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RMCLC announces Philip Dalmage as Executive Director

The Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center is thrilled to announce Philip Dalmage as the organization’s Executive Director.  Philip joins RMCLC having built his career fighting for a more equitable legal system. Born in London, England during the Windrush generation, Philip is the proud of son Jamaican migrants. His family later […]

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Domestic Violence Program Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem Training

WHEN: Thursday, October 28, 2021 • 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. WHERE: Virtual Attendance via Zoom Link will be sent upon registration. CLE CREDITS: Requested/Amount TBD  The volunteer guardians ad litem (GALs) of the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center’s Domestic Violence Program represent over 300 children in Civil Protection Order Court in Denver County every year. […]

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Back to School After COVID-19

Please join us for a free special education legal clinic focused onthe needs and rights of students with disabilities following the COVID-19 pandemic. All clinics will include: A group training (approximately one hour) about therights of students with disabilities related to the COVID-19pandemic. No RSVP required.  Followed by individual break-out sessions with attorneys and advocates, […]

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Innovative Dandelion Project Returns with Bright Future

When I was a social work intern at the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center in 2009, I was able to spend some time learning from Carol LaRocque, who was running The Dandelion Project at the time. I remember standing in the beautiful garden that she and the youth had created, feeling the joy and passion […]

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Harvard Awards Youth Empowerment Program Director with Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship

(Denver, CO) June 13, 2017. Betsy Fordyce, Director of the Youth Empowerment and Legal Advocacy Program at the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center, was recently awarded the highly selective Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship from Harvard Law School. The Wasserstein Public Interest Fellows Program brings extraordinary public interest attorneys to Harvard Law to counsel students about […]

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Children’s Law Center Finds Bipartisan Support for 2017 Children’s Caucus

(Denver, CO) February 21, 2017. The Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center, a multidisciplinary nonprofit organization that provides legal advocacy for abused and neglected children in Colorado, is excited to announce the 2017 Colorado Children’s Caucus with bipartisan support from four Colorado senators and representatives. The Children’s Caucus provides a forum for members of the Colorado […]

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