Alan J. Canner
University Of Colorado Law School
Alan J. Canner is a legal writing professor at the University of Colorado Law School, where he also teaches appellate court advocacy and education law courses. Mr. Canner earned his law degree from the University of Colorado in 1987, Order of the Coif, and served on the editorial board of the law review. He was the student recipient in 1987 of the University of Colorado’s Thomas Jefferson Award and judicial clerk for then-Chief Justice Joseph Quinn of the Colorado Supreme Court. He represented public school districts during seven years with the law firm of Caplan and Earnest LLC in Boulder, during which time he authored the briefs and argued the first TABOR case to reach the Colorado Supreme Court, Bickel v. City of Boulder.
From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Canner was executive director of the Colorado Hospice From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Canner was executive director of the Colorado Hospice Organization, advocating for quality palliative and end-of-life care. He served the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in several capacities during those years, as well as sitting on the executive committee of the Colorado Collaboration on End-of-Life Care and the board of directors of the National Prison Hospice Association.
From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Canner was executive director of the Colorado Hospice From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Canner was executive director of the Colorado Hospice Organization, advocating for quality palliative and end-of-life care. He served the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in several capacities during those years, as well as sitting on the executive committee of the Colorado Collaboration on End-of-Life Care and the board of directors of the National Prison Hospice Association.
Prior to his career in law, Mr. Canner was program director for Multilingual Multicultural Education in the Boulder Valley School District. He has chaired the City of Boulder’s Human Relations Commission and served for 15 years as president of a foundation that nurtured progressive education in the public schools.
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