The Adams County Bar Association runs a lawyer referral program for indigent persons. The Bar Association's Indigency Committee meets every Wednesday at the Courthouse.
Prospective clients make presentations to the committee and seek legal representation.
The committee assesses the client's legal needs and their financial status, and makes a referral. Two possible referral lists are maintained, one for potential fee paying cases, and one for non-fee cases. Attorneys may be on either panel, but to be on the fee panel, the attorney must be on the non-fee panel as well. Indigent clients are referred to the next appropriate attorney volunteer on the non-fee panel for representation.