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The El Paso County Bar Association is organized into a number of sections by practice area, e.g., probate, family law, real estate. |
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Attorney Nonprofit Connection Welcome to the Attorney Nonprofit Connection Attorneys Building Community The Attorney Nonprofit Connection (ANC) connects lawyers willing to provide pro bono assistance to non-profit organizations in need of corporate legal services. The ANC is a joint project of the El Paso County Bar Association, the El Paso County Bar Foundation, the Colorado College Student Venture Partnership, and the Pikes Peak Community Foundation. Disclaimer The Attorney Nonprofit Connection, The El Paso County Bar Association, the El Paso County Bar Foundation, the Colorado College Student Venture Partnership, and the Pikes Peak Community Foundation (SPONSORS) are not rendering legal advice and engagement with the Attorney Referral Program does not create and attorney-client relationship. SPONSORS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVICE GIVEN BY AN ATTORNEY. Ben S. Wendelken Inn of Court The Wendelken Inn of Court is the local chapter of the American Inns of Court. The Inns are designed to improve the skills, professionalism, and ethics of the bench and bar. An Inn is an amalgam of judges and lawyers that meets regularly to “break bread” and to hold programs and discussions on matters of ethics, skills, and professionalism. The Wendelken Inn of Court’s season runs from the fall to the spring of each year. Guests are welcome. New members are considered in the late summer and fall of each year as the season gets underway. If you are interested in the Inn, please contact any member or the current president. Colorado Legal Services Colorado Legal Services (CLS) is a non-profit corporation that has assisted persons with low income and seniors in the State of Colorado for over 75 years. The mission of CLS is to provide meaningful access to high quality legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income people throughout Colorado as possible. El Paso County Bar Auxiliary The El Paso County Bar Auxiliary began as a social organization in 1961 when several members of the El Paso County Bar Association and their spouses met in Denver for a state bar convention. The El Paso County Bar Auxiliary is in its 47th year of being active in the Colorado Springs community focusing efforts on law related community service and educational projects. The Auxiliary membership consists of spouses of local Colorado Springs attorneys. El Paso County Bar Foundation The El Paso County Bar Foundation was established in March, 2002, to provide legal support to the disadvantaged; improve the delivery of legal services; promote education, knowledge and awareness of the law; improve the administration of justice; provide assistance to aged, infirm or otherwise incapacitated lawyers or their families in financial need; and serve similar charitable law-related needs in the El Paso County, Colorado Community. The El Paso County Bar Foundation is the charitable arm of the El Paso County Bar Association. El Paso County Bar Library In 1955, Henry McAllister, Jr. left his law library to the Bar Association and the El Paso County Law Library was dedicated in the Mining Exchange Building. The Law Library was moved to the Judicial Building in 1973, and has now found a permanent home in the downtown branch of the Pikes Peak Library District. Through educational and organizational partnerships, the El Paso County Bar Law Library serves its constituents by providing a comprehensive print and electronic collection, informative programming, and trained staff in a welcoming environment. Pikes Peak Association of Legal Support Staff The Pikes Peak Association of Legal Support Staff (PPALSS), an affiliate of the Colorado Association of Legal Support Staff (CALSS), incorporated as a non-profit association in 1996. PPALSS is dedicated to sponsoring quality continuing legal education and providing a networking opportunity for the legal community. You may access the CALSS website at www.CALSS.org PPALSS meets the third Wednesday of each month. If you would like to attend the meeting, please call Karen Lutterschmidt, our reservations chair, at 719-386-3000.
Pro Bono The El Paso County Pro Bono Project (EPCPBP) partners with Colorado Legal Services (CLS) to find attorneys willing to help CLS eligible clients in areas serviced by CLS. The El Paso County Pro Bono Project also conducts clinics and provides educational opportunities. The project was established through a collaborative with the El Paso County Bar Association and Colorado Legal Services. Revised 2008 PPO Project Teen Court Teen Court is a unique and highly successful approach to juvenile crime. In Colorado Springs, the program provides an alternative to the regular Municipal Court sentencing for first-time misdemeanor offenses committed by young people between 11 and 18 years of age. In Teen Court, peers tell the defendant that his or her crime is “not OK,” and give the defendant a sentence that, hopefully, will make him or her stop and think when the next temptation to commit an offense occurs. The result is that only 20% of the teens who are sentenced through Teen Court break the law a second time. Women's Bar Association The Colorado Women's Bar Association was founded in 1978 and works to promote women in the legal profession and the interests of women generally. El Paso County Women's Bar Association, Women Lawyers of the Fourth Judicial District, is located in Colorado Springs. This is an active group that regularly hosts CLE programs, social events, and publishes its own newsletter. Chapter meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month. |
