• Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) Colorado - Upcoming Events
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 - Celebration of Judge Stephanie Seymour

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SEPTEMBER 17 - Colorado Lawyers Committee Annual Awards Luncheon

The Colorado Lawyers Committee Annual Awards Luncheon will be held this year on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at The Ritz-Carlton Denver from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. The Keynote Speaker will be David Hinojosa, Director of Litigation at the National Center for Youth Law.

Registration and sponsorship information coming soon at http://www.coloradolawyerscommittee.org/

SEPTEMBER 19 - Colorado Hispanic Bar Association En El Jardín Annual Banquet & Membership Meeting

Buy your tickets now for an evening full of celebration on September 19th at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

En el Jardín is the premier event of the year to connect with legal professionals and celebrate awardees who are making meaningful contributions to Colorado’s Latino community.

Registration and sponsorship information available at https://chba.net/event/en-el-jardin-annual-banquet/

SEPTEMBER 30 - Disability & the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump: Assessing Risks & Opportunities

Join Disability Law United and the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law for this timely, in-depth presentation on disability and the U.S. Supreme Court. Our speakers will address recent U.S. Supreme Court opinions and other activity at the court affecting disability law jurisprudence and litigation strategies. We'll also look ahead at the 2025-26 term, other relevant cases, and offer thoughts on framing cases in a manner that both preserves and advances, where possible, the rights of people with disabilities established under federal disability laws.

The link to register for the event is https://buff.ly/HQPicDV Early registration ends Sept 2. $100.00 for 3 hours credit

Date: Sep 30, 2025 11:00 am MT

Location: 
In Person - University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Room 412, 2255 E. Evans Ave., Denver, CO 80208

Virtual (You will receive a confirmation email with a URL)

Program & Speakers:

Seth Packrone

Seth Packrone (he/him) is an assistant professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Seth teaches and writes about issues in the areas of disability law, education law, impact litigation, and civil procedure. Seth’s published work has appeared in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and he has presented on disability-related issues across the country.

Before joining DU, Seth litigated systemic and class-action lawsuits on behalf of young people with disabilities as a Senior Attorney with the Legal Advocacy Team at the National Center for Youth Law. Seth has also litigated systemic lawsuits as a Staff Attorney with the Impact Litigation Practice at The Bronx Defenders and Disability Rights Advocates. In 2021, Seth co-taught the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at Brooklyn Law School.

Stuart Seaborn

Stuart Seaborn is a litigation consultant with Youth Law Center. He came to YLC after more than 25 years of practicing public interest law. Most of Stuart’s work has involved systemic civil rights litigation on behalf of groups of people with disabilities. He has secured national precedents in the areas of voting rights, access to transportation, and access to public facilities, among several others. Stuart was most recently the Managing Director for Litigation at Disability Rights Advocates, a national, non-profit disability rights law firm. He has also worked as a solo civil rights litigator and started his legal career as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. Stuart has taught disability law as an adjunct professor at UC Law SF and UC Davis King Hall School of Law.

Cynthia L. Rice

Ms. Rice has specialized in Labor and Employment rights and Education Advocacy in private practice and as a legal aid attorney for Community Legal Services (now Legal Services of Santa Clara County) Marin County Legal Aid and CRLA. Most recently she served as a Director of Litigation, Advocacy and Training for California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) and a part-time project director for the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation Labor and Civil Rights Litigation Project.

She has appeared before the California Supreme Court on behalf of claimants before the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the Labor Commissioner. She has testified before various legislative committees and administrative boards, and provided technical assistance to lobbyists and legislators on a variety of education, civil rights and labor bills including California’s Labor Law Private Attorney General Act (PAGA), and SB 1818 which provided protections for immigrants under Labor Code § 1171.5 and related sections.

Rice has been actively involved in developing litigation strategies under state and federal laws for the enforcement of education, labor and employment and civil rights for California low wage families since 1979.

CLE Credit

DLU has historically applied for CLE credit in the below states, but to submit a request for credit in a state not included below, email Ana Diaz at adiaz@dlunited.org.

Arizona: The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 2.5 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona, including 0 hour(s) of professional responsibility.

California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas. Washington

OCTOBER 15 - Colorado Judicial Institute 23rd Annual Judicial Excellence for Colorado Gala

CJI will present the Judicial Excellence Awards at the Judicial Excellence for Colorado Gala on October 15, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center. This annual event regularly draws over 500 of Colorado's judicial, legal, business, and legislative leaders to celebrate Colorado's judiciary.

Questions? Contact Cynthia Ophaug-Johansen at Cynthia@ColoradoJudicialInstitute.org or 303-766-7501.