the climate crisis! In addition to teaching and going to law school, Catherine enjoys playing outside with her three kids and spouse, running half-marathons, acting as a Democratic Party precinct captain, and serving as a Longmont Library board member.

Gabe Gonzalez - Tech Editor

Gabe is a second-year law student from Dixon, CA. He graduated from Humboldt State University with a degree in wildlife biology, concentrating in wildlife management and conservation. Before attending law school at DU, Gabe worked for various state and federal agencies, most notably working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program. He is interested in the fields of environmental law, wildlife law, and animal law, as well as the intersection between the biological sciences and the law.

Anica Bareis-Golumb - Staff Editor

Anica is a second-year law student from the Denver Metro area. She has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder and spent a few years before law school practicing as a drinking water and wastewater engineer. She hopes to use law and policy as a tool to strike the balance between human needs and environmental preservation and restoration. In her free time she enjoys spending as much time as she can outside; mountaineering, split-boarding, backpacking, or laying in a park reading a book.

Jacob Barrons - Staff Editor

Jacob is a second-year law student from Nelson, British Columbia. He earned a BA in Political Science and History from Western Washington University and spent the last five years in the military. He is interested in the renewable energy transition and spends his free time outside hiking, running, and attempting to climb things.

Bea Meyer - Staff Editor

Bea is a lifelong Coloradoan, having grown up in Fort Collins and attended the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has a B.A. in International Affairs and a passion for environmental justice, and she looks forward to combining these interests in her work. In her free time, she enjoys skiing, hiking, and exploring the Rocky Mountains.

Anita Voskovykh - Staff Editor

Anita is a second-year law student who grew up in Colorado. She graduated from the University of Colorado Denver with a BS in Human Resources Management and a minor in Legal Studies. While she has always had a passion for animals and the environment, she began exploring the environment and impacts of climate change more deeply during her freshman year of college. In the future, she hopes to address environmental issues in the courtroom. In her free time she enjoys hiking, running, long walks, Pilates, yoga, cooking, and traveling when able to.

Noah Weiser - Staff Editor

I am a first-year law student from Atlanta, Georgia. I graduated from Tulane University with a B.A. in History and Environmental Studies. I am interested in biodiversity, land use, and international environmental law. Outside of school, I enjoy running, yoga, puzzles, and reading.

FACULTY ADVISORS

Professor Annecoos Wiersema, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Prof. Wiersema's research focuses on international environmental law, with particular emphasis on international wildlife law, species and biodiversity conservation, and forest conservation. Her most recent work addresses debates about markets for endangered species and the REDD+ program under the international climate change regime. In addition, she writes about the structure of the international environmental legal system, having addressed the role of conferences of the parties in international law-making. Prof. Wiersema's work breaks down the traditional division of local, national, and international perspectives and is deeply informed by theories of ecological complexity and scientific uncertainty. Prof. Wiersema is a member of the Accountability Panel for the Wildlife Justice Commission, a member of the Board of Editors for the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, and a member of the IUCN's World Commission on Environmental Law.

Prof. Wiersema was Director of the International Legal Studies Program at the Sturm College of Law from 2013-2015 and held the Ved P. Nanda Chair. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Prof. Wiersema was an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law and worked in the Denver office of Arnold and Porter LLP as a litigation associate. She was the George W. Foley, Jr. Fellow in Environmental Law at Harvard Law School from 1999-2000 and spent time as a Visiting Scholar at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2001.

Specializations:
Environmental and Natural Resources Law, International Environmental Law, International Law
Professional Biography

Degrees:
SJD, International and Environmental Law, Harvard Law School, 2004
LLB, Law, The London School of Economics, 1998
BA, English, University of Southampton, 1992

Professor Karina Condra

Professor Karina Condra is a Reference Librarian at the Westminster Law Library. In her role at the library, she serves as the Emerging Technologies and Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian. Professor Condra also teaches a course on law librarianship in the Library and Information Science program at the Morgridge College of Education. Her scholarly interests are environmental and natural resources law, international and foreign comparative law, and legal research pedagogy.

Professor Condra joined the law school in 2012 after serving as the International Law Librarian at Boston University School of Law Library. She taught international legal research courses at Boston University and participated in teaching a mandatory research section for first-year students.
Prior to becoming a law librarian, Professor Condra clerked for a Louisiana Judge and practiced law in Louisiana and Texas.

Degrees:
BA, University of Southern California
JD, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
MLS, Texas Women’s University