The Communiqué (Oct. 2025) focuses on matters relevant to pro bono service with select articles written by bar members for bar members. Also featured is a variety of content from the printed publication’s recurring columns and highlights on bar activities. Select content is available to read online.
Features
- Pro Bono Corner: “Pro Bono Menu” by Michael Wendlberger
- “CHAP Rental Assistance Program No Longer Accepting Applications, Las Vegas Justice Court Eviction Diversion Program Still in Place”
- “Making Pro Bono Painless: Practical Steps for Integrating Service into Your Legal Practice” By William D. Nobriga
- “The Importance of Civic Education” By Kimberly Maxson-Rushton
- “My Experience as a CAP Attorney” By Cassandra Cummings
Columns
- View from the Bench: “How New Laws Will Shape the Las Vegas Justice Court” By Judge Melisa De La Garza
Highlights
- Communiqué Advertising Special Offers Expire December 1, 2025
- Attorney Memorial Service Highlights
- Book Cleaning Activity Highlights
- Early Bird Special for 2026 CCBA Membership Begins October 1, 2025
- 27th Annual Client Counseling Competition
- Civil Bench-Bar Meeting
- Notice of Election for 2026 CCBA Executive Board
- CCBA’s Monthly Mixer
Departments
On the cover: Las Vegas Justice Court Judges Elana Lee Graham, Melisa De La Garza, and Suzan Baucum

Advertiser Index
- Ara Shirinian Mediation
- GGRM Law Firm
- Heidari Law Group PC
- JAMS
- Las Vegas Legal Video
- Legal Wings, Inc.
- Michael T. Hua Law
- Nevada Ballet Theatre
- Portraits to You
- Prominence Health Plan
- Receivership Specialists
- Red Panda Systems
- Spencer Fane
- State Bar of Nevada
- Welt Law
- Western Alliance Bank
- Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Download digital version of Communiqué (Oct. 2025) – PDF file (4.1 MB). The printed magazine was mailed out to CCBA members on October 1, 2025.
*About Communiqué
Communiqué is published eleven times per year with an issue published monthly except for July by the Clark County Bar Association, P.O. Box 657, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0657. Phone: (702) 387-6011.
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