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Withdrawing your application means you have already submitted your application for the current bar exam administration and have elected to no longer take the bar exam to which you originally applied. Colorado does not consider withdrawing your application in a timely and prudent manner a character and fitness issue.
If you fail to withdraw your application and do not appear for the bar exam to which you applied, your application will be marked as a No-Show. Depending on the circumstances, a No-Show designation could be information provided to the Character and Fitness Committee or be reported to other jurisdictions you may apply to in the future.
You must withdraw in writing by using the Messaging Center within your online application account. The February and July bar exams are always held the last Tuesday and Wednesday of the month.
Requests to withdraw must be submitted to our Office by the end of day (11:59 p.m. Mountain time) on the first Tuesday of February. Requests received after the deadline will not be processed. Those who did not timely withdraw their application are expected to appear for the exam. If you do not show up, you will be marked as a no-show. No-Show applications do not qualify an applicant for a fee reduction.
Applications that are properly withdrawn by the deadline stated in the above paragraph will receive a reduced exam application fee of $510 for the next exam if the application for the next exam is timely filed; late fees still apply if the applicant reapplies for the next exam by the late filing deadline. The fee reduction is only applicable to the subsequent July bar exam administration. You will not receive a reduced reapplication fee if you do not apply for the subsequent bar exam – i.e., skipping an exam administration. If you skip an exam administration, you will be assessed the current full exam fee upon your next application.
Requests to withdraw must be submitted to our Office by the end of day (11:59 p.m. Mountain time) on the first Tuesday of July. Requests received after the deadline will not be processed. Those who did not timely withdraw their application are expected to appear for the exam. If you do not show up, you will be marked as a no-show. No-Show applications do not qualify an applicant for a fee reduction.
Applications that are properly withdrawn by the deadline stated in the above paragraph will receive a reduced exam application fee of $510 for the next exam if the application for the next exam is timely filed; late fees still apply if the applicant reapplies for the next exam by the late filing deadline. The fee reduction is only applicable to the subsequent February bar exam administration. You will not receive a reduced reapplication fee if you do not apply for the subsequent bar exam – i.e., skipping an exam administration. If you skip an exam administration, you will be assessed the current full exam fee upon your next application.
* PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE FILING DEADLINE DATE to begin your application and request the fee override. In the event an override is not requested in sufficient time for staff to process your request, you will be assessed the full fee, possible additional late filing fee, and/or miss the deadline altogether.
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