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Clerkships at the Colorado Court of Appeals are either a one year appointment beginning in September of each year or are longer-term appointments, at the discretion of the hiring judge. Service with the same appellate judge for more than one year will provide additional paid benefits and the opportunity for future annual salary increases.

Each judge hires his, her, or their own law clerks. Please see the information provided below for the details on applying for a clerkship in each Judge's chambers.

Applicants must have completed at least four semesters of law school prior to submitting application materials.

Please address inquiries and applications to the individual Judges at:
Colorado Court of Appeals, 2 East 14th Avenue, Denver, CO 80203

Chief Judge Steven Bernard:  720-625-5240

Chief Judge Bernard is not currently taking applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge John Daniel Dailey:  720-625-5340

Judge Dailey is not currently taking applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge Gilbert M. Román:  720-625-5325

Judge Román is not currently taking applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge David M. Furman:  720-625-5310

Judge Furman will accept applications until the position is filled, with the goal of hiring during the summer or fall for the following year. He gives primary consideration to class rank and writing experience.  Applications should contain: (1) a resume; (2) undergraduate and law school transcripts; (3) three letters of recommendation, at least one not from a law professor; and (4) writing sample of unpublished material, preferably unedited by anyone else.  Applications should be emailed to zachary.cummings@judicial.state.co.us.

Judge Jerry N. Jones:  720-625-5335

Judge Jones hires law clerks for staggered, two-year terms. He prefers to receive applications by June, and holds interviews in the Summer. Please email a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, writing sample (preferably one not edited by someone else), and letters of reference to jerry.jones@judicial.state.co.us. Judge Jones has hired his clerk for the 2022-2024 term.

Judge David J. Richman:  720-625-5315

Judge Richman is not currently taking applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge Terry Fox: 720-625-5245

Judge Fox has two law clerks, who serve staggered two-year terms.  She has hired through the 2022-2024 term but will accept applications for the 2023-2025 term from Spring 2022 through July 6, 2022.  Applicants must be willing to commit to a two-year clerkship and should be available to start in August or September 2023.  Applications should be sent by email to quentin.morse@judicial.state.co.us and should include a cover letter, resume, writing sample of unpublished material (one not edited by someone else), transcripts (undergraduate and law school), and three letters of recommendation (only one from a law school professor).  Interviews will be conducted in early August.  Out-of-state applicants must be available in Denver (at their own expense) for in person interviews.  Judge Fox may also ask the applicant to prepare an original writing sample based upon a fact pattern to be supplied by the judge.

Judge Stephanie Dunn: 720-625-5235

Judge Dunn has hired law clerks through the 2022-2023 term.  Future applications will be accepted in Spring 2021 and should include a cover letter, resume, official or unofficial law school transcript showing class rank, a short writing sample (preferably unedited by someone else), and not more than three letters of recommendation (with at least one from someone other than a law school professor).  Judge Dunn may ask applicants to prepare an original writing sample based on a fact pattern supplied by the judge.

Judge Anthony Navarro: 720-625-5250

Judge Navarro hires law clerks for staggered, two-year terms.  He generally reviews applications beginning in July, conducts interviews in August, and hires a clerk before Labor Day to start the following August or September.  Applications should be submitted by email to nathaniel.vasquez@judicial.state.co.us and should include: (1) a cover letter; (2) a resume; (3) an official or unofficial law school transcript showing class rank; (4) a writing sample of up to fifteen double-spaced pages (which may be a portion of a larger document), preferably not edited by someone else; and (5) three letters of recommendation, including at least one from a practicing attorney or judge for whom the applicant has been employed or interned.  Judge Navarro will interview the finalists.  He may also ask finalists to prepare an original writing sample based upon a fact pattern to be supplied by him. Judge Navarro has hired for the 2020-2022 and 2021-2023 terms.

Judge Michael H. Berger: 720-625-5230

Judge Berger is not currently accepting applications for law clerks. 

Judge Elizabeth Harris:  720-625-5330

Judge Harris has completed hiring for the 2022-2023 term.  She will begin reviewing applications for 2023-2024 in April 2022.  Applications may be submitted by mail or e-mail. Please e-mail applications to jennifer.yadoo@judicial.state.co.us and  jeanette.sternberglamb@judicial.state.co.us.  Applications must include: a cover letter, a resume, a law school transcript, a writing sample (edited only by the applicant), and two recommendation letters.  Applications may be submitted with only three semesters of law school grades, but Judge Harris asks that applicants supplement with fourth semester grades when they become available. 

Judge Rebecca R. Freyre: 720-625-5225

Judge Freyre has two law clerks who serve staggered, two-year terms. Applications should be submitted by emailed to brittany.garza@judicial.state.co.us and should include a cover letter, resume, unofficial law school transcript showing class rank through the Spring semester, writing sample (preferably one not edited by someone else), and up to three letters of reference. Judge Freyre has hired for the 2022-2024 term. Judge Freyre will begin accepting applications for the 2023-2025 term beginning May 1, 2022.

Judge Craig R. Welling: 720-625-5210 

Judge Welling is not currently accepting applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge Ted C Tow III:  720-625-5205

Judge Tow is not currently accepting applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov 720-625-5220

Judge Lipinsky hires law clerks for staggered, two-year terms.  Judge Lipinsky is not currently accepting applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge Matthew D. Grove:  720-625-5305

Judge Grove is not currently taking applications for judicial clerkships. 

Judge Neeti Pawar 720-625-5126

Judge Pawar is not currently taking applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge Jacyln Brown 720-625-5300

Judge Brown is not currently taking applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge Sueanna P. Johnson

Judge Johnson hires law clerks for two-year staggered terms.  Applications for the 2022-2024 term are due June 30, 2021, with interviews conducted in July-August and an offer made around Labor Day to begin August or September 2022.  Applicants should submit the following: (1) a cover letter; (2) a resume; (3) an official law school transcript; (4) three letters of recommendation (one of which must be from a judge or lawyer with whom the applicant interned or was employed); and (5) a writing sample no more than 10 pages double-spaced (may be part of a larger piece of work and must not be a law  review article) that is certified fully written and edited by the applicant.  Send applications to patrick.moore@judicial.state.co.us and david.jennings@judicial.state.co.us.

Judge Christina F. Gomez

Judge Gomez has two law clerks who serve staggered, two-year terms.  Judge Gomez has hired for the 2022-2024 term.  Applications for the 2023-2025 term will be accepted in Spring 2022, with a deadline of June 1, and should be sent to leigh.horton@judicial.state.co.us.  Applicants should submit the following: (1) a cover letter; (2) a resume; (3) undergraduate and law school transcripts; (4) three letters of recommendation (preferably not more than two from law school professors); and (5) a writing sample (preferably one not edited by others and preferably not a law school paper or law review article).

Judge David H. Yun  720-625-5345

Judge Yun is not currently taking applications for judicial clerkships.

Judge W. Eric Kuhn 

Judge Kuhn hires law clerks for staggered, two-year terms.  Applications for clerkships starting in for the 2022-2024 term should be sent to john.taufer@judicial.state.co.us.  Applications should include: (1) a cover letter; (2) a resume; (3) an official or unofficial law school transcript; (4) three letters of recommendation; and (5) a writing sample (preferably one that is not edited by someone else). 

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