Star has been selected as the A. Thad Smith "Distinguished Natural Resources Practitioner in Residence" at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Burlington Northern endowed this position. The Distinguished Natural Resources Practitioner in Residence Seminar is a “capstone seminar” taught each year in the Spring Semester by a different but prominent natural resources or environmental law lawyer who has extensive experience in energy, resources, or environmental law work. The focus of the Seminar is on skills training, where the skills taught are those that all lawyers need in order to have a successful career in the practice of law.