Lawyering for Economic Justice Summit 2026

We are honored to welcome Brook Hill as the 2026 Keynote Speaker!

Keynote Speaker: Brook Hill is currently the Acting Project Director of the Fair Housing & Community Development Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Brook has been a fair housing attorney for a decade and has over twenty-five years of experience working on housing issues in various capacities.  As an attorney he has focused on representing community-based organizations and organized groups of tenants in cases dealing with exclusionary zoning, public housing demolition, housing discrimination, uninhabitable conditions and other tenants’ rights issues. He specializes in complex litigation involving collective and class actions and organizational plaintiffs. (full bio)

Background on Summit:  While Colorado has experienced booming economic growth over the past several decades, that growth has disproportionately benefited the most wealthy and powerful. Far too many Coloradans live in poverty, and the vast majority don’t get a fair shake in the marketplace. People of color, immigrants, women, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities suffer the most. These economic inequities have far-reaching consequences for individuals, our communities, and our democracy. Far too often lawyers are part of the problem; we need to work together to be part of the solution.

Purpose of Summit:  Colorado’s Lawyering for Economic Justice Summit will bring together law students and legal practitioners from a range of practice areas that seek to advance economic equity and justice in Colorado. We hope to spark cross-pollination across practice areas as well as thoughtful consideration of how systemic challenges affect our clients in a variety of areas of law.  In this way, we can develop strategies not only for better representing low- and moderate-income people, but also for helping communities to build power to level the playing field.

Tickets are required to attend the Lawyering for Economic Justice Summit. Please see tickets below

Date: Friday, January 30
Where: DU Law
When: 9am – 5pm (happy hour @ 3:30pm)
Who: Colorado’s 4th Lawyering for Economic Justice Summit will be a one-day event, offering CLE credits. It will bring together law students and legal practitioners from a range of practice areas that seek to advance economic equity and justice in Colorado.

Agenda & Panels:

8:30am	Check-in
9:00am	Welcome Address
9:15am	Panel 1 – The Fight for Economic Justice in the Shadow of Anti-Immigrant Terror
10:15am	Break
10:30am	Panel 2 – Environmental Justice: Changing Dynamics in Federal, State, and Tribal Government Priorities, and What They Mean for Impacted Communities
11:30am	Keynote Address – Brook Hill, Senior Counsel, Fair Housing & Community Development Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
12:00pm	Lunch
1:15pm	Panel 3 – The Algorithmic Economy: How AI Affects Workers, Tenants, and Consumers
2:15pm	Break
2:30pm	Panel 4 – Affirmative Housing Litigation as a Tool to Building Power
3:30pm	Happy Hour

Tickets are required to attend the Lawyering for Economic Justice Summit.

$75 for general admission, $35 for non-profit or government attorneys/staff, and free for students. Ticket cost covers CLEs, coffee, lunch, happy hour and will help subsidize costs for others. Attendees may join in person or virtually.

TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT (click here to be added to the waitlist)