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Colorado Lawyer Chapter

Contact Information
  • Email: Colorado@ACSLaw.org
  • Phone: (202) 393-6181
Location
Denver, CO
United States
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Chapter Contacts
  • Lino Lipinsky, llipinsky@McKennalong.com
Recent Stories

ACS Colorado Chapter Presents "Mandatory Health Insurance: Is It Constitutional?"



On May 13, 2010, the Colorado Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society held a panel discussion on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal health care reform legislation enacted in March 2010. Our esteemed panel included Jean Dubofsky, former Colorado Supreme Court Justice; Richard Westfall, former Colorado Solicitor General and Simon Lazarus, Public Policy Counsel to the National Senior Citizens Law Center. Recent former Chief Judge of the Denver District Court Larry Naves served as moderator and guided the lively question and answer session that concluded the program. Approximately 45 people attended the event at the law firm of Kutak Rock LLP in downtown Denver.




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ACS Colorado Chapter Presents "Picking Judges: Should the Public Be Involved and If So, How?"





On March 1st, the Colorado Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society hosted a discussion on "Picking Judges: Should the Public Be Involved and If So, How?" The panelists were Rebecca Love Kourlis, the Executive Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver and a former Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and Cliff Stricklin, a partner at Holme Roberts & Owen LLP and a former Texas trial court judge. Reporter Adam Schrager of Denver’s 9NEWS served as moderator.

ACS Colorado Lawyer Chapter Hosts "Holy Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church/State Wars"

Professor Jay Wexler discussing his book, Holy Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church/State Wars.


Colorado Lawyer Chapter presents "Replacing Justice Souter: President Obama's First Pick and The Future of the Supreme Court"

On July 9, the Colorado Lawyer Chapter held a panel discussion on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The speakers were Andrew Low, a leading appellate litigator at the law firm of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP who has studied several dozen opinions of Judge Sotomayor; Robert Nagel, a constitutional law professor at the University of Colorado who has written critiques of the Supreme Court's lack of judicial restraint and Scott Moss, a constitutional law and employment law professor at the University of Colorado who has studied judicial nominations and practiced in the Second Circuit. An hour-long panel discussion was followed by a half-hour of stimulating questions from the audience of several dozen attendees, which included lawyers in private and government employment, law professors, law students and a state Supreme Court Justice. The event was cosponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, the Civil Rights Committee of the Colorado Bar Association and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

Colorado Lawyer Chapter Holds Voting Rights Event

L to R: State Representative Terrance Carroll; Cathryn Hazouri, the Executive Director of the ACLU of Colorado; Jenny Rose Flanagan, the Executive Director of Colorado Common Cause and Tova Wang, Vice President for Research, Common Cause (Martha M. Tierney of Kelly Garnsey Hubbell & Lass LLC and Denver attorney John S. Zakhem, the final panelists, do not appear in the photograph).


Colorado Lawyer Chapter Holds 2008-09 Supreme Court Term Preview

Colorado 2008-09 Supreme Court Preview




On October 7, 2008, the Colorado Lawyer Chapter of ACS hosted a “2008-09 Supreme Court Term Preview.” The event, held at the Offices of Kutak Rock LLP, featured panelists Alan Chen, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law; Melissa Hart, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law; and Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., of the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block LLP, where he is the Co-Chair of the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court Practice. Mike Johnson of Kutak Rock served as moderator.

Colorado Lawyer Chapter Holds Panel on the Meaning of Citizenship 150 Years After the Dred Scott Decision

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9.18 Colorado Citzenship Panel

The Colorado Lawyer Chapter, in partnership with the Bill of Rights Committee of the Colorado Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, the Sam Cary Bar Association and the Asian American Pacific Bar Association of Colorado, sponsored a panel discussion entitled “The Meaning of Citizenship 150 Years After the Dred Scott Decision.” The event featured The Honorable Terrance Carroll of the Colorado House of Representatives; Cynthia Coffman, Chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Colorado; and Professor Clare Huntington of the University of Colorado Law School. The panel was moderated by Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The event took place at St. Cajetan's Center, 1190 9th St. Denver, Colorado at 6:30pm.

The Colorado Lawyer Chapter Presents its Second Annual Mid-Summer Reception

The Colorado Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society presents its:

Second Annual Mid-Summer Reception

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
July 26, 2007
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
1875 Lawrence Street, Suite 200
Denver, Colorado

Refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend this event.
Please join us for an evening bringing together Denver area judges and summer associates.
All are welcome.

Please RSVP here.

Colorado Chapter Kickoff - February 15, 2007

 

02.15.07 Colorado Kickoff Sen. Gary Hart

Senator Gary Hart, Keynote Speaker


On February 15th, the Colorado Lawyer Chapter marked its launch with a tremendous event! The Kickoff event featured keynote speaker The Honorable Gary Hart, former United States Senator, former Presidential candidate, author, and professor at the University of Colorado; and Lisa Brown, Executive Director of the American Constitution Society. Many members of the Steering Committee, the local chapter, and local student chapters were also in attendance.

Colorado Kickoff

The American Constitution Society

cordially invites you to our:



Colorado Lawyer Chapter Kickoff Program

with



Senator Gary Hart

February 15, 2007
University of Denver
Graduate School of Social Work
Craig Hall, Community Room and Boardroom 484
Denver, Colorado

To register, please select the relevant option below:

VIP: $100*
Private Sector: $35*
Public Sector/Government: $25*
Student: $10*


*Includes an annual ACS membership.

Preview of the Upcoming Supreme Court Term


2006/11/10 Colorado Lawyer Chapter Supreme Court Discussion Event 1
 

On October 31, 2006, the Colorado Lawyer Chapter of ACS hosted a “Preview of the Upcoming Supreme Court Term.” The event held at the Offices of Kutak Rock LLP featured panelists Melissa Hart, Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law; Alan Chen, Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law; and Martin Katz, Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Colorado Lawyer Chapter Holds Inaugural Event on Marriage Equality

 

Colorado Marriage Equality Panel

 

On Monday, May 2, 2006 the Colorado Lawyer Chapter held a reception and panel on "Prohibition or Protection? Debating Legal Rights for Same-Sex Couples in Colorado" at the University of Denver College of Law. Professor Julie Nice of the University of Denver College of Law and Colorado State Senator Shawn Mitchell appeared on the panel, which was moderated by Fred Brown, who is a political analyst and the former Capitol Bureau Chief for The Denver Post. The panelists discussed the current issues surrounding same-sex marriage in Colorado in front of an audience of over 100 people, making this a successful first event for the chapter.

 

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