C.R.C.P. 203.1

(1) Application Forms. All applications for a license to practice law in Colorado shall

be made on forms furnished by the Office of Attorney Admissions. The application forms

shall require such information as is necessary to determine whether the applicant meets the

requirements of these rules, together with such additional information as is necessary for

the efficient administration of these rules. Applicants must answer all questions completely,

and must provide all required documentation. The Office of Attorney Admissions may, in

its discretion, reject an incomplete application or place an incomplete application on hold

until all required information is produced.

(2) Confidentiality. Information contained on applications for a license to practice law

in Colorado shall be deemed confidential and may be released only under the conditions

for release of confidential information established by C.R.C.P. 211.1.

(3) Duty to Supplement.

(a) Applicants must immediately update the application with respect to all matters

inquired of. This duty to supplement continues in effect up to the time an applicant takes

the oath of admission. Updates must be reported in a manner consistent with the Office of

Attorney Admissions’ requirements.

(b) Failure to timely supplement a pending application may result in the denial of the

application, a review of such failure as a character and fitness issue, or if the person has

already been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado, discipline or revocation of the

person’s license to practice law.

(4) Fees. All applicants must pay a fee in an amount fixed by the Supreme Court. The

fee must be paid when the application is submitted.

(5) Admission to the Bar. An applicant who qualifies for admission under this rule,

and who meets the character and fitness requirements set forth in C.R.C.P. 208, shall be

admitted to the practice of law in Colorado in the manner prescribed by these rules.

(6) Disbarred Out-of-State Attorneys. A person who has been disbarred from the

practice of law in another jurisdiction, or who has resigned pending disciplinary proceedings in another jurisdiction, other than reciprocal action based upon a Colorado disbarment,

is not eligible to apply for admission to the practice of law in Colorado until the person has

been readmitted in the jurisdiction in which the person was disbarred or resigned.

(7) Suspended Out-of-State Attorneys. A person who has been suspended for disciplinary purposes from the practice of law in another jurisdiction, other than reciprocal

discipline based upon Colorado discipline, is not eligible to apply for admission to the

practice of law in Colorado until the period of suspension has expired and the person has

been reinstated to the practice of law in the jurisdiction in which the person was suspended.

(8) Mandatory Professionalism Course. All applicants under these rules, unless

otherwise exempted, must complete the required course on professionalism presented by

the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel in cooperation with the Colorado Bar Association - CLE. Continuing legal education credit will be applied to the attorneys’ first

compliance period pursuant to C.R.C.P. 250.2(1). Any fees received for the course shall be

divided equally between the Colorado Bar Association - CLE 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 will be valid for eighteen

months following completion of the course. Applicants under C.R.C.P. 205 temporary

practice rules are not required to take this course.