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 spring 2018, the Colorado Supreme Court will visit Gunnison High School, and divisions of the Colorado Court of Appeals will hear arguments at Sterling High School and Weld Central High School in Keenesburg.

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
Thursday, May 10, 2018, Gunnison High School
15SC754, People of the State of Colorado v. Edward Kevin DeGreat
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

17SC15, Jared J. Przekurat v. Samuel S. Stimson et al.
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief - Mr. Torres
Answer brief - Mr. Davis
Answer brief - Samuel and Peter Stimson
Reply brief

Colorado Court of Appeals
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, Weld Central High School, Keenesburg
17CA595: City of Lafayette v. Town of Erie Urban Renewal Authority
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

16CA400: People of the State of Colorado v. Gabriel A. Tresco
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

Thursday, March 22, 2018, Sterling High School
17CA0737: Jose A. Miranda v. EWV, LLC
Trial court orders
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief

14CA1225: People of the State of Colorado v. Jamale D. Townsell
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief