Olivia Mendoza

Policy is personal for new ACLU of Colorado executive director

About a month into her tenure as executive director of ACLU of Colorado, Olivia Mendoza is anticipating one of her favorite days of the...
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Caregiving led Denver lawyer to champion veterans’ rights

After not studying for and then not passing the bar exam more than once, David Vanstan Meyer launched a successful career in cybersecurity and...
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AI adds complexity to challenges with video evidence

The growing use of editing tools and artificial intelligence is forcing courts to reconsider how visual evidence should be handled and evaluated. “Video footage of...
ICE

Attorneys urge collective response to ICE activity in Colorado

As legal challenges mount over the constitutionality of actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, California and beyond, some Colorado attorneys are...

Susan Blanco selected as newest Colorado Supreme Court justice

Today, Governor Jared Polis announced that Susan Blanco has been appointed as the newest justice to the Colorado Supreme Court. “Our Constitution is the bedrock...
One Colorado

One Colorado mobilizes storytellers to influence LGBTQ+ policy

Data might be the politicians’ go-to, but stories change hearts and minds, said Brandi Hardy, lead field organizing strategist with One Colorado, a nonprofit...
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Legislature moves to track health care consolidations

Mergers, acquisitions and other consolidation deals are reshaping who owns and controls health care providers in Colorado, and lawmakers want closer scrutiny of those...

How the Sam Cary Bar Association shaped Colorado’s legal profession

When seven Black attorneys gathered in Denver in 1971 to form what would become the Sam Cary Bar Association, they were much more than...

Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel January 2026 newsletter

We've published the Colorado OARC monthly newsletter in its entirety. To learn more about the office, visit the OARC webpage. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW DEMOGRAPHIC...
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Children’s Colorado case spotlights limits of federal authority

After months of silence, the U.S. Department of Justice’s subpoena of Children’s Hospital Colorado for records about the provision of gender-affirming care took center...