Oral Arguments

The Lawyering Process program is hosting live oral arguments for the Colorado Court of Appeals here at the Sturm College of Law on Thursday, April 9th from 4-5pm. Oral arguments in two cases will be heard before Judge Russell Carparelli, Judge Robert Hawthorne and Judge Diana Terry.

Student or staff id's are required to access the courtroom in Room 165. Space is limited so there will also be overflow rooms set up with a live feed of the proceedings. A reception follows in the Forum from 5-6:30pm. RSVP's are required for the reception.

This year's cases are DeHerrera v. EquityLink LLC and People v. Villaneuva. Briefs are posted on the LP website. The Reese Persuasive Writing Awards and Hartje Objective Writing Awards nominees are announced during the reception. Past award winners and photos of previous Judge's Day events provide some context for the event.

For a list of books and videos relating to oral arguments, see our earlier post.

Privacy Foundation Seminar

Interested in privacy issues? The Privacy Foundation at the DU Sturm College of Law is having a seminar on Friday, March 20th from 10am-1pm (lunch included) on Privacy Law from the Judicial Perspective. Panels will be in Room 165, Sturm College of Law.

Featured panelists are Judge Marsha Pechman, Federal District Court; Judge Timothy Tymkovich, 10th Judicial Circuit; Justice Nancy Rice, Colorado Supreme Court and Dean Dan Vigil, Sturm College of Law.

This seminar is FREE to DU Faculty, Staff, Alumni & Students! RSVP to dbales@law.du.edu

• 10:00 - 10:10am Introduction
• 10:10-10:40am Ethics & Privacy: The Federal Court Perspective
• 10:45-11:45am Ethics & Privacy: The State Court Perspective
• 11:50 - 12:50pm Round Table: Future Trends in Judicial Ethics / Privacy

Client Counseling

The DU Moot Court Board will be hosting an intra-school Client Counseling Competition on Saturday, January 24, 2009. According to their website, “The ABA Law Student Division’s Client Counseling Competition simulates a law office consultation in which law students, acting as attorneys, are presented with a client matter. The students conduct an interview with a person playing the role of the client and then explain how they would proceed further in the hypothetical situation. The focus is on the competitors’ ability to negotiate the most advantageous settlement for their client(s), given the circumstances and facts provided. Competitors are scored on professionalism and ethics, as well as their style and negotiating strategy.”

You can prepare for the competition by reviewing some of these materials. Good Luck!

• Legal Interviewing & Counseling in a Nutshell – Level 3 Reference KF311 .S5 (2005)
• Legal Counseling & Negotiating: a Practical Approach – Level 3 KF311 .H465 (2001)
• The Counselor-at-Law: A Collaborative Approach to Client Interviewing & Counseling – Level 3 KF311 .C63 (2006)
• Essential Lawyering Skills: Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiation, & Persuasive Fact Analysis – Level 3 KF300 .E84
• Client or Not? – CALI exercise, “Client or Not?” which reviews issues of competence, conflict of interest and confidentiality issues involved in working with clients.
• 2007-2008 Client Counseling Competition National Finals (DVD) – Level 2 A/V KF311 .C55 2008 – this is a new item, so ask for assistance at the Reference Desk if you can't find it

Ved P. Nanda Int'l. Appellate Competition

The Sturm College of Law will be holding the Ved P. Nanda International Appellate Competition on Saturday, November 16, 2008, from 8 am to 5 pm. Competitors will simulate representing cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Here is a brief description of the ICJ and some library resources related to the ICJ:

The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, is the “principal judicial organ of the United Nations” and is the successor to the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ). Established under the Charter of the United Nations in 1945, the Court’s role is to “…settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.” The Court’s official languages are English and French. The Court only has jurisdiction if the states party to the dispute have accepted its jurisdiction under a prescribed set of ways. In order to practice before the Court, counsel or advocates must have been appointed by a government. The Court is located at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands.

The ICJ homepage provides quick access to the latest decisions and press releases. Check out the link to Cases in the menu on the left.

When searching for materials in the catalog, be sure to search under both “International Court of Justice” and “World Court.” The library has approximately 100 items on the subject. The official reports of the Court, Recueil des arrêts, avis consultatifs et ordonnances / Cour internationale de justice = Reports of judgments, advisory opinions, and orders / International Court of Justice can be found in print at KZ214 .I58 (level 1). We have all the reports through 2007 with the exception of 2004.* Additionally, other resources include HeinOnline (search journal articles), Westlaw (INT-ICJ), and on Lexis by looking in the International Legal Materials (ILM). ILM is also available through HeinOnline (1962-2004) and in print (1962-2008).

*At the time this article was published, 2005-2007 were still being processed in technical services. We expect them to be on the shelf soon. If you need to see one of these years and it is not on the shelf, please contact the author.

by Joan Policastri, Foreign & International Legal Research Specialist

Privacy Foundation Seminar 10/24

Privacy & Legal Ethics: Ethical Concerns for Lawyers Counseling Privacy Data Breaches

www.privacyfoundation.org

On Friday October 24, 2008, Professor John Soma, Executive Director of the Privacy Foundation, hosted an enlightening seminar addressing the topic of ethical concerns for lawyers counseling clients and employers on privacy data breaches. The highly qualified panelists included Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Dan Vigil; Andy Holleman, Chief Privacy Officer for Qwest in Denver; Al Maslowski-Yerges of Novacoast; attorney Cecil Morris; and Chief Deputy District Attorney and General Counsel for Denver, Dick Reeve. The written materials compared the statutory approaches to security breach notification in California and Colorado. The Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, and 1.13 were included, as well as recommended preparations for notification of security breaches for use by corporate counsel.

C.R.S. §6-1-716(1)(d)(I) defines “ personal information” as a Colorado resident’s first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements that relate to the resident, when the data elements are not encrypted, redacted, or secured by any other method rendering the name or the element unreadable or unusable:

(A) Social security number;

(B)Driver’s license number or identification card number;
(C) Account number or credit or debit card number, in combination with any required security code, access code, or password that would permit access to a resident’s financial account.

(II) “Personal information” does not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state, or local government records or widely distributed media.

As technology continues to evolve, the protection of personal information becomes more difficult and more important than ever. Please consider attending the next Privacy Foundation Seminar, and learn what issues are arising in the context of our ever expanding information based world.

by Catharine Cott, Reference Librarian

Kimm Walton's books at the library

Kimm Walton presented today in room 165 on "Guerilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams." The library has the following books by Ms. Walton:

• Strategies & tactics for the MBE : multistate bar exam (also at AAP)
• What law school doesn't teach you--but you really need to know : expert tips & strategies for making your legal career a huge success (also at AAP)
• America's greatest places to work with a law degree : and how to make the most of any job, no matter where it is!
• Strategies and tactics for first year law (WLL has 1990 ed. & AAP has 2004 ed.)
• Guerrilla tactics for getting the legal job of your dreams

You can request other books by Ms. Walton, including The Best of the Job Goddess and Strategies and Tactics for the MPRE, through Prospector.

Recycling at DU

The Sturm College of Law is proud of its LEED certified building. Make sure you review the recycling guidelines that were e-mailed to the DU community last month -- everyone has a responsibility to create a sustainable campus.

• Recycling Guidelines PDF
• Recycling at DU
• University Sustainability Council
• Building Green: The Frank H. Ricketson Law Building

Just a few of the law school's "green" features:

• Designed to use 40-percent less energy than a comparable conventional building
• Each floor has an area to recycle glass, paper and plastics
• Showers are available for students, faculty and staff who walk or ride their bikes
• Building materials contain a high percentage of post-consumer recycled materials, including structural steel, copper roof, carpeting and acoustic tiles, resulting in more than 50-percent of all construction wastes being diverted from landfills and recycled
• Natural groundwater is collected and recycled for landscape irrigation, reducing the building’s use of treated city water. Native plants and special irrigation technology have resulted in result in 70-percent less water used for landscaping

Orientation Handout

1Ls! Misplace your library handout from orientation? Download a copy!

Judges' Day resources

To follow up on Judges' Day, held April 19th at the Sturm College of Law, here are the program handouts and resources for further study:

Handouts:

• Judges Day program
• Brief summaries from the oral arguments
• Slides on Standards of Review & Oral Arguments
• Slides on Oral Arguments Dos & Don'ts for Appellant & Appellee

Still interested?

Advocacy, briefs & clerkships

• 73 ways to win [videorecording] : a treasury of litigation tactics and strategies / [presented by] the American Bar Association Section of Litigation and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education
• A practical guide to appellate advocacy / Mary Beth Beazley
• Appellate advocacy in a nutshell / by Alan D. Hornstein
• The art of oral advocacy / by David C. Frederick ; foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Advanced cross-examination techniques / Larry S. Pozner, Roger J. Dodd
• 2006 Appellate practice in federal and state court / CLE in Colorado, Inc.
• Persuasive written and oral advocacy in trial and appellate courts / Michael R. Fontham, Michael Vitiello, David W. Miller
• Colorado appellate law and practice / by Anne Whalen Gill
• Colorado appellate handbook / Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc., the Colorado Bar Association and Denver Bar Association
• Appellate brief writing in Colorado / CLE in Colorado, Inc.
• Winning on appeal : better briefs and oral argument / by Ruggero J. Aldisert
• Law Clerks at the Colorado Supreme Court
• Law Clerks at the Colorado Court of Appeals
• Law Student Clerkship Program at the Office of Administrative Courts, CO Dept of Personnel & Administration

Find more...
Search the library catalog for these subjects:

• Appellate procedure – Colorado
• Appellate procedure – United States
• Trial practice

Dr. Juli Ponce Solé

The Sturm College of Law is honored to have Dr. Juli Ponce Solé visiting during the month of March, 2008.

Dr. Ponce is a professor of administrative law at the University of Barcelona. His research involves land use, sustainable development, administrative, and European Union law. He will be visiting law classes, giving lectures and conducting research at the Westminster Law Library during his stay.

Dr. Ponce has graciously allowed the Law Library to post a draft version of his paper on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which will have binding legal effect once the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified by all EU member states.

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - 24 Questions to Consider
http://law.du.edu/library/hearsay/blog/EuropeanCharterPonce.doc

Text of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
http://law.du.edu/library/hearsay/blog/EUcharter.pdf