Colene Robinson
- Clinical Professor of Law
- Co-Director of Juvenile and Family Law Program
- Director of Clinical Programs
- CLINICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
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.
Areas of Specialty
Clinical Teaching, Family Law, Juvenile Law