Through her decades of public service, a Nederland resident earns the 2025 Honorary Order of the Coif from CU Boulder's School of Law.
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NEDERLAND -- For decades, Elizabeth Brodsky has dedicated her time to community service. On May 9, 2025, her alma mater recognized her work.
Brodsky graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in 1994. She then graduated from CU Boulder’s School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1997.
After graduating, she volunteered in various capacities to serve those in poverty, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, immigrants, and victims of violence. For a decade, she volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children.
She has served as the managing attorney of Boulder County Legal Services and the co-chair of the Availability of Legal Services Committee. She is still frequently active with the Boulder Access to Justice Committee.
Among other public service ventures, she mentors law students, works with interns and externs, presents guest lectures, and even developed an annual mock trial program for fourth graders at Nederland Elementary School.
She organized a free legal clinic for the community of Nederland and frequently volunteers, along with her children, at the Nederland Food Pantry.
In 2010, the Boulder County Bar Association presented her with the John Marshall Award for Public Service. From 2011 to 2015, she sat as a magistrate on the Boulder District Court bench, and in 2015, she was appointed to the County Court bench.
In recognition of over 25 years of public service and distinguished legal contributions, Lolita Buckner Inniss, Dean of the School of Law, selected Brodsky as the school’s 2025 Honorary Order of the Coif. Since 1942, the School of Law has been one of 81 members of The American Order of the Coif, formed in 1911 to promote scholarship among law students.
Accepting the recognition, Brodsky thanked her mom and dad, her lifelong friend Karen, her sister-in-law Kiki, her children Elise and Ben, and her husband Nicholas for empowering and supporting her.
She encouraged the graduating class of 2025 to remember the humanity of others in their law journey, as “justice grows out of recognition of ourselves in each other.”
