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Fall 2016

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 2016, the Colorado Supreme Court visited Brighton High School, and divisions of the Colorado Court of Appeals heard arguments at Fairview High School in Boulder and Falcon High School in Peyton.

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
Wednesday, October 5, 2016, Brighton High School
14SC109: People of the State of Colorado v. Robert Clyde Crouse
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

15SC261: Zachariah C. Dobler v. People of the State of Colorado
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
 

Colorado Court of Appeals
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, Fairview High School, Boulder

15CA1771: Mabel Garcia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Notice of Appeal
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

14CA2391: People of the State of Colorado v. Jahmal Ali Price
Notice of Appeal
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, Falcon High School, Peyton
16CA0167: Donna Kovac v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
Notice of Appeal
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

14CA2354: People of the State of Colorado v. Jared Cowen
Notice of Appeal
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
 

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