Introducing Virtual Your Honor: Journey to the Bench Sessions

December 9, 2025, DENVER - The Judicial Officer Outreach (JOO) Program is excited to launch a new virtual series inspired by this spring’s 2025 Your Honor: Journey to the Bench symposium. Building on the symposium’s mission to encourage attorneys and aspiring judicial officers to pursue the bench, the virtual Your Honor: Journey to the Bench sessions bring the same insightful conversations, practical tools, and inspiration directly to participants across the state.

Rooted in perspectives gathered during JOO’s statewide listening tours, these weekly one-hour sessions are designed to illuminate the judicial pathway, providing practical tools, candid conversations, and real experiences from those who currently serve on the bench. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the judiciary and the realities of judicial service, all while expanding their professional networks. 

“Through these programs, we hope to eliminate the mystery and anxiety that, to many, inhere in the path to the bench, thereby ensuring that those talented and highly qualified attorneys who aspire to become judges will feel ready and comfortable to apply and to take the bench when the opportunity arises,” said Colorado Supreme Court Justice Richard Gabriel, who also serves as advisor for JOO.

Please note: These virtual sessions are offered explicitly for attorneys and aspiring judges who are ready to apply to be a judge within one to three years. 

Sessions will be available each Wednesday from Jan 7, 2026, through Feb 18, 2026, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Below are the dates and sessions available: 

January 7 – Behind the Robe: A Day in the Life of a Judge

January 14 – Building Bridges: Establishing Connections for Judicial Success

January 21 – Silencing Self-Doubt: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

January 28 – Beyond Your Specialty: Learning New Areas of the Law

February 4 – Ethics in Action: Upholding Integrity on the Bench 

February 11 – The Judicial Family: Balancing Work and Life as a Judge

February 18 – Beyond Your Specialty: Learning New Areas of the Law

To register for a session, visit: https://shorturl.at/wXQhY.

For questions about the Your Honor: Journey to the Bench sessions or questions about JOO, please contact Nga Vương-Sandoval, judicial officer outreach program lead at nga.vuongsandoval@judicial.state.co.us.

About the Judicial Officer Outreach Program

Through its educational and outreach efforts, the Judicial Officer Outreach Program seeks to further the mission of the Colorado Judicial Department to provide the community with a fair and impartial system of justice by ensuring that our courts reflect the communities we serve.

This program was established by Colorado SB 19-043 to provide outreach regarding judicial office vacancies and to create and deliver educational programming about the judicial application process. This is the first program of its kind both in Colorado and in the nation.

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