Your best value for personal legal help
For more than 150 years, we have relied on our Association for support and service in many areas. One very popular program is the CEA-NEA Attorney Referral Program (ARP), providing you and your family with affordable access to legal help for personal matters.
An eligible CEA-NEA member gets two free 30-minute consultations on personal legal matters during each membership year, January 1 through December 31.
If you need help beyond this, our program gives you legal assistance at rates below participating attorneys’ usual fees. “Eligible members” in all membership categories (along with their spouses, domestic partners, and dependent children) are eligible for the NEA ARP benefit.
CEA and NEA have secured attorneys in Colorado and throughout the U.S. to participate in our ARP at substantially reduced rates. During the two free consultations, you can get legal assistance in five core areas at a 30 percent discount off the normal hourly fee at any time in any of the nearly 43 states in the program.
Our Association is committed to having only qualified, competent attorneys in our Attorney Referral Program. Before attorneys can help our members, they are approved by both NEA and CEA. They must agree to provide service at convenient times outside education employees’ normal work days; discuss fees before they provide services; and accept payment by installment payment plans.
Five Core Areas, 30% fee discount
- Wills and Estates – Wills, estate planning, help for estate executors or administrators, guardianship proceedings
- Real Estate – Purchase or sale of residential property, landlord disputes, property line controversies, zoning laws and land use regulations
- Domestic Relations – Annulment, divorce, separation; alimony, custody, child support, guardianship, adoption, paternity and name changes
- Consumer Protection – Disputes with creditors or finance agencies; proceedings with retailers about defective merchandise and bankruptcy
- Traffic Violations – Charges of operating under the influence, reckless driving, or offenses involving potential loss of license, jail sentence, and financial liability in excess of $500
For more information, contact Erica Bettenhausen (EBettenhausen[at]coloradoea.org) at CEA, your local president, or your UniServ office.