It has been a hard time to be a human in recent weeks (months?...years?), especially for those humans who personally identify with labels...

As an appellate public defender, I am accustomed to loss. I am accustomed to fighting impossible battles and pushing sliding boulders up the

Charlotte Sweeney, recently confirmed as the newest judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, didn’t always imagine...

Dear CWBA Members, What does it mean to belong? As kids, it might have meant having a group to eat lunch with at school or being anything...

I cannot seem to give up on the dream of tutus, tiaras, and pointe shoes. Nothing gives me the same combination of feelings as the first...

Today marks the 50th anniversary since the passing of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects individuals from...

Spearheaded by President-Elect Kathryn Starnella, the CWBA Judicial Task Force was formed last year as a call-to-action in response to...

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Charity isn’t generally the first word or even a word that comes to mind when most people think about law firms in their area. However,...

Bench Strength Charlotte Sweeney was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Allison Esser was appointed to...

Women have been building community and doing extraordinary – and often unpaid and unrecognized – work for centuries. We have consistently...

April 24, 1992, was the first time I heard, “Girls don’t do that. Girls don’t lift weights.” As bizarre as that statement was for me to...

In May of 2019, I attended my first CWBA Convention and was sworn in that Saturday evening to serve as an at-large Board member under...

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...

The original version of this blog post was written by the Hon. Melody Mirbaba and published in The 1891 Blog on October 30, 2020, when...

Small law firms face their own unique challenges. One that has recently risen to the surface is competition. In today’s legal...

As I waited for Alexis King to return from court, the wall of her lobby spoke volumes about the magnitude of her accomplishment in...

Preface: Turning Red is currently available on Disney+ (as is Hamilton), where a one-month subscription will cost you $7.99 and comes...

The legal profession, like many others, has been working hard to be more diverse and inclusive, and it is making strides in the right...

When I first launched Peloton Sessions rides for Metro Volunteer Lawyer’s (MVL) Barristers Ball, I thought it would be fun to build an...