This program offers attorneys and judges to speak to your students on a wide variety of topics that covers historical law, professionally related laws, legalities around current issues, and miscellaneous legal topics. Below is a list of topics for which we have speakers.  If you have topics not listed here, please be sure to notify the Bar so we can begin recruiting speakers for your needs!

How do I acquire a speaker?

Attorneys have very hectic schedules, the Denver Bar Association need a minimum of 4 weeks before the date you need a speaker. To request a speaker please fill out this form. The DBA will send out a call to recruit a speaker for your classroom.

To recruit a speaker, we will need the following information:

• Date, time, location (address, room #)
• Topic, brief description of content seeking within topic
• Time allotted for speaking
• Number of students
• Grade
• Teacher contact information (including email and phone numbers)

Teacher and Attorney Responsibilities

To ensure a positive outcome for the students:

• The teacher and the attorney are responsible for discussing in advance of the scheduled speaking date the specific content and goals of the speaking presentation.
• Teachers must guide attorneys in their speaking assignments.
• Attorneys must work with the teachers to define the presentation based on the teachers’ and class needs.
• The teacher is responsible for contacting the attorneys and providing the attorney speaker with all presentation details.
• The attorney is responsible for returning teacher phone calls in a timely fashion and connecting to discuss and working with the teacher to map out the presentation content.
• The attorney is also responsible for conducting all research needed and preparation of his/her presentation, and communication.