Members of the Colorado Supreme Court and the lawyers who argued in front of them fielded questions about their personal and professional lives from Aurora students on Thursday as part of the long-running “Courts in the Community” program.
“Before I joined the court, I worked at the attorney general’s office. My entire social circle was lawyers. And when I came to the court, in order to avoid conflicts of interest, I had to sever all of those friendships,” said Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez. “I couldn’t hang out and have dinner with those folks anymore because they were coming to the court every day and that would be inappropriate. So, having to rebuild that entire social network I had before, it felt lonely for a while.”…