Developments in Access to Justice and How You Can Participate in Them
Ethics CLE hosted by the Professionalism Coordinating Council Committee
Start Date - End Date
November 13, 2024
Registration Deadline
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Developments in Access to Justice and How You Can Participate in Them CLE Program
November 13 | noon - 1:00 p.m.
CBA Offices or Zoom
Program Description:
Professionalism includes striving to achieve the aspirational goal in Colorado Rule of Professional Conduct 6.1 that every lawyer render at least fifty hours of pro bono legal services each year. Although our state has made great strides in closing the access to justice gap, thousands of low income Coloradoans with significant legal needs remain unable to find free or affordable lawyers. For too many individuals who try to navigate their way through the legal system on their own, the principle of equal justice under law remains a distant promise.
At this one-hour panel discussion, Justice Melissa Hart, the Supreme Court's liaison to the Access to Justice Commission, and two members of the Commission, Court of Appeals Judge Lino Lipinsky and David Stark, will discuss recent access to justice initiatives. In addition, they will preview the Commission's upcoming listening tour that will gather information on legal needs throughout the state. Lastly, the speakers will provide information on how lawyers can support access to justice initiatives and find pro bono opportunities - including virtual opportunities - in every part of Colorado.
Speaker Bios:
Richard L. Gabriel, Colorado Supreme Court
The Honorable Richard L. Gabriel was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court in June of 2015, after serving on the Colorado Court of Appeals from 2008-15. Justice Gabriel received his B.A. in American Studies from Yale University in 1984 and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1987. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Justice Gabriel was a long-time partner with Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (now, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner) in Denver, where his practice focused on commercial, intellectual property, probate, and products liability litigation, including appeals, and where he headed the firm's intellectual property practice group. Justice Gabriel has received numerous awards for his service to the community, including the Denver Bar Association's Award of Merit (that Association's highest award), a Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center Champions for Children award and its In the Pursuit of Justice Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Board of Trial Advocates' Judicial Excellence Award and recognition as an honorary life fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation, recognition by Marquis Who's Who as a Distinguished Humanitarian, and the Richard Marden Davis Award (given to a lawyer under the age of 40 who has combined excellence in the practice of law and creative community leadership). He is a member of the state bars of New York and Colorado, the bars of numerous federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court, and the American, Colorado, New York, and Denver Bar Associations, where he has served (and continues to serve) on many committees. Justice Gabriel is also actively involved on the board of the Colorado Judicial Institute, the executive council of the Minoru Yasui Inn of Court, and the Our Courts civics education program. He writes and speaks frequently on matters relating to the judiciary, trial and appellate practice, and professionalism. In his spare time, he plays the trumpet professionally.
Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov, Colorado Court of Appeals
Honorable Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov has served on the Colorado Court of Appeals since January 2019. Judge Lipinsky was previously a partner at Dentons US LLP, a multinational law firm, where he headed the firm's Denver litigation department. Judge Lipinsky chairs the Standing Committee on the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct and serves on the Board of Colorado Bar Association CLE, the Executive Committee of Our Courts Colorado, and the Colorado Access to Justice Commission. In addition, he is the Managing Author of the Civil Benchbook, a resource provided to trial judges throughout Colorado, and is an Emeritus Board member of the Colorado Judicial Institute. He is a former President of the Faculty of Federal Advocates and a former First Vice President of the Denver Bar Association. He was a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, the Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association, and the Board of Trustees of the Denver Bar Association. He earned his A.B., magna cum laude, from Brown University, where he was managing editor of the Brown Daily Herald newspaper, and his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the New York University Law Review.
Melissa Hart, Colorado Supreme Court
The Honorable Melissa Hart has served on the Colorado Supreme Court since 2017. Prior to joining the Court, Justice Hart was a professor at the University of Colorado Law School, where she directed the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law. Throughout her years as a professor, Justice Hart maintained an active pro bono practice, writing amicus briefs in appellate courts and representing clients through Metro Volunteer Lawyers. Her teaching and scholarship focused on access to justice, constitutional law, judicial decision making, legal ethics, employment discrimination, and civil procedure. Justice Hart grew up in Denver, where she graduated from East High School. She earned her bachelor's degree from Harvard-Radcliffe College and then spent a year teaching at a high school in Athens, Greece. She returned to study at Harvard Law School, where she was the Articles Editor for the Harvard Law Review and Book Review Editor on the Harvard Women's Law Journal. After graduating from law school in 1995, she clerked for Judge Guido Calabresi of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and for Justice John Paul Stevens on the United States Supreme Court. She practiced law for several years in Washington, D.C., including as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. Justice Hart and her husband, Kevin Traskos, have two children and two dogs
David W. Stark
David W. Stark is a Retired Partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. Before his retirement he was Senior Counsel at Faegre Drinker where he served as Professional Responsibility Counsel for the firm and in that role advised the firm and its lawyers on Ethics, Professional Responsibility matters, and claims against the firm. He has practiced law in Colorado for 51 years. As a partner at his firm, he tried scores of complex commercial jury and court trials with an emphasis in professional responsibility, energy, banking, securities fraud, intellectual property, and probate and trust. He also represented clients in numerous appeals, including briefing and oral argument, in state and federal courts.
He is currently chair of the Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Practice of Law, which oversees the Colorado Attorney Regulation System on behalf of the Colorado Supreme Court (2001 to present). And he is a long-time member of the Colorado Supreme Court Standing Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct, the CBA/DBA Professionalism Coordinating Council, the Colorado Bar Foundation, the Colorado Supreme Court Task Force on Lawyer Well-being, and the chair of Executive Committee of the Colorado Lawyers Committee. He has also taught Legal Ethics at the University of Colorado School of Law as an adjunct. Mr. Stark was the Board Chair of Legal Entrepreneurs for Justice (2018-2021); a legal incubator helping to teach and mentor socially conscious lawyers wanting to serve modest means clients. He has promoted and helped create many access-to-justice programs including the Licensed Legal Paraprofessional Program, Succession to Service, and the proposed Virtual Proceedings initiative, now the subject of a Chief Justice Directive. Mr. Stark currently serves on the Colorado Access to Justice Commission and is the chair of its Delivery Committee. The committee promotes the delivery of legal services from multiple angles. These include Pro Bono Representation, Alternate Providers, Affordable Representation, Local ATJ Committees, and Rural Legal Services.
He is a Denver native and a graduate of the University of Colorado, receiving his B.A. in Sociology in 1969 and his J.D. in 1973.
Registration Fees
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| Member | $0.00 |
| Member Virtual | $0.00 |
| Non-Member Virtual | $10.00 |
| Non-Members | $10.00 |
| Student | $0.00 |
| Student Virtual | $0.00 |
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