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 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court is scheduled to visit Pomona High School in Arvada, and a division of the Colorado Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments at Overland 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
Oct. 26, 2021, Pomona High School
20SC646, Joy Maphis v. City of Boulder
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Amicus brief of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Associaton
Amicus brief of the Colorado Municipal League
Answer brief

20SC430, People of the State of Colorado v. Jose Ornelas-Licano
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief

Colorado Court of Appeals
Nov. 19, 2021, Overland High School
20CA1359, Kelly Stackpool v. Colorado Dept. of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division
Order on appeal
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

19CA1019, People of the State of Colorado v. Robert Scott Schweizer
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief