| Spring 2023 |
The Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals provide an educational outreach program for high schools, and sometimes colleges or universities, 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 2023, the Supreme Court visited Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. Divisions of the Court of Appeals heard oral arguments at Pueblo Community College and at Conifer High School. 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 23SA12, In Re: The People of the State of Colorado v. Gavin Seymour Colorado Court of Appeals 20CA2145, The People of the State of Colorado v. Luis Toro-Ospina May 16, 2023, Conifer High School 22CA761, Maggie Jansma v. Colorado Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division |
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