Rate My Professor Kyle Velte

Prior to KU Law, Velte was Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University School of Law (2015-2018), where she also acted as Director of Bar Preparation Resources, and Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Legal Externship Program at University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2011-2015). She practiced as partner at Reilly Pozner LLP (2009-2011), handling complex commercial litigation, and clerked for Justice Alex Martinez of the Colorado Supreme Court (2001-2002) and Judge Roxanne Bailin of the 20th Judicial District (1999-2000). Velte holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School (2001), J.D. summa cum laude from American University Washington College of Law (1999), and B.A. cum laude in Women’s Studies from Hamilton College (1993). She has co-authored or filed amicus briefs in U.S. Supreme Court cases such as Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC, Obergefell v. Hodges, and Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Awards include the Moreau Teaching Award (2022), Immel Teaching Award (2021), Ned N. Fleming Trust Award (2021), and Christopher M. Sowo Outstanding Faculty Award (2021). Velte is past President of the Colorado LGBT Bar Association and has served on the Colorado Chief Justice’s Commission on Professional Development and Judicial Performance Commission.