S. James Anaya | |
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16th Dean of the University of Colorado Law School | |
In office August 8, 2016 – June 30, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Phil Weiser |
Succeeded by | Lolita Buckner |
Personal details | |
Education | University of New Mexico (BA) Harvard Law School (JD) |
Website | James Anaya official website |
Stephen James Anaya is an American lawyer and the 16th Dean of the University of Colorado Boulder Law School.[1] He was formerly the James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law[2] and previously served for more than ten years[3] on the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law. In March 2008, he was appointed by the United Nations as its Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, replacing Rodolfo Stavenhagen.[4] He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.