2023-2024 Meeting Dates

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March 13, 2024

  • Location: Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management
  • Topic: Harrell/Hatten Pupillage – The Access to Justice Program
  • RSVP by March 6, 2024
  • Special Guests:
    • Elisa Overall, Executive Director of the Colorado Access to Justice Commission
    • Toni-Anne Nunez, Director of Access to Justice for the Colorado Bar Association/Denver Bar Association
  • Agenda:
    • 6pm – Cash Bar
    • 6:45pm – Dinner and Presentation
  • Entree Choices:
    • Bistro Beef (GS)(Tellicherry rubbed with whole grain mustard cream, chimichurri potatoes, roasted green beans, pickled red onion)
    • Polenta and Roasted Mushrooms (VEG, GS)(Wilted greens, mustard carrots, whole grain mustard cream)

April 17, 2024

  • Location: Burwell Center

May 15, 2024

Pegasus Scholarship – National American Inns of Court

26 Thursday Oct 2023

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The Pegasus Scholarship Trust is an exchange program wherein young American Inn of Court members visit London for six weeks to learn about the English legal system and young English barristers visit the United States for six weeks to learn about the American legal system. While details of the program differ each year, the scholarship is designed to provide an intensive, six-week introduction to the English legal system.

Pegasus scholars spend the majority of their time in barristers’ chambers as well as observing trials or arguments in action. Members of the American Inns of Court admitted to the bar for at least two years but not more than seven years are encouraged to apply by January 16, 2024. Find out more at www.innsofcourt.org/PegasusScholarships.

Volunteer Opportunity – Do you like judging others?

13 Wednesday Sep 2023

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The Center for Advocacy at DU’s Sturm College of Law is hosting its annual Summit Cup on Sept 28, 29, 30th. 

The location is the Jefferson County Courthouse (100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden CO).

The Summit Cup is the annual national tournament where DU law school students and students from other championship U.S. law schools participate in this high-level educational trial advocacy educational event. 

We welcome both attorneys and laypersons to serve as Ruling Judges and Scoring Jurors.

Blended juries bring a realism to this educational exercise. 

Thank you in advance for helping all of the participating students with their professional education and development.   

If you volunteer, you will receive a free pen and possibly another gift (valued almost as much as the free pen – so yes, it’s almost like you’re getting TWO FREE PENS). 

Using the Sign-Up Genius Link below indicate which round or rounds you would like to volunteer for The Summit Cup.  

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C44AAAD29ABFC1-advocates

You can sign up for as many rounds as you like.  The time commitment for each round is approximately 2.5 to 3.0 hours.  

ALL TIMES ARE LISTED IN MOUNTAIN TIME (DENVER TIME)  

Round 1L – Thursday, September 28. Orientation 5:30 p.m.   

Round 2L – Friday, September 29.  Orientation 12:30 p.m.                                                                                                    

Round 3L – Friday, September 29.  Orientation 5:30 p.m.   

Round 4L – Saturday, September 30.  Orientation 9:00 a.m.   

Championship Round – Saturday, September 30. Orientation 1:30 p.m.  

Once you sign up you will receive additional information in the coming weeks.  

If you have any questions, please contact the Tournament Director, Kevin Keyes (kevin.keyes@du.edu), or the Director for the Center for Advocacy, David Schott (DSchott@law.du.edu).  

Upcoming Programs

20 Saturday Mar 2021

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March 24, 2021 – An Online Presentation – Courts, Cops, and Consequences, Part 2, The Colorado Edition

Program Materials / CLE Accreditation Notice

February 17, 2021 – An Online Presentation – Courts, Cops, and Consequences: The Effects of Qualified Immunity on the National Interest in Racial Equity.

This program will be presented by the Harrell/Castle pupilage of the Rhone-Brackett American Inn of Court using the Zoom.com platform. With the increasingly mainstream visibility of racial equality movements, such as Black Lives Matter, public interest in and discourse around qualified immunity has grown. Those in favor of qualified immunity indicate that many government officials, particularly police, need to have the reassurance of no-liability discretion to address emergencies. Those that would like to abolish or limit qualified immunity argue that it poses a known threat of unchecked abuse, particularly by un-elected officials, and reinforces institutionalized racism. The Inn has invited Judge Reeves from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to discuss Jamison v. McClendon, a case that he decided August 4, 2020. The court granted qualified immunity; however, Judge Reeves’s opinion provided a strong factual and historical rebuke of the law the court was required to apply.

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In Memoriam – Robert Gifford Heiserman

20 Thursday Sep 2018

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For members who were unable to attend the January, 2018 meeting, please see the attached obituary for our esteemed and beloved colleague, Bob Heiserman.  Members shared their fond and funny memories of Bob, and many paid homage to Bob’s memory by wearing bow ties to the meeting!

In Memoriam – Heiserman

At the meeting, the members unanimously voted to rename our mentorship program The Robert Gifford Heiserman Mentoring Program in tribute to Bob’s extraordinary contributions to mentoring young lawyers both within the Inn and in the legal community at large.

Practical Skills in Civil Litigation 2018-2019 — Doyle Inn of Court

31 Friday Aug 2018

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Colleagues, I would like to invite you to a series of informal trainings focusing on basic practical skills in civil litigation sponsored by the Doyle Inn of Court.   We are applying for 2 CLE’s for each of our sessions.  There is no charge for attendees.

These sessions will be held from 4:00 – 6:00 PM on the third Wednesday of each month beginning in September at the downtown office of Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite located at 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3500, Denver, CO 80203.  A list of the sessions is set forth below.

Materials will be distributed ahead of time so participants will have examples for future use.  We hope this will be an interactive process with participants feeling free to ask questions and contribute experiences.  We also invite experienced practitioners to share experiences as well as sample pleadings and outlines.

Please let me know if any of your Inn members, young lawyers or law clerks may be interested in attending.  Also please have them RSVP to randy.bramer@ogc.usda.gov. I hope these talks will help further the Inns’ purpose of educating and mentoring young lawyers.

Practical Skills Schedule

How to Take and Defend a Deposition: What You Need to Know. September 26, 2018.   This session will offer practical advice and suggested models for taking and defending depositions.

Negotiation, Settlement and Alternative Forums for Resolution: What You Never Learned in Law School. October 24, 2018. The session will help young attorneys learn more about early evaluation of a case and examine ways to resolve cases early in litigation and provide an overview of the various forums for resolution of cases.

So You Are Going to Be Witness –Now What? November 28, 2018.  This session will focus on the successful preparation of witnesses to testify at deposition and trial in civil cases.

Direct Examination – How Do You Do It?  January 29, 2019. This session will focus on the conducting direct examination of witnesses at deposition and trial in civil cases.

Cross Examination – What You Need to Know.  February 20, 2109. The will provide young lawyers with practical advice on cross examining a witness at trial.

How to Navigate Private Practice-What You Need to Know- A Panel Discussion. March 20, 2019. This session will focus on what lawyers need to know before entering into private practice.

Legal Writing – Process and Product. April 17, 2019.  This session will focus on effective legal writing and improving persuasion skills through writing.

A View from the Bench:  Practical Advice for Young Lawyers. May 15, 2019. A panel of judges from state and federal courts will offer their perspective on what young lawyers need to know.