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 2017, the Colorado Supreme Court will visit Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, and divisions of the Colorado Court of Appeals will hear arguments at D'Evelyn High School in Denver and Silver Creek High School in Longmont.

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, Oct. 17, 2017, Mountain Vista High School, Highlands Ranch
16SC815: Keith Love and Shannon Love v. Mark Klosky and Carole Bishop
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

15SC448: The People of the State of Colorado v. Isidore Griego
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief

Colorado Court of Appeals
Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, D'Evelyn High School, Denver
16CA2205: James Medina v. Civil Service Commission of the City and County of Denver
Trial court order
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

16CA1198: Michael J. Sos v. Roaring Fork Transportation Authority
Trial court order
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, Silver Creek High School, Longmont
14CA0474: The People of the State of Colorado v. Kevin Blair Roderick
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
16CA1963: The People of the State of Colorado v. Floyd Joseph Senette
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief