The Mandatory Professionalism Course is to be taken only by:
- Qualified out-of-state attorneys applying for Admission on Motion
- Colorado bar examination applicants
Note: The Mandatory Professionalism Course is not intended for attorneys who are already practicing and licensed in Colorado.
RULE CHANGE 2017
RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE BAR
Rule 203.2 Applications for Admission on Motion by Qualified Out-of-State Attorneys
(1) – (5) [NO CHANGE]
(6) Professionalism Course. All applicants under this rule shall complete the required course on professionalism presented by the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel in cooperation with the Colorado Bar Association. The course shall satisfy six units of the forty-five unit general continuing legal education requirement during the attorneys’ first compliance period pursuant to C.R.C.P. 260.2(1). Any fees received for the course shall be divided equally between the Colorado Bar Association CLE in Colorado, Inc. and the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel to pay for administering the course and to fund the attorney regulation system. Credit for completion of the professionalism course shall be valid for one full calendar year eighteen months following completion of the course. On-motion applicants for admission under this rule shall have six months following admission to take the required course on professionalism.
Rule 203.4 Applications for Admission by Colorado Bar Examination
(1) – (5) [NO CHANGE]
(6) All successful Colorado bar examination applicants must complete the course on professionalism, as described in C.R.C.P. 203.2(6), prior to and as a condition of admission. Credit for completion of the professionalism course shall be valid for one full calendar year eighteen months following completion of the course.
FALL 2018
Oct. 4 Results announced for July 2018 bar exam
Nov. 5 Admissions ceremony for those who passed the July 2018 bar exam