On May 15th, 2008, Kevin Kuhn, President
of the Faculty of Federal Advocates, sent a letter to Mr.
Fred Fielding, Counsel to the President at the White House,
urging "the President to move as quickly as possible
to appoint new District Court Judges for the District of
Colorado."
A copy of the letter is available here in
PDF format. A related story from the Denver Post is available
at denverpost.com/ci_9289778. |
The U.S. District Court for the District
of Colorado has issued a Public Notice Concerning the Reappointment
of Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer. Written comments
concerning Magistrate Judge Shaffer’s reappointment
are due by July 7, 2008. A copy of the notice is available
here in PDF format. |
Overview:
The Faculty of Federal Advocates is an organization
of attorneys dedicated to improving the quality of legal practice
in the
United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
The Faculty is committed to enhancing advocacy skills, professionalism
and the integrity of the federal judicial system.
To further
these goals, the Faculty provides continuing legal education
classes, mentoring and pro bono opportunities and other support
services which foster and demonstrate commitment to the highest
advocacy performance and ethical conduct by and among its members.
History:
The 1994 Civil Justice
Reform Act advisory group identified the need for a federal court
practice organization to address substantive
and procedural issues unique to federal court.
In 1996, Chief
Judge Matsch appointed a seven-member task force to design and
establish the organization. The judges defined
the goal of the faculty as “pursuit of the special function
of advocacy in a particular forum.” Formed in 1997, the
Faculty of Federal Advocates, a non-profit Colorado corporation,
is open to all interested attorneys.
Work With Us:
The current focus of the Faculty's continuing legal
education program is the computerized system for exhibits that
the new
court building has made possible. The programs include an
opportunity for attorneys to learn in the courtrooms how the
systems operate.
The Faculty also sponsors a series of brown bag
lunches with individual district court judges, magistrate judges
and bankruptcy
judges. The lunches provide an informal setting for learning
about each judge and his or her approach to courtroom issues.
The
Faculty provides representation to pro se litigants in cases
referred by the district court. By pairing senior member
lawyers
with lawyers less experienced in federal practice, the
mentoring program is a pro bono opportunity that enhances the
learning
experience for a less experienced lawyer, while allowing
the mentor lawyer to take on a case knowing that he or
she will
have some assistance.
We encourage you to learn more about the benefits
of membership in the Faculty of Federal Advocates. |