Hon. Sidney B. Brooks to Be Recognized at 2025 DU Law Stars

The Honorable Sidney B. Brooks, JD’71, will be recognized at the 2025 DU Law Stars Awards with the Robert H. McWilliams, Jr. Alumni Professionalism Award. The award is granted to a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law whose community work reflects their professionalism. The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at the Denver Art Museum's Sturm Grand Pavilion.

After graduating from the Sturm College of Law, the Honorable Sidney Brooks was able to combine his professional legal interests and his passion for international relations in a career focused on public service and promoting the values of the rule of law. Between periods of private practice, Judge Brooks served as Assistant Attorney General of Colorado and then U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for 28 years. His avocation – teaching bankruptcy and business law, the rule of law, American legal practices and principles, and judicial/court administration to colleagues around the world – allowed him to share the values of the American legal system with judges, academics and government officials from over 30 countries. As a student of Professor Ved Nanda and as a representative of numerous government agencies and private NGO’s, Judge Brooks was fortunate to work with proponents of democracy and the market economy for over 30 years. In partnership with Professor Nanda, Judge Brooks along with Chuck Turner (CEO CBA ret.) and Judge David Ebel (10th Cir.) sponsored 18 graduate Russian law students to study the American legal system at the Sturm College of Law. He also has taught Ukrainian law students at the CEELI Institute in Prague for the past three years.

For more information, including sponsorship opportunities and registration, visit the DU Law Stars page.