The Office of Public Guardianship will start its monthly meeting in about half an hour. Here’s the initial story I wrote on the ethics complaints filed earlier this week against the five commissioners and executive director: lawweekcolorado.com/2020/07/… Updates to come.

Denver alone has 42% of CO’s active attorneys. But what if your community doesn’t have any private attorneys? For an upcoming story, I’m writing about the implications of Colorado’s “legal deserts” and approaches by the state and others to improve access to services.

Slated in the House Appropriations Committee today is #HB1394 for a judicial branch budget cut. The bill creates a temporary year 5% PERA “rate swap” for judicial employees. Employees will temporarily pay 5% more of their total PERA contribution; the state will pay 5% less.

Trying to access Denver County Court records is really confusing right now. The courthouse is closed UFN. The website has an online search portal, but it's $2 per name search and I don't even know for sure if it's going to turn up the records I need. #cocourts #transparency

SCOTUS has delayed oral arguments for April, which includes CO's faithless electors case. I've contacted @pweiser's office to find out if they've gotten guidance on whether the court will make accommodations to hear the case this term. supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/…

The think tank Law School Transparency released a report this morning about the need for more systems to evaluate law schools besides U.S. News & World Report. LST's co-founder Kyle McEntee said U.S. News' annual ranking is not meaningful nor effective. #legaleducation

By a voice vote of 18-14-3, the CO Senate just laid over the 3rd reading of #SB93 for reforming mandatory arbitration practices, again. The bill has been on the 3rd readings calendar for several weeks.

The House Judiciary Committee is about to vote on #HB1307, which would ban the use of gay and transgender "panic" defenses in criminal trials.