Michael A. Blasie delivers a curriculum focused on building legal writing, reasoning, analysis, and critical thinking. He has taught several continuing legal education courses on legal writing. His teaching and research interests include legal research and writing, appellate advocacy, professionalism, legislative drafting, and state constitutional law.

Prior to joining the resident faculty, Professor Blasie served as a generalist civil and criminal litigator in Denver, Colorado and NYC, NY. He also served as a law clerk to The Honorable David J. Richman of the Colorado Court of Appeals. Professor Blasie has authored several publications, including a seventeen-part legal writing series for the Colorado Bar Association and co-authored the treatise on Colorado Appellate Law and Practice.