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Rachel Crass
Aug 28, 20244 min read
Tales from the Hague
The silver lining to the pandemic was that the sudden extra time left no more excuses for me to avoid going back to school. In my late...
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Arlene Cohen Miller
Aug 16, 20244 min read
HARMONIZING WORK AND LIFE: A JOURNEY FROM THE INSIDE OUT
As a recovering perfectionist, work 'till you drop kind of gal, I learned the hard way that burning the candle at both ends doesn't work....
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Shelly Wilbanks
Jun 21, 20242 min read
Tales from the Trenches: Ethics in an Election Year
There’s something about an election year that has me thinking about ethics, and more specifically, about the ethics rules that are...
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Judge Elizabeth Weishaupl
Nov 17, 20236 min read
Iris Halpern: A CWBA Member Battling Discrimination and Championing the First Amendment
If you get your news from the web, digital media, newspapers, cable, or good old National Public Radio, you may have heard that book...
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Melina Hernandez
Sep 29, 20233 min read
The Path to the Bench—Judge Melina Hernandez
My path to the bench was unexpected. When I graduated from law school in 2011, my plan was to help underserved populations receive the...
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Isabel J. Broer
Feb 1, 20233 min read
ICYMI: “Healing in the Wake of Community Trauma” Event Recap
The Colorado LGBT Bar Association hosted a virtual event on January 25, 2023, “Healing in the Wake of Community Trauma,” to address...
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Jessica Allison
Nov 18, 20225 min read
The Supreme Court and Dismantling of the Indian Child Welfare Act
Credit:. U.S. Department of The Interior: https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/opa/national-native-american-heritage-month-2021 For the past...
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Ellen Thurston
Oct 14, 20223 min read
CU Law's American Indian Law Program: On the Front Lines of the Indigenous Sovereignty Movement
In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day on October 10, 2022, The 1891's Tales from the Trenches Editor Marty Whalen reached out to Ellen...
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Abbey Moffitt Hruby
Sep 23, 20226 min read
Record Sealing Through Expunge Colorado
In 2018, a friend approached me to volunteer for an upcoming record sealing clinic. At that clinic, I saw the true positive impact a...
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Marty Whalen Brown
Sep 16, 20223 min read
The Failures of Success
I recently turned down a promotional opportunity. In fact, a promotional opportunity to a new position that was strongly created with me...
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Marty Whalen Brown
Aug 17, 20226 min read
Legislative Session Wrap-Up, Part 4: Key Legislation, Interim Committees, & Ballot Issues
This is Part 4 of a 4-part series documenting the CWBA's Public Policy Committee's efforts during the 2022 Legislative Session. The first...
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Marty Whalen Brown
Aug 15, 20226 min read
Legislative Session Wrap-Up, Part 3: Legislative and Budget Overview
This is part 3 of a 4-part series documenting the CWBA's Public Policy Committee's efforts during the 2022 Legislative Session. Part 1 is...
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Marty Whalen Brown
Aug 12, 20228 min read
Legislative Session Wrap-Up, Part 2: CWBA Priority Bills
This is part 2 of a 4-part series documenting the CWBA's Public Policy Committee's efforts during the 2022 Legislative Session. Part 1 is...
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Marty Whalen Brown
Aug 10, 20228 min read
Legislative Session Wrap-Up, Part 1: Priority Legislation for the CWBA
Starting today, The 1891 is publishing a four-part series documenting the CWBA's Public Policy Committee's efforts during the 2022...
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Amanda Carlson
Aug 8, 20222 min read
Cobalt Abortion Fund - How CWBA Members Can Help
In mere hours following the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Cobalt Abortion Fund's requests for help skyrocketed. By the end of...
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Marty Whalen Brown
Jul 15, 20224 min read
Put The Oxygen Mask On Yourself
It has been a hard time to be a human in recent weeks (months?...years?), especially for those humans who personally identify with labels...
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Anita Schutte and Judge Sueanna Johnson
Jun 17, 20227 min read
The Colorado Disability Bar Association: A Diversity Bar in the Making
What happens when two driven legal minds are friends (the authors), each has a qualifying disability under the Americans with...
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Marianna Kosharovsky & Yev Muchnik
May 11, 20225 min read
The War in Ukraine is Personal
As Ukrainian-American members of the CWBA, we wanted to share our stories and why this war hits so close to our hearts. We are now...
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Marty Whalen Brown
Apr 15, 20225 min read
Turning Red in the Room Where It Happens
Preface: Turning Red is currently available on Disney+ (as is Hamilton), where a one-month subscription will cost you $7.99 and comes...
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Laura Ratcliffe
Mar 11, 20224 min read
Why A Women's Bar? (Revisited)
In a 1978 edition of The Advocate (the CWBA newsletter), the CWBA's first president, Natalie Ellwood wrote a piece entitled Why A Women's...
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