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Confetti: Spring 2021
Bench Strength Teri Vasquez was appointed to the 17th Judicial District Court. Kelly Waidler was appointed to the Douglas County Court....
CWBA
Apr 30, 20213 min read


CWBA Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Harassment and Sex Discrimination in the Judicial System:
What's Been Happening? Thank you to the 119 members who attended the February 12, 2021, CWBA membership Town Hall Meeting to discuss the...

Kathryn Starnella
Apr 16, 20213 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


Storming the Commissions: Learn How to Get Involved!
The CWBA Programs Committee hosts an iteration of the Storming series every year. In past years, we have Stormed the Bench, the Board,...

Kate Russell
Apr 9, 20212 min read


Marketing Strategy Should Include Community Outreach
Community outreach is a potent brand-building effort. Women attorneys and female-owned law firms can establish their brand and reputation...

Meranda M. Vieyra
Apr 7, 20214 min read


Professional Spotlight: Karen McCarthy
Karen McCarthy first became interested in immigration law when family members and friends went through the process and she saw how...

Kate Noble
Mar 31, 20214 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


Outside the Law: Jennifer Jaskolka and Moving the Needle on Women in the Legal Profession
Jennifer Jaskolka received 89 rejection letters and still did not give up. Good thing she did not! Read this great article by Jennifer...

Jennifer Jaskolka
Mar 24, 20214 min read


Calling for Unity: A Statement in Support of our Asian and AAPI Sisters
In the past year, we have witnessed many hateful and violent acts against Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander communities. The...

Veronique Van Gheem
Mar 20, 20215 min read


Diversity and Inclusion Self-Check: Taking Steps Toward Active Allyship
Diversity and Inclusion have long been core values of the CWBA. We are, after all, a diversity bar association founded on the mission to...

Elizabeth Meck
Mar 17, 20213 min read


Celebrating Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“We are at last beginning to relegate to history books the days of the token, one-at-a-time woman.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg U.S. Supreme...
Jenny Carman and Jennifer Erickson Baak
Mar 12, 20216 min read


8 Simple SEO Tips to Grow Your Law Firm's Website Traffic
Although pay-per-click (PPC) ads can quickly gain the attention of prospective clients, organic search engine optimization (SEO) traffic...

Meranda M. Vieyra
Mar 10, 20214 min read


Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act - Explained
How many times have you heard that women – and women of color in particular – get paid less than men? Personally, I lost count years ago....

Ellen K. Giarratana
Mar 5, 20215 min read


Remembering Black History Month: The Trials of Curtis Flowers
As Black History Month concludes, we highlight the story of Curtis Flowers. This story is a small glimpse into the injustices that...

Marty Whalen Brown
Mar 3, 20213 min read


Mary Lathrop Trailblazer Awardee: The Honorable Karen Ashby
The Mary Lathrop Trailblazer Award is presented annually to an outstanding female attorney who has enriched the community through her...

Jennifer Lake
Feb 24, 20215 min read


The Anti-Racism Education Series at Denver Law
When the fall semester began this past August for Denver Law students, many of our students “arrived” on campus and on Zoom, exhausted,...

Alexi Freeman
Feb 17, 20215 min read


Outside the Law: Mary Phillips and Surviving Ovarian Cancer
In May 2005, I was diagnosed with metastasized ovarian cancer, Stage IIIC, with a prognosis of only two to three years left to live....

Mary Phillips
Feb 13, 20214 min read


Approaching Your Personal Brand with an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Lawyers who approach their personal brand with an entrepreneurial mindset allows them to be in a growth mindset. Not only will this...

Meranda M. Vieyra
Feb 5, 20214 min read


December Book Club: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The land that surrounds us is part of who we are; it reflects our histories. We began the December book club meeting with a land...

Amy Petri Beard
Feb 3, 20214 min read


Professional Spotlight: Colorado Representative Kathleen Collins "KC" Becker
The Colorado Women’s Bar Association honored Kathleen Collins “KC” Becker at the 2020 Legislator’s Breakfast with the prestigious...

Madeleine Sheahan
Jan 29, 20214 min read
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