On Motion - Colorado Supreme Court

NOTICE: The Office of Attorney/LLP Admissions is updating the website and all related admissions instructions as we move to a new admissions platform called ILG Admissions Manager. New instructions and application processes will go into effect no later than June 1, 2026. The substance of the application will not change. The new platform will be more intuitive and easier to navigate for applicants. All applications currently submitted in our current database – CiviCore – will be processed and will not be moved to the new system. We ask that all unsubmitted On Motion and UBE Score Transfer applications currently in process in CiviCore be submitted no later than May 29, 2026. We will be purging all unsubmitted applications the first week of June 2026 and ask that applicants start submitting their applications in the new ILG Admissions Manager database. If you have a submitted application in CiviCore, you do not need to complete an application with ILG Admission Manager. Our Office will continue the processing of your application in CiviCore.

General Information – Admission On-Motion via Comity. Admission On Motion by qualified out-of-state attorneys is governed by Rule 203.2 (See “Rules for Admission” below.) An Applicant under this Rule must have been admitted to practice law in another jurisdiction of the United States through examination, hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school, and have been engaged in the authorized, active practice of law for at least three of the last five years immediately preceding the date of application (36 months of the previous 60 months) in another U.S. jurisdiction.

Further, the Applicant must currently be in good standing in all jurisdictions where admitted and not currently subject to attorney discipline or the subject of a pending disciplinary matter in any jurisdiction, as well as be current with all CLE requirements. Please see Rule 206 in the “Rules of Admission” below regarding the procedure for requesting a waiver of any admission eligibility requirement and contact us at bleinfo@csc.state.co.us if you have any questions.

Moving to Colorado prior to admission? Please see the Practice Pending Admission Rule below and related application (Rule 205.6 in the “Rules of Admission”). You may use copies the Certificates of Good Standing submitted with your On Motion application in support of your application for Practice Pending Admission; the applications may be filed simultaneously. Please note that the Practice Pending Admission application is filed with the Office of Attorney Registration, but review will be conducted in coordination with the Admissions Office.