Christine Marie Arguello

Biography

Judge Arguello was sworn in as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in 2008. On July 15, 2022, Judge Arguello moved to senior status. Prior to her presidential appointment to the bench, Judge Arguello’s career included partnership at two private law firms, Holland & Hart LLP and Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP; government service as Chief Deputy Attorney General of Colorado and as Managing Senior Associate Counsel at the University of Colorado at Boulder; and teaching at the University of Kansas School of Law, where she was a tenured full professor. In 2014, Judge Arguello implemented Law School…Yes We Can (LSYWC), a law school pipeline mentoring program in which college students who are interested in becoming lawyers are paired with mentors, provided with skill-building and exposure programming, and participate in an intensive LSAT preparation course. The end goal of LSYWC is to level the playing field and assist the students in gaining acceptance into the law school of their choice. As of 2025, 12 students from LSYWC have graduated from law schools such as Harvard, University of Colorado, University of Denver, University of New Mexico, Seattle University, University of Wyoming, and Howard University. An additional 16 LSYWC alumni are in law school, and an additional 167 LSYWC Fellows are currently participating in LSYWC. For more information on the program, please go to http://lawschoolyeswecan.org.