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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 8 min
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, 2022
- 8 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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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Marty Whalen Brown
- Feb 11, 2022
- 3 min
Encanto: The Disney Metaphor for Life Right Now
Preface: Encanto is a wonderful movie and well worth the $7.99 cost of a one-month subscription to Disney+ to watch, whether or not you...
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Cassy Zobel
- Jan 14, 2022
- 4 min
Tales of a Defense Attorney during COVID-19
January 2022 began with multiple Colorado judicial districts suspending jury trials—again—due to the wildfire-like spread of COVID-19,...
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Kennetha Julien
- Dec 17, 2021
- 5 min
Weathering the Storm: Judicial and Legislative Attacks on Abortion Rights and Access
In case you missed it, the Colorado Women’s Bar Association hosted its annual Public Policy Fundraiser on November 16, 2021.
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Marty Whalen Brown
- Nov 12, 2021
- 5 min
Another Conversation with Justice Berkenkotter
We first caught up with Justice Berkenkotter in January 2021 when she was just starting her appointment to the Colorado Supreme Court....
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Carime Lee
- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
Low English Proficiency and Access to Justice
As most attorneys learned throughout their law school education, legalese can be a language in and of itself. Often, English proficient...
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