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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...

Marty Whalen Brown
Feb 11, 20223 min read


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,...

Cassy Zobel
Jan 14, 20224 min read


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.

Kennetha Julien
Dec 17, 20215 min read


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....

Marty Whalen Brown
Nov 12, 20215 min read


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...

Carime Lee
Oct 15, 20214 min read


Some (unsolicited) advice for law students
Keep everything in perspective. Law school itself isn’t the endgame. Rather, it’s just a stepping stone to the things you want to do...

Marty Whalen Brown
Sep 10, 20214 min read


Problem-Solving Courts: A Closer Look at the 20th Judicial District—Adult Integrated Treatment Court
Problem-Solving Courts exist across most of the counties in Colorado and address a range of specific needs.[1] The 20th Judicial District...

Marty Whalen Brown
Aug 13, 20218 min read


Problem-Solving Courts in Colorado: An Introduction and Overview (Part 1)
The legal field justice system likes to collect statistics. Substantial legal scholarship is regularly published considering how and why...

Marty Whalen Brown
Jun 11, 20215 min read


Justice for George Floyd
Lawyers are known for watching trial proceedings with a critical eye, picking apart what has gone well and what hasn’t. The...

Marty Whalen Brown
Apr 14, 20212 min read


Tales from the Trenches: The Impact of the Pandemic on CWBA Members
We have passed the one-year anniversary of the start COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the second week of March 2020, the first...

Marty Whalen Brown
Mar 26, 20215 min read


“I Can’t Breathe”: What the Coronavirus Pandemic and George Floyd Protests Have Taught Us About Race
Every day we learn more and more about the disparate impact the coronavirus epidemic has inflicted on communities of color. From an early...

Iris Halpern
Jan 22, 20219 min read


Sometimes Life Knocks You Down: Lawyering and Being a Mom, While Running for Office in 2020
Sometimes life knocks you down. That’s okay, we get up. But sometimes life knocks you down and repeatedly kicks you in the gut, for...

Maria "Giugi" Carminati
Dec 11, 20206 min read


Tales from the Trenches: 2020 Election Recap
This year has been hard. Even for those of us in the best of circumstances during the pandemic, with some level of job security and have...

Marty Whalen Brown
Nov 13, 20204 min read


Tales from the Trenches: The Shadow Pandemic of Intimate Partner Violence
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our world in a plethora of ways and will most certainly have a ripple effect for the...

Nicole Jones
Sep 11, 20205 min read


Fallout From the Coronavirus: A World Awakens to a New Deadly Threat in the Workplace
For once, I believe I can safely say that both the plaintiff and defense bars can finally agree on something: The United States has...

Iris Halpern
Aug 14, 20207 min read


Tales from the Trenches: COVID-19's Impact on Colorado Law Students
If you are, were, or know a law student, you’ve likely heard the law school adage: “1L – they scare you to death; 2L – they work you to...

Sarah Thomas
Jul 10, 20205 min read


Interrupting Implicit Bias by Design
On July 15, the CWBA along with CBA and it's partners, including the ACC, the CBA's YLD and all six of the diversity bars, welcome...

Nicole Jones
Jun 12, 20203 min read


Women Lawyers of Color: Connecting Across Culture to Build Business
Being an attorney is about connecting. Whether it is with other lawyers, a judge, or a potential client, the best lawyers know how to...

Meranda M. Vieyra
May 8, 20205 min read


Arab American Heritage Month: My name is Samera
CWBA Celebrates Arab American Heritage Month My name is Samera (pronounced like camera) Habib. I am an attorney licensed in Colorado and...

Samera Habib
Apr 11, 20208 min read


Female Business Relationship Marketing in a Male-Dominated Legal Marketplace
“We’re interested in what you want to do. What you’re doing is an act of hope. You understand that?” - Nora Fanshaw, Marriage Story In...

Meranda M. Vieyra
Mar 16, 20204 min read
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