In 1999, Weiser joined the University of ColoradoLaw School in Boulder as a professor of law and telecommunications. There, Weiser established the national center of excellence in telecommunications and technology law and founded the Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law.[1][10] He also founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship and he wrote and taught in the areas of competition policy, innovation policy, and Internet policy.[11][1][12]
From June 2011 through July 2016, Weiser served as the fifteenth dean of the law school,[13][14] and he was named one of the National Jurist's most influential leaders in legal education.[15] Through the Silicon Flatirons Center, Weiser developed a range of programs to build up CU Boulder's support for entrepreneurship and has linked it to the local startup community.[16][17] Some of the initiatives include Tech Lawyer Accelerator, the Corporate Counsel Intensive Institute and the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative.[18][19]
Obama administration
Weiser and his family with President Obama in the Oval Office
Weiser was elected Attorney General for the State of Colorado in the 2018 election, defeating Republican George Brauchler on November 6, 2018.[4] Weiser took office in January 2019, becoming the first Democratic Colorado Attorney General in 15 years. Later that same month, Weiser withdrew Colorado from a lawsuit that his predecessor, Republican Cynthia Coffman, had filed against the Clean Power Plan.[27]
In the 2022 Colorado Attorney General election, Weiser was re-elected for a second term, defeating Republican challenger John Kellner and winning over 54% of votes cast.[5]
Tenure
Catholic Church investigation
On October 23, 2019, Weiser released the results of an eight-month investigation revealing that 43 Catholic clergy were credibly accused of sexually abusing at least 166 children throughout the state of Colorado since 1950.[28] On October 16, 2020, it was revealed that all three of Colorado's Catholic Dioceses, the Archdiocese of Denver, the Diocese of Colorado Springs, and Diocese of Pueblo, had paid $6.6 million in compensation to 81 victims of clergy sex abuse within the past year, regardless of how long ago the abuse happened.[29]
On December 1, 2020, Weiser's final report revealed that there were an additional 9 credibly accused clergy and 46 alleged victims in both in the Archdiocese of Denver and its suffragan Diocese of Pueblo.[30][31] Statewide, 52 Colorado Catholic priests were named in Weiser's final report as committing acts of sex abuse.[32][33] Prominent Archdiocese of Denver priest Fr. Charles B. Woodrich, also known as "Father Woody," was among those listed.[30][34] Father Woody was known for his work in local homeless shelters.[30][34]
Phil Weiser & Jon Nuechterlein, Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press 2013) ISBN9780262140911.[37]
Phil Weiser, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Shelanski & James Speta, Telecommunications Law and Policy (Carolina Academic Press 2012) ISBN978-1-61163-691-8.[38]
Phil Weiser, The Jury and Democracy: How Jury Deliberation Promotes Civic Engagement and Political Participation (Oxford University Press 2010) ISBN0195377311.[39]
Weiser, Philip J. (2005). "First Principles for an Effective Rewrite of the Telecommunications Act of 1996". AEI-Brookings Joint Center Paper Series. SSRN707124.
Weiser, Philip J.; Hatfield, Dale N. (2005). "Policing the Spectrum Commons". Fordham L. Rev. 75 (2): 74. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
^Weiser, Phil (May 11, 2011). "Boulder is for Startups". Obama Whitehouse Archive. Retrieved September 15, 2017. having worked at the University of Colorado Law School and run the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship from 1999 until joining the Obama Administration in 2009
^Mendoza, Monica (August 24, 2015). "CU Law School Dean Weiser stepping down". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2017. He also organized the Gathering of the Bench and Bar Conference, worked with the White Center to establish the Stevens Lecture, which brought four Supreme Court Justices to Colorado Law
^Chopra, Aneesh (March 24, 2010). "Providing Leadership on Standards to Address National Challenges". Obama White House Archives. Retrieved September 15, 2017. Philip Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for International, Policy and Appellate Matters, Department of Justice
^"American Association for the Advancement of Science Agenda"(PDF). Obama White House Archives. December 16, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2017. Phil Weiser, Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the National Economic Council Director
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