Immediate past President Alison Connaughty oversaw the implementation of a brand new board structure in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. Implementing the New CWBA Board Structure The 2025-2026 CWBA Board faced the challenge of executing its objectives while implementing a new board structure. In 2024, after working with an organizational consultant to examine the Colorado Women’s Bar Association’s leadership structure and operations from an organizational life cycle lens, the CWB

When I went to the CWBA Convention for the first time in 2024, my plan was simple: go, sit near the back during the programming (because, I thought, surely everyone else knows each other already and their seats at the front tables are predestined and saved and sacred and I, a young attorney in polyester pants and in hiding, will sit in the back where no one will notice me). I didn't know what to expect and no one else from my firm went that year. Like anyone, my first instinc

The 2026 Colorado Women's Bar Association Annual Convention will be at The Hythe Vail this May 15–17 with a rallying cry: AMPLIFY: The Power in Every Voice. And if the speaker lineup is any indication, this year's convention is going to deliver on that promise in a big way. The weekend kicks off Friday afternoon with an immersive workshop led by communications coach Laressa Watlington: AMPLIFY Your Voice: How to Speak with Confidence, Clarity, and Impact. This is a hands-on k

Judge Rodriguez takes the opportunity and privilege she now has as a judge to advocate for and elevate justice and fairness for everyone who comes before her or who is inspired by her journey.

Serving on the judiciary is a precarious position where one must balance the loss of individualism while simultaneously leading the legal community and modeling judicial values and ethics. Judge Priscilla Loew has managed this balance with spectacularly through her steadfast observance of fairness and equity in her courtroom all while modeling what it means to be a mentor, leader, and trailblazer. While all appointments come with their challenges, Judge Loew’s time on the ben