Upcoming Events
CHBA en el Jardín Annual Banquet
Join the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association on Saturday, August 12 for our En el Jardín Annual Banquet. There will be dinner, dancing, awards, tequila tasting, and a silent auction benefiting CHBA Foundation scholarships. All event tickets include access to the Denver Botanic Gardens. Sponsorship opportunities and individual tickets are available now.
When: Saturday, August 12
Cocktails 5 pm
Dinner 6:30 pm
Awards 7:30 pm
Dessert and dancing to follow
Where: Denver Botanic Gardens UMB Tent; dessert and dancing in Mitchell Hall
CHBA Files an Amicus Brief with the Colorado Supreme Court
Our presenters will be Ericka Walsh from the Colorado Poverty Law Project, Antonio Bendezu from CED Law, and Anna Fullerton from CED Law.
When: June 30th from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m
Where: The CBA building, suite 1700
Call for Help
Juntos Community is looking for an employment law attorney to join its volunteer tiger team to figure out a local emergency solution for when the US Supreme Court shuts down DACA (very soon).
Commitment: The team plans to meet twice a month (in-person, Denver area) on Friday afternoons for the next 3 months to discuss and answer legal questions and challenges as we create a solution.
If you are interested and want to learn more, please contact admin@juntoscommunity.org or text (720) 507-3651 .This effort is led by Luis Antezana, Founder and CEO of Juntos Community, and supported by public and private leadership throughout the state of Colorado.
News
CHBA Files an Amicus Brief with the Colorado Supreme Court
CHBA recently filed an amicus brief with the Colorado Supreme Court in a case involving a Black man, Reginald Clark, who was accused of sexually assaulting a white woman in Gilpin County. During jury selection, a prospective juror admitted to racial bias against Clark, saying that he moved to Gilpin County because he “didn’t want diversity.” Clark’s defense team asked the trial judge to remove the juror for cause, but the judge refused, saying the juror could be fair and impartial despite his “political” opinion about diversity. As a result, Clark had to use one of his six peremptory challenges to remove the juror.
The Colorado Supreme Court will determine whether the trial court’s erroneous denial of Clark’s for-cause challenge to a juror who expressed racial bias was harmless or a structural error.
We strongly believe that Clark’s right to a fair trial was violated by the trial court’s decision. Additionally, we argue that the trial court’s decision had a detrimental effect on the appearance of fairness within the jury system, further eroding confidence in the justice system as a whole. Therefore, the Colorado Supreme Court should reverse the court of appeals’ decision and grant Clark a new trial.
If you are interested in reading the full amicus brief, you can click here.
Announcements
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