What We Do at Colorado Legal Services
We help low-income Coloradans and seniors with various civil legal challenges
If you qualify and we have resources to help, you will receive free legal assistance.
This could include:
Advice from an attorney about your problem
Assistance filing your own case in court
Full representation in your court case
Our Practice Areas
Our 13 offices help people facing a variety of legal problems in eight primary areas of work, which include the following:
Housing
Evictions
Foreclosures
Landlord/tenant issues
Family Law*
Divorce
Custody
Permanent Protection Orders
*Offices may offer different family law services. Apply or visit your local office to learn if we can help.
Economic Justice
Bankruptcy
Garnishment
Repossession
Public Benefits
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Farm Workers
Education, advocacy, and legal representation for farm workers throughout Colorado.
Survivor Services
Victim Based Immigration applications for foreign national survivors of crime including survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence, among other U visa qualifying crimes.
Tax Controversy
Tax Court litigation
Income tax collection defense
Exam and audit defense
Income tax related identity theft
ID Project
Obtaining identification documents such as state IDs, state driver’s licenses, and state birth certificates.
Whom do we help?
Those facing housing instability
Housing law matters, including evictions, foreclosure, landlord/tenant issues, and others.
Families
Family law matters including civil protection orders, divorce, custody, guardianship, and others.
Coloradans who need identification documents
We serve people who need identification documents through our ID Project. IDs are required for housing, work, and various benefits.
Consumers
Consumer/debt issues, including bankruptcy, garnishment, collection, repossession, and others.
Foreign survivors of crime
Victim Based Immigration applications for foreign national survivors of crime including survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.
Migrant farmworkers
Education, advocacy, and legal representation for farm workers throughout Colorado.
Coloradans facing tax challenges
Tax controversy representation, including Tax Court litigation, income tax collection defense, exam and audit defense, and income tax related identity theft, among other matters.
Older Coloradans/those having problems with government benefits
Problems with programs like SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, SSI, and others.
What if we can’t help you?
If your problem involves a criminal charge or traffic ticket, contact the Public Defender’s office.
If you need to find an attorney, go to the Colorado Bar Association Find-a-Lawyer webpage. Make sure to go through all the steps including where you select what type of payment options the attorneys have available.
Holistic services
After adding a single social worker to the team in 2021 and seeing great success, Colorado Legal Services expanded the program to include several social workers. They primarily work with Denver and Colorado Springs clients who are older or in need of housing assistance, offering guidance and emotional support in addition to the legal advice and representation our attorneys provide. Social workers have training to help clients better engage in the legal process; identify needs such as mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, social support, and financial advice; and find resources in the community to ensure their stability after their case is closed.
Attend an Event
Attend an event near you to learn more about how we can help you.