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Colorado’s chief justice participates in mental health discussion at CU Law

Feb 21, 2025

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Michael Karlik

Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez spoke about mental health and wellness in the legal profession on Wednesday, stressing the importance of seeking help starting in law school. “Thirty years ago when I went to law school, none of that existed. We weren’t having these conversations,” she said at the University of Colorado’s law school in…
Colorado’s federal trial court contemplates letting judges set own rules for attorney misconduct

Oct 31, 2024

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Michael Karlik

Colorado’s federal trial court is contemplating multiple changes to its rules governing attorney misconduct, including by allowing individual judges to set their own courtroom-by-courtroom standards that could serve as grounds for discipline. Like its counterparts nationwide, Colorado’s U.S. District Court sets forth a lengthy list of local rules governing topics as diverse as case assignments,…
Q&A with Frances Koncilja | Longtime player in judicial nominations speaks about selection process

Dec 18, 2023

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Michael Karlik

Over the past three years, Colorado’s federal trial court has seen extensive turnover, with President Joe Biden appointing four members of the seven-judge district court and a fifth nominee awaiting confirmation in the U.S. Senate. By tradition, senators wield enormous power over district judge appointments in their states. Early in Biden’s presidency, U.S. Sens. Michael…
High-profile cases, judicial misconduct and other legal topics explored at ABA meeting in Denver

Aug 5, 2023

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Michael Karlik

Lawyers and judges from across the country descended on Denver this week for the annual meeting of the American Bar Association, where topics included misconduct in the legal profession, judges’ tips for handling high-profile cases and threats to government officials from domestic extremists. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser also spoke about his personal and professional…
YESTERYEAR: General Assembly toys with corporate, military law

Mar 2, 2017

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Rachael Wright

…Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The Colorado General Assembly seemed to have lawmakers’ heads stuck in the corporate law section of the Colorado Revised Statutes. At the start of the 1997 legislative session, the Colorado Bar Association pushed two measures in the Legislature that would have far-reaching impact in corporate law,…

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Colorado’s chief justice participates in mental health discussion at CU Law

Colorado’s federal trial court contemplates letting judges set own rules for attorney misconduct

Q&A with Frances Koncilja | Longtime player in judicial nominations speaks about selection process

High-profile cases, judicial misconduct and other legal topics explored at ABA meeting in Denver

YESTERYEAR: General Assembly toys with corporate, military law