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History of Alpine Legal Services

In June 2004 Roaring Fork Legal Services merged with Garfield Legal Services to form Alpine Legal Services, Inc. Alpine has offices in Glenwood Springs and Aspen and services Garfield, Pitkin and western Eagle Counties. The purpose of the merger was to increase our ability to provide legal assistance throughout the Roaring Fork Valley and the I-70 corridor. Garfield County Legal Services Project began on May 6, 1982 through the Colorado Bar Association. The project became a local non-profit agency in 1987 supported by the Garfield County 9th Judicial District Bar Association. Roaring Fork Legal Services was founded in 1997 by attorneys and Judges in Pitkin County as a legal aid office with operations beginning in 1999 in Aspen.

Our specific services include:

1. Legal Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence: Alpine serves more than 375 victims of domestic violence annually, including assistance with protective orders, divorce and other family matters.

2. Legal Advice: Alpine gives legal advice to more than 2,000 clients each year on issues such as: tenant rights, evictions, debts, small claims actions, custody, divorce, civil rights, employment, and public benefits. We now offer open intake in the Garfield County Courthouse two mornings every week; in the Pitkin County Courthouse two mornings per week, in the Rifle Courthouse once a week and once a month at the Pitkin County Senior Center.

3. Pro Bono Attorney Placement: Attorneys volunteer to represent individual clients which Alpine screens and refers to these attorneys through formal referral programs with both the Pitkin County Bar Association and the 9^th Judicial District Bar Association. Presidents of both Bar Associations sit on Alpine’s Board of Directors.

4. Clinics: Alpine conducts more than 40 legal clinics per year to more than 200 attendees on various topics such as divorce, tenant’s rights, public benefits, allocation of parental responsibilities, senior issues, alternatives to bankruptcy and other matters affecting low income clients. Alpine offers these clinics in both Spanish and English throughout the areas it services.

5. Thursday Night Bar: Garfield: Volunteer lawyers in Garfield County are available for a fifteen minute private consultation on civil matters each month which Alpine organizes and administers to Rifle and Glenwood Springs. On average, approximately 10 low income clients from these communities are served each month. Many individuals who work in Pitkin County/Aspen, but reside downvalley take advantage of this service.

6. Thursday Night Bar: Pitkin: Volunteer lawyers in Pitkin County are available for a fifteen minute private consultation on civil matters each month in the Pitkin County Courthouse which Alpine organizes and administers. On average, approximately 10 low income clients from the community are served each month.

7. Senior Legal Services: Alpine provides legal assistance ranging from legal advice to full in-court representation to more than 75 seniors per year on a variety of matters. Alpine is the Title III legal Provider for Garfield County.

8. In Court Representation: Alpine provides in court representation on priority cases. We average about 175 court cases per year.

9. Pre G.A.L. Youth Representation: Alpine Legal Services is developing a program to provide representation thru referral from probation, Youthzone, the Department of Human Services to address the civil legal needs of children at risk who have not yet had or are not eligible for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem.
10. Professional Training: Alpine provides training to law enforcement, victims advocates and other professionals to facilitate referrals for service and to develop a better understanding of way that the civil legal process can provide safety and justice for victims of crime.

11. Resource Development: Alpine has facilitated a program to require mandatory Parenting Thru Divorce Classes for all Dissolution litigant in the 9th Judicial District. Alpine is also developing a program for children whose parents are divorcing to be facilitated by peers to assist in navigating thru the challenges that divorce present to them.

12. Class Actions: Alpine solicits opportunities to pursue class actions on behalf of community members whose fundamental right are impaired.

Alpine Legal Services

Garfield County Courthouse Suite 304

P.O. Box 1890

Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602

(970) 945-8858 fax (970) 947-1086

506 East Main Street

Aspen, Colorado 81611

(970) 920-2828 (970) 920-5558 fax

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