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C.R.C.P. 211.3

Oath of Admission

activein force · 2019-01-24 – presentact-effective-date

(1) Oath of Admission. No applicant shall be admitted as a licensed attorney in

Colorado until such time as he or she has taken the oath of admission prescribed by the

Supreme Court.

(2) Length of Time to Take Oath. No on-motion applicant pursuant to C.R.C.P. 203.2

or 203.3 will be permitted to take the oath more than eighteen months after the date on

which the Supreme Court approved his or her application. No written examination applicant pursuant to C.R.C.P. 203.4 shall be permitted to take the oath more than eighteen

months after the date of the announcement by the Supreme Court that he or she has passed

the examination. Nothing herein shall preclude reapplication for admission.

(3) Certificates of Admission. Admission of all applicants shall be by order of the

Supreme Court, en banc, and certificates of admission issued to applicants shall be signed

by the Clerk of the Supreme Court. An applicant shall not receive a certificate of admission

until after the applicant has signed an oath before the Clerk of the Supreme Court or other

designated offices and has paid a license fee in an amount set by the Supreme Court. The

portion of the license fee necessary to cover the cost of the license shall be remitted to the

Clerk of the Supreme Court.

History

Source: Entire rule added and effective September 1, 2014; (2) amended and effective January 24, 2019. ANNOTATION Law reviews. For article, ‘‘The Colorado Character Investigation of Applicants to the Bar’’, see 28 Dicta 333 (1951). Annotator’s note. The following annotations include cases decided under former C.R.C.P. 220, which was similar to this rule. Representation by one who fails to take oath of admission. Representation of a crimi- nal defendant by one who is otherwise qualified to practice law but who fails to take the manda- tory oath of admission does not constitute a per se denial of the accused’s right to counsel. Wil- son v. People, 652 P.2d 595 (Colo. 1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1218, 103 S. Ct. 1221, 75 L. Ed. 2d 457 (1983). Applied in People v. Schultheis, 638 P.2d 8 (Colo. 1981); People v. Harfmann, 638 P.2d 745 (Colo. 1981).

Provenance

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Retrieved: 2026-09-15
Edition: 2026-09-15
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