2021 Colorado Law Alumni Awards Celebration
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2021
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. (all times listed are in Mountain Daylight Time)
Program:
6:00-6:30 p.m. Zoom Social Reception
6:30 p.m. Welcome from Dean Anaya
6:35 p.m. Awards program (honorees will accept their awards live)
Dean's Choice Awards
John Echohawk, Richard Schaden Adopted Alumnus Award
The Honorable Gary M. Jackson ('70), Sonny Flowers Award
Distinguished Achievement Awards
Jacki Cooper Melmed ('03), Public Sector
Whiting Dimock ('96), Education
Carolyn Fairless ('98), Private Practice
Tyrone Glover ('09), Small/Solo Practitioner
Ryan Haygood ('01), Distinguished Achievement—Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership in Civil Rights
William Lee Knous Award: Daniel A. Vigil ('82)
Virtual Photo Booth
Take a photo using the virtual photo booth created especially for the Colorado Law Alumni Awards Celebration. No app is required. A selection of photos will also be printed in the fall issue of Amicus alumni magazine. Feel free to get creative and show your Colorado Law pride! Click the image below to enter the virtual photo booth.
All images taken will populate a gallery. You can view the gallery here.
Download Zoom
Download the latest version of Zoom. You must have the most up-to-date version of the Zoom client in order to fully participate in the ceremony.
Click here for instructions on how to use Zoom. View this video for instructions on how to join Zoom breakout rooms.
If you have technical difficulties or other questions, please contact us at lawbanquet@colorado.edu.
Zoom Backgrounds
Colorado Law created a handful of alumni awards-inspired and spirit-themed Zoom backgrounds for you to download and show off your Law Buff Pride. The virtual background feature in Zoom allows users to display an image as the background during Zoom meetings.
How to Download
- Right click on the image of your choice
- Click "Save image as..." and save it to your desired location (desktop, downloads, a folder, etc.)
How to Set Downloaded Image as Backdrop in Zoom
Once you've launched a Zoom meeting:
- Click on ^ next to "Stop Video" on the bottom left of your Zoom window and select "Choose Virtual Background"
- Click on the + on the right-hand side below the current image in your settings
- Click "Add Image"
- Find your saved image and select it
Video: Steps for Setting Your Zoom Background
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zq-b51A3dA]
Questions
Contact lawbanquet@colorado.edu.
Thank you to our sponsors
Names in bold denote sponsorship for 10 years or more.
Gold Sponsors
Chayet & Danzo, LLC
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Hogan Lovells
Polsinelli
University of Colorado Foundation
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
Silver Sponsors
Ballard Spahr LLP
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Colorado and Denver Bar Associations and Colorado Bar Association CLE
Crane & Tejada, P.C.
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Faegre Drinker
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Holland & Hart LLP
Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC
The Knous Family
Lewis Roca
Milgrom & Daskam
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC
PURVIS • GRAY • THOMSON, LLP
Sheridan Ross P.C.
Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Snell & Wilmer
Welborn Sullivan Meck and Tooley PC
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Bronze Sponsors
Anonymous
Arnold & Porter
The Buck Family Fund
Burns, Figa & Will
Cheney Galluzzi & Howard, LLC
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
The Gary ('70) and Regina Jackson family
Gebhardt Emerson Moodie Bonanno, LLC
Hurth, Sisk, & Blakemore LLP
Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP
Native American Rights Fund
Shoemaker Ghiselli & Schwartz LLC
University of Colorado, University Counsel
Vicente Sederberg LLP
Friends
Anonymous in honor of Dean Anaya
Colorado LGBT Bar Association
Conscience Bay Company
Daniel A. Vigil (’82)
Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc.
Kissinger & Fellman, P.C.
Marisa Hudson-Arney (’01) and Ryan Arney (’00)
Rathod | Mohamedbhai LLC