College of Law

Faculty and Staff

B.A., University of Colorado (1977), With Distinction
M.B.A., University of Colorado (1981)
J.D., University of Arizona (1986), With High Distinction
Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Arizona Law Review

Email: eaw@uwyo.edu
Phone: (307) 399-8036
 

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Elaine Welle joined the law faculty in 1993, and taught Contracts, Secured Transactions, Securities Regulation and Bankruptcy. In addition, she taught Payment Systems, Electronic Payment Systems and seminars on advanced business law topics relating to securities regulation and bankruptcy.

Professor Welle was an acknowledged teacher and scholar. She served as the Centennial Distinguished Professor of Law, the Winston S. Howard Distinguished Professor of Law, and Carl M. Williams Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Wyoming College of Law. She was a recipient of the university's 1998 John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Teaching Award and was honored as Outstanding Faculty Member by the UW College of Law graduating classes of 2017, 2013, 2008, 2003, 2001, 1999 and 1996. 

Professor Welle's scholarship focused on commercial, corporate and securities law topics. Professor Welle has served as advisor, consultant and expert witness for the United States Attorney, the Colorado Securities Commission and the Colorado Attorney General's Office.

While on sabbatical, Professor Welle taught securities regulation and commercial law courses in Beijing, China, as a visiting professor in a Master of Laws Program jointly sponsored by Temple University School of Law and China University of Political Science and Law. The Master of Laws Program educates Chinese judges, government officials, law professors and lawyers in U.S. and international law with an emphasis on commercial law topics pertinent to China's emerging economy.

Prior to her academic career, Professor Welle was a partner and associate with the law firm of Holland & Hart in Denver, where she gained experience in mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, public and private offerings of securities, bank financings and the formation of business entities. She also served as securities counsel for many publicly-traded companies. During that time, Professor Welle was a Lecturer of Law at the University of Denver College of Law where she taught courses in securities regulation.

Teaching: Bankruptcy, Contracts I, Secured Transactions, Securities Regulation