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 2011, the Colorado Supreme Court will visit Evergreen High School. Divisions of the Colorado Court of Appeals will hear arguments at Fountain-Fort Carson High School and at Smoky Hill 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 rulings are determined. Cases are chosen by specifically considering the interests of students.

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October 27, 2011 - Colorado Supreme Court - Evergreen High School
10SC276: Colorado Ethics Watch v. Senate Majority Fund LLC; Colorado Leadership Fund LLC; and Office of Administrative Courts
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
Amicus brief of Colorado Common Cause
Amicus brief of the Colorado Education Association
Amicus brief of the Colorado Bar Association
Amicus brief of The Center For Competitive Politics

10SC295: Andrew Wayne Mumford v. People of the State of Colorado
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief 

October 18, 2011 - Colorado Court of Appeals - Fountain-Fort Carson High School
10CA1578: Kathleen Sullivan et al. v. Daniel Bowen
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
Amicus Curiae brief of the Animal Legal Defense Fund

08CA1178: People of the State of Colorado v. Corey Dean Wagner
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

November 8, 2011 - Colorado Court of Appeals - Smoky Hill High School
09CA2769: People of the State of Colorado v. Valerie L. Ehrlick
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

10CA1545: City and County of Denver v. Aramark Sports and Entertainment Inc.
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief