The Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals provide an educational outreach program for high schools which introduces students to the state’s appellate process. In the program, Courts in the Community, each court travels once a year to a different high school to hear oral arguments in two actual cases at each location. In fall 2008, the Colorado Supreme Court visited Boulder to hear arguments at Boulder High School. The Colorado Court of Appeals visited Alameda High School in Lakewood and Valley High School in Gilcrest.

Courts in the Community began on Law Day in 1986. The program gives students hands-on experience in how the Colorado judicial system actually works and illustrates how disputes are resolved in a democratic society. These are not mock trials. They are actual oral arguments from which rulings are determined. Cases are chosen by specifically considering the interests of students.

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Dec. 4, 2008 - Colorado Supreme Court - Boulder High School

07SC905: Catholic Health Initiatives v. City of Pueblo
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening Brief of Catholic Health Initiatives
Amicus Curiae Brief: Catholic Health Association of the United States
Response to CHA's amicus curiae brief
Amicus Curiae Brief: Association of Christian Schools International et al.
Response to ACSI's amicus curiae brief
Opening/Answer Brief of City of Pueblo
Answer/Reply Brief of Catholic Health Initiatives
Reply Brief of City of Pueblo
Opinion

08SC10: People of the State of Colorado v. Farrell Greenlee
Opening Brief (including Court of Appeals opinion)
Answer Brief
Reply Brief
Opinion

Oct. 28, 2008 - Colorado Court of Appeals - Alameda High School

07CA390: People of the State of Colorado v. James M. Petera
Notice of Appeal
Opening Brief
Answer Brief
Opinion

08CA19: Raul Flores Cano v. Firestone Liquors Inc.
Notice of Appeal
Opening Brief
Answer Brief
Reply Brief
Opinion

Nov. 19, 2008 - Colorado Court of Appeals - Valley High School

08CA266: Rasa Krasauskiene v. Baiba Sisco, Elena Zasytiene and Diana Woodard
Notice of Appeal
Opening Brief
Answer Brief
Reply Brief
Opinion

07CA929: People of the State of Colorado v. Tri Nguyen
Opening Brief
Answer Brief
Reply Brief
Opinion