Tthe Membership Committee maintains the CHBA membership data base. The Membership Committee will be planning a holiday party or LLSA/CHBA function. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. This committee is in charge of fun events so please consider joining the Membership Committee.

If anyone is interested in planning fun events, please join the Membership Committee by contacting either Susie Velasquez or Willow Arnold.

Education Committee

The Education Committee administers the Bar Tutorial program for law students at CU and DU.

The Communications Committee provides general information and information regarding upcoming events to its members through the CHBA newsletter and the CHBA official website. Starting this year, the newsletter will be sent to every member through electronic mail. Please make sure your email address is up-to-date to ensure that you receive the newsletter as the newsletter will no longer be mailed. In addition, we are in the process of updating and reorganizing our website to ensure that it contains current information so that our members are well informed.

If you have suggestions or comments on what you would like to see on the website, please send an email to Kris Gomez.

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The Public Policy Committee advises the CHBA Board on current legal issues and then carries out the CHBA's efforts to advance and/or defend the rights of the Hispanic community in the legal arena, which includes the legislative, judicial, and executive arenas. For example, through the public policy committee, the CHBA actively participated in the State and Federal redistricting processes after the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census to protect and promote the interests of the Hispanic community. The Public Policy committee meets every month on the last Wednesday of the month at 1410 Grant Street, Suite A-301.

The Business Development Committee is brainstorming and planning several events for the upcoming year. The Committee is looking to arrange a new judges/new legislators' reception, a CLE, and a joint seminar/meeting between local Hispanic business leaders and the CHBA. If you are interested in working with the Committee, and helping to plan any of these events, please contact the Committee Chair, Joe Ramirez.

The Young Lawyers Committee will continue in the spirit of giving this year and foster inter-community relationships with Denver youth through a tutoring program at Horace-Mann Elementary School and Johnson Elementary School. The program will pair attorneys with middle school students with the hopes of promoting education, pride, and self-reliance in Hispanic youth. The Young Lawyers Committee will also sponsor a reception intended to promote diversity in the Colorado legal community. The reception will grant a much needed opportunity to network among attorneys and law students. If anyone is interested in planning or participating in these fun events, please join the Young Lawyers by contacting Meshach Rhoades.