The Colorado Women's Bar Association

What The Colorado Women's Bar Association does

The Colorado Women's Bar Association (CWBA) is a nonprofit professional membership association founded in 1978 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It is the largest diversity bar association in Colorado and one of the largest women's bar associations in the United States, with membership that grew from roughly 800 in 2014 to nearly 1,900 by 2018-2019 (and stood at approximately 1,500 as of 2019). CWBA serves women lawyers, judges, law students, and allied legal professionals across Colorado through programming that includes networking events, continuing legal education, advocacy, judicial endorsement due diligence under Colorado's merit selection process, and the annual Raising the Bar Celebration operated by the affiliated CWBA Foundation (established 1988).

Its core service offerings are organized around a membership program, the quarterly The Advocate newsletter, The 1891 Blog (named for the year the first women were admitted to the Colorado bar), the CWBA LIFT! Mentorship Program, the Career Center job board, the Lawyers Teaching for Change civic education program, and award programs including the Mary Lathrop Trailblazer Award and the Annual Judicial Excellence Award (conferred since 1987). The underlying technology is a Wild Apricot-based membership management platform with standard email, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn), and content distribution layers; no proprietary software, mobile application, or API surface is disclosed.

CWBA's revenue model is a hybrid of annual membership dues (renewable through August 1 each year), one-time event registration fees (tiered from $25 students to $65 for the Legislator Appreciation Breakfast), and corporate sponsorships (typically $1,000-$1,500 per event-level sponsor). The organization is governed by an annually rotating board led by a President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Historian, with no parent company, no institutional investors, and a wholly owned affiliated charitable foundation.

Name

The Colorado Women's Bar Association

Legal name

Colorado Women's Bar Association

Website

https://cwba.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Colorado Women's Bar Association is a nonprofit professional membership association founded in 1978 in Denver, Colorado, serving women lawyers, judges, law students, and allied legal professionals statewide through networking events, continuing legal education, mentorship, judicial endorsement advocacy, and the affiliated CWBA Foundation's charitable programming.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues that fund organizational operations, events, advocacy, and programming. Membership renewals are active until August 1 of each year.
2. Event Registration Fees: Revenue from event registrations including Summer Social ($35 members, $40 guests, $30 government/public interest, $25 students), Committee Showcase, and educational programs.
3. Sponsorships: Corporate and organizational sponsorships for events such as the Summer Social (Dessert, Frosé, Sips & Sunshine, Snacks sponsorships ranging from $1,000-$1,500) and annual Raising the Bar Celebration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Colorado Women's Bar Association is a nonprofit professional association that provides membership services, networking opportunities, continuing legal education, mentorship programming, and advocacy for women lawyers practicing in Colorado. Its core deliverables include individual membership, a career center, judicial endorsement ratings, the "1891" blog and member newsletter, signature events such as the Ms. JD conference and the annual awards luncheon, and targeted advocacy on issues affecting women in the legal profession.

Product overview

The Colorado Women's Bar Association (CWBA) is a nonprofit professional membership organization rather than a technology product company. It offers membership services including networking events, professional education (CLEs), the quarterly Advocate newsletter, The 1891 blog, a mentorship program (CWBA LIFT!), a career center, awards programs (Mary Lathrop Trailblazer Award, Annual Judicial Excellence Award), judicial endorsement activities, and the annual CWBA Foundation Raising The Bar Celebration. CWBA operates on Wild Apricot membership software.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CWBA Foundation: The charitable arm of the Colorado Women's Bar Association, founded in 1988 to implement educational work and promote welfare of women.
• The 1891
• CWBA LIFT! Mentorship Program

Products and services

• CWBA Individual Membership

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CWBA FoundationcoreOthers · 1 January 1988The CWBA Foundation was founded in 1988 to implement the charitable and educational work of the CWBA, to promote the advancement of women in the law, and to protect and promote the welfare of all women. Hosts the annual 'Raising The Bar' Celebration.
• National Conference of Women's Bar Associations (NCWBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCWBA participates in the National Conference of Women's Bar Associations, with past president Wendy Weigler serving on the NCWBA Executive Committee and as chair of the Awards Committee.
• Statewide ChapterscoreOthersCWBA maintains statewide chapters across Colorado providing local networking and professional development opportunities for members.
• Law Week ColoradominorGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partnership for coverage of CWBA events, judicial reception, and women's leadership issues in Colorado legal community.
• Denver Business JournalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia coverage partnership featuring CWBA leadership profiles and organizational initiatives.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Illinois Women's Bar Association: A women's bar association serving lawyers in Illinois. Operates a similar membership, event, and advocacy model in a different state, making it a strong structural comparable.
• Florida Association for Women Lawyers: Statewide Florida association for women lawyers with comparable networking, advocacy, and judicial endorsement programming. Useful as a same-format peer in a different geography.

Direct peers

• Hispanic Bar Association of Colorado: Diversity-focused Colorado bar association serving Hispanic legal professionals. Direct peer in mission, scale, and statewide Colorado focus, with overlapping membership pipelines.
• National Association of Women Lawyers: National professional membership organization for women lawyers. Directly comparable to CWBA as a women's bar association delivering networking, advocacy, and professional development to women attorneys.
• National Conference of Women's Bar Associations: Federation of women's bar associations across the U.S. CWBA already participates in NCWBA's leadership; it is the most direct organizational peer as the umbrella body for associations like CWBA.
• Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia: A regional/state-level women's bar association in DC with a similar mission of advancing women in the legal profession through networking, mentorship, and advocacy.

Broad incumbents

• Denver Bar Association: Local metropolitan bar association serving Denver-area lawyers. Comparable as a Colorado-based legal membership organization offering CLE, networking, and section programming.
• Colorado Bar Association: Statewide mandatory-style bar association serving all Colorado lawyers. Comparable as a peer bar organization operating in the same geography, though much larger and broader in mandate.

Emerging players

• Ms. JD: National nonprofit supporting women in law through mentoring, networking, and awards (including the Woman of Inspiration Award received by a CWBA past president). Comparable as an adjacent women-in-law community platform.
• Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association: Mentorship-focused association for attorneys balancing law practice with family responsibilities. Comparable to CWBA LIFT! and Law School Yes We Can as a niche women-in-law mentoring organization, with overlap in Denver-area members.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/colowomensbar
• Facebookfacebook.com/ColoradoWomensBarAssociation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/groups/5066654
• Instagraminstagram.com/cowomensbarassn

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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