Colene Robinson
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Co-Director of Juvenile and Family Law Program
Director of Clinical Programs
Juvenile and Family Law
401 UCB
2450 Kittredge Loop Road
Wolf Law Building
Boulder, CO 80309-0401
Office: 105M
Phone: (303) 492-0166
E-mail: colene.robinson@colorado.edu
Curriculum Vitae: View (PDF format)
Bio:Professor Colene Robinson teaches and writes about child welfare and juvenile delinquency. In Professor Robinson's Juvenile Law Clinic, students represent children and parents in child welfare cases and youth in delinquency and truancy matters. She also co-directs the Juvenile and Family Law Program (JFLP). The JFLP provides students with opportunities to acquire specialized knowledge and fosters collaboration between students, academics, and practitioners.
Before joining Colorado Law, Professor Robinson represented children and families throughout Colorado and in New York City. She was recognized as one of 10 national Civitas Childlaw Scholars and completed her law school education in a specialized program for child advocates at Loyola University Law School in Chicago. She graduated with honors after participating on law review and completed part of her legal education at Yale Law School. Ms. Robinson clerked for the Connecticut State Supreme Court and then worked in New York City Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Division. She moved to Colorado to become the Program Director of the National Association of Counsel for Children and directed the NACC Resource Center. She is licensed in California, New York, and Colorado.
Articles
| Building a Defense and Helping Families in the Child Welfare System: A Respondent Parent Curriculum for Improving the Child Welfare System, Colorado Supreme Court, Court Improvement Program, 2010. |
| Child Welfare Law Office Guidebook: Best Practice Guidelines for Organizational Legal Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases, Univ. Colorado Law Review, July Editor (2007). |
| A Resource Guide for Juvenile Law Practitioners, October 2007 Colorado Lawyer. |
Courses:
| Spring 2025 | Trial Advocacy | LAWS 6109-802 |
| Spring 2025 | Juvenile Justice | LAWS 7115-801 |
| Spring 2025 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2024 | Trial Advocacy | LAWS 6109-802 |
| Spring 2024 | Juvenile Justice | LAWS 7115-801 |
| Spring 2024 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Fall 2023 | Trial Advocacy | LAWS 6109-802 |
| Fall 2023 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2023 | Trial Advocacy | LAWS 6109-802 |
| Spring 2023 | Juvenile Justice | LAWS 7115-801 |
| Spring 2023 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Fall 2022 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2022 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Fall 2021 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Summer 2021 | Trial Advocacy | LAWS 6109-801 |
| Spring 2021 | Trial Advocacy | LAWS 6109-802 |
| Spring 2021 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-802 |
| Fall 2020 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Summer 2020 | Evidence and Trial Practice | LAWS 6363-901 |
| Spring 2020 | Trial Advocacy | LAWS 6109-802 |
| Spring 2020 | Juvenile Justice | LAWS 7115-801 |
| Spring 2020 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-802 |
| Fall 2019 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2019 | Comparative Family Law | LAWS 7145-801 |
| Spring 2019 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-802 |
| Fall 2018 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2018 | Juvenile Justice | LAWS 7115-801 |
| Spring 2018 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-802 |
| Fall 2017 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2017 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Fall 2016 | Evidence and Trial Practice | LAWS 6363-001 |
| Spring 2016 | Juvenile Justice | LAWS 7115-001 |
| Spring 2016 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Fall 2015 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2015 | Courtroom Observation Civil | LAWS 5323-801 |
| Spring 2015 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Fall 2014 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2014 | Courtroom Observation Civil | LAWS 5323-801 |
| Spring 2014 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Fall 2013 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-001 |
| Summer 2013 | Advanced Clinical Practicum | LAWS 7019-840 |
| Spring 2013 | Courtroom Observation Civil | LAWS 5323-801 |
| Spring 2013 | Comparative Family Law | LAWS 7145-801 |
| Spring 2013 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-801 |
| Spring 2013 | Seminar: Comparative Family Law | LAWS 8105-801 |
| Fall 2012 | Juvenile & Family Law Clinic | LAWS 7449-001 |