18th Annual Women in Law Day a Success

The Women’s Law Caucus hosted its longest-running event, Women In Law Day (WILD), this past weekend. The invite list was long and included local high school students, students accepted to Colorado Law for the fall, and current students from the University of Colorado, the University of Denver, Colorado State, Flatirons Community College and Wyoming University. Danielle Luber (’10) is the WILD chair and organizer of this year’s event. She used connections made over the summer by members of the Women’s Law Caucus to secure panelists and send out invitations. WILD “aims to give women who are interested in a legal career exposure to law school and the practice of law,” says Luber.

The all-day event included a panel discussion given by women from five different sectors of law including the government, private practice, and in-house counsel. Several Colorado alumni who participated in the panel were Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons Partner Kristin Bronson (’97), U.S. Department of Education civil rights attorney Sandra Roesti, (’02), and Colorado Law School Legal Writing Professor Natalie Mack (’04). A second panel consisting of Colorado Law students hosted a question and answer session and Professor Amy Schmitz presented a mock Contracts class. Students who attended felt it was an interesting and enlightening day. One attendee said she, “Enjoyed being with other women to discuss law openly and honestly with students and practitioners.”