Please be aware that General Admission tickets purchased after October 21, 2019 does not guarantee food for the convening.

Please join us for the 2019 ACS Western Regional Convening, hosted by the ACS Colorado Lawyer Chapter and the ACS University of Denver Sturm College of Law Student Chapter.

This is an exciting opportunity to connect with judges, judicial clerks, scholars, lawyers, and law students. Come shape the debate, build networks, and inspire action. Topics will include impeachment, immigration, progressive prosecution, diversity and equality of opportunity, consumer financial protection, privacy and national security, the upcoming Supreme Court term, LGBTQIA rights, and fixing the courts.

You can find a full agenda for the Convening here.

There is a significant amount of construction going on around the University of Denver’s campus, and street parking options are limited. There is metered parking available along Evans Avenue and University Boulevard and unmetered parking throughout the neighborhood that are a short walk from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Featuring:

Hon. S. Kato Crews, United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Hon. Melissa Hart , Justice, Colorado Supreme Court
Hon. Eric Olson, Colorado Solicitor General
Hon. Don Toussaint, Arapahoe County Court Judge at Eighteenth Judicial District
Hon. Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General
Sarah Auchterlonie, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Scott Barker, Partner Attorney, Wheeler Trigg O’ Donnell, LLP; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Keith Bradley, Partner Attorney, Squire Patton Boggs; Former Senior Advisor to the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy
Christina Brown, Attorney and Owner, The Law Office of Christina Brown
Rachel Catt, Attorney and Owner, The Law Offices of Rachel Catt, LLC
Violeta Chapin, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
Alan Chen, Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Roberto Corrada, Professor and Mulligan Burleson Chair in Modern Learning, University of Denver Strum College of Law
Mike Dougherty, District Attorney, Boulder County
Gabriela Flora, Director, American Friends Service Committee Denver Program
Martha Fulford, First Assistant Attorney General, Colorado Attorney General’s Office
Michael German, Fellow, Liberty and National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice
Patricia Jarzobski, Attorney and Owner, The Law Office of Patricia M. Jarzobski, P.C.
Danielle Jeffries, Clinical Fellow, Civil Rights Clinic, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Craig Konnoth, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
Nancy Leong, Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Seth Masket, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center on American Politics, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Glen Matthews, Deputy District Attorney at City and County of Denver
Mari Newman , Partner Attorney, Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP
Amy Padden, Deputy District Attorney, Colorado District Attorney’s Office
Daniel Ramos, Executive Director, One Colorado
Gabe Roth, Executive Director, Fix the Courts
David Seligman, Executive Director, Towards Justice
Scott Skinner-Thompson, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
Karen Steinhauser, Attorney and Owner, The Law Office of Karen Steinhauser, LLC; Adjunct Professor, University of Denver Strum College of Law
Amie Stepanovich, Executive Director, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Law School
Jose Vasquez, Member, Colorado Center on Law & Policy

9.0 hours of CLE credit is available for this event.

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