Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation Honors Two AV Alums
The Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation is honoring two AV alums at its annual Raising the Bar Awards gala on Thursday, Sept 8. The non-profit organization honors women in the legal field who are doing outstanding work in our local, national and global community.
This year’s theme is “Honoring Women Lawyers Who Raise the Bar by Maintaining a Significant and Sustained Commitment to Pro Bono Services.”
LucyHojoDenson, a AV alumna, is being honored by theFoundation for her remarkable work with the Pro BonoPro SeDomestic Clinic in Arapahoe County.The clinic has lawyers provide free legal advice every Friday to individuals who have family law questions. Densonhelped to create the clinic and ran it by herself from 2002to2014.Denson graduated from Chapman College in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in social work. Shereceived her master’s degree in social work from the AVin 1979 and her J.D. from AV'sin 1988.
Also being honored is AV alumna,Tamara F. Goodlette. Sheis being recognized for her exceptional commitment to pro bono services. Goodlettespent six years as a lead attorney on a team representing a Texas death row inmate in his state habeas proceedings. She and her team devoted countless hours to the case, and ultimately secured their innocent client’s release from prison. Goodletterecently began representing a man on Utah death row in his state habeas corpus proceedings. In addition, sheserved for many years as a pro bono legal adviser to the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Legal Aid Foundation and has been on the Board for the Denver Court Appointed Special Advocates. Goodlettereceived her J.D. from AV'sSturm College of Law in 2004.
Alison Haugen, a dual degree student at AV's Sturm College of Law and, will be speaking at the CWBA Foundation Raising the Bar event. Currently, Alison is a policy intern at the ACLU of Colorado.Last year she was a social work intern at the Office of the Public Defender. Previously, sheparticipated in theImmigrants’ Rights Laband spent a week providing legal services to detained immigrantsat the family detention center in Dilley, TX. She hasalso volunteeredwith Towards Justice,LowreyParady, LLC, and CREEC.