Colorado

Shaping Stories through Impact Advocacy and Litigation

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Shaping Stories through Impact Advocacy and Litigation sierra-chacona… Wed, 07/03/2024 - 11:25

Learn Colorado Legal Services’ tips, tricks, and strategies for conducting impact advocacy through strategic litigation, handling related cases, and filing amicus briefs.

Colorado Legal Services: Shaping Stories through Impact Advocacy and Litigation

Grantees will learn how Colorado Legal Services (CLS):

1. Conducted impact advocacy through strategic litigation;

2. Handled high volumes of impactful cases; and

3. Filed amicus briefs to advocate for expanding civil protections.

Hear from Matt Baca, Executive Director of CLS, about key takeaways and lessons learned from some of the organization’s most impactful casework over the years.

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“Day-to-day legal aid cases do not always make headlines, but they still provide clients with peace of mind, justice, and dignity in the most dire moments of their lives.”

Matt Baca

Executive Director, Colorado Legal Services

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Elderly Disabled Veteran Fights Wrongful Foreclosure | Colorado

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Elderly Disabled Veteran Fights Wrongful Foreclosure | Colorado admin Sat, 04/04/2020 - 16:01

Mr. Johnson* is an elderly and disabled veteran.

He turned to Colorado Legal Services (CLS) for help with a judicial foreclosure filed by the veterans' Home Owner's Association (HOA). The HOA had levied numerous fines against Mr. Johnson based on the home use of a small bus needed because of his disabilities.

Mr. Johnson* is an elderly and disabled veteran.

Mr. Johnson had spent several hundred dollars retrofitting the bus to allow him to use a lift to enable him to get in and out with his wheelchair. The HOA labeled the bus as a commercial vehicle in violation of the HOA rules and brought a foreclosure action for unpaid fines. The HOA refused to negotiate any settlement.

The case went to trial, with a CLS attorney representing Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson prevailed at trial; the foreclosure action was dismissed and he was able to keep both the bus and his home.

*Names have been changed

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Colorado State Profile

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Colorado State Profile admin Thu, 01/30/2020 - 11:59

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Mother and Domestic Violence Survivor Flee

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Mother and Domestic Violence Survivor Flee admin Wed, 01/20/2016 - 15:44

Maria was referred to the Northwest Colorado Legal Services Project (NCLSP) by the women’s shelter where she was staying with her children. Her husband brought her to America and did not allow her to leave their home during the ten years of their marriage. Maria fled to the shelter and sought a protection order. After being served with the protection order, her husband filed for divorce and sought to move both cases to the county where he lived. NCLSP recruited a volunteer attorney, Erik Halverson, who practiced in the county where the shelter was located. Mr. Halverson successfully petitioned the court to allow both cases to be heard in the jurisdiction where Maria was living in the shelter. With the help of NCLSP Maria was granted divorce, alimony and regular child support payments.

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Shaping Stories through Impact Advocacy and Litigation

Colorado Legal Services: Shaping Stories through Impact Advocacy and Litigation

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