Donations support Coloradans facing life-altering problems like domestic violence, homelessness, or unsafe housing conditions. When you donate, you provide an advocate from Colorado Legal Services for a low-income neighbor. These advocates help secure protective orders for survivors of abuse, access to housing and other benefits for unhoused Coloradans, and safer living conditions for tenants.

Unfortunately, for most non-criminal cases, there is no right to a free attorney. Survivors of  domestic abuse, our unhoused neighbors, and tenants in unsafe housing depend on programs like Colorado Legal Services to stand with them in court. To reach every low-income Coloradan with legal help, we need your support. By donating today, you can provide housing opportunities for an unhoused neighbor, a protective order for a survivor of abuse, or safer living conditions for a tenant.

Yes! Please make checks payable to the Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado and mail to 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 701 Denver, Colorado 80203.

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Doing pro bono is a wonderful way to contribute to the goal of justice for all! Thank you for your pro bono work!

In addition to pro bono, we need to have dedicated legal aid attorneys to reach the goal of justice for all Coloradans. Why? Legal aid attorneys work every day in specialized areas of law like domestic violence, assisting the unhoused, and advocating for tenants. The skills they have allow them to handle more cases and the unusually difficult cases. Legal aid attorneys are also critical because they provide mentorship for pro bono lawyers who may be unfamiliar with the unique legal needs of low-income people.

Colorado Rule of Professional Conduct 6.1 and its comments say that every lawyer has a professional responsibility to provide legal services to those unable to pay and recommends additional contributions to legal aid programs.

The rule recognizes that some years may be too busy for pro bono work and provides the following recommendation. “There may be times when it is not feasible for a lawyer to engage in pro bono services. At such times a lawyer may discharge the pro bono responsibility by providing financial support to organizations providing free legal services to persons of limited means. Such financial support should be reasonably equivalent to the value of the hours of service that would have otherwise been provided.” Colorado Rule of Professional Conduct 6.1, Comment 9 (emphasis added).