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 at least once a year to a different high school to hear oral arguments in two actual cases at each location. In fall 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court will visit East High School in Denver, and divisions of the Colorado Court of Appeals will hear arguments at the Denver School of Science and Technology and at Rangeview High School in Aurora.

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

Colorado Supreme Court
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, East High School, Denver
14SC224: Salynda E. Fleury v. IntraWest Winter Park Operations Corp.
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
Amicus brief of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
Amicus brief of the Association of Professional Patrollers
Amicus brief of Colorado Ski Country USA

13SC465: The People of the State of Colorado v. Eduardo Perez
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

Colorado Court of Appeals
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, Denver School of Science and Technology
14CA2102: David Cubbage v. Derek Richter, Daniel Schaefer, Eric Ewing and Ken Harris
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

14CA15: People of the State of Colorado v. Rebecca Marie Kelley
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, Rangeview High School, Aurora
12CA2407: People of the State of Colorado v. Linda Ecco Dalton
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

15CA0285: Anne Margaret Hesford v. Vail Summit Resorts Inc.
Trial court order
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief