Important CLE compliance reminder
Nearly 5,000 Colorado attorneys who must comply with their CLE requirements this year have not yet done so. If your three-year compliance period ends 2023, now is the time to make a plan for compliance by December 31, and to enter your credits by January 31, 2024.
Here are the key links:
To check your transcript and enter credits, click
here
Attorneys must have 45 credit hours, which includes a minimum of 2 hours of Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (“EDI”) credits and a minimum of 5 hours of ethics or legal professionalism credits. To review the rules, regulations and forms, click
here.
To find EDI-accredited courses, click
here and under either the Live or Home Study Courses tab (depending on which you want to take), click on the EDI column heading until courses are sorted by the number of EDI credits given. If you know part of the course title or provider name, you also can enter those search terms in the search fields provided. You also can click on “Export” to get a searchable spreadsheet of all courses.
Note that a course covering both the Rules of Professional Conduct and diversity in the profession might not give attendees both ethics and EDI credit. That is because each hour of a course may receive either ethics or EDI accreditation, but not both for the same hour. To ensure the course you are taking satisfies the credits you are seeking (regardless of how it is advertised), check our website to confirm the accreditation.
The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel has a free lawyer self-assessment online CLE program that qualifies for 3 ethics credits if fully completed. Click
here for more information.
Registration Reminder
Annual registration for attorneys begins December 1. Our office is preparing to send out annual registration statements. Postcard reminders will be mailed the last week of November. Now is a good time to calendar the February 28 deadline to timely register without late fees.
Registration fees for most lawyers are increasing this year for the first time since 2014. They will be:
- $395 for attorneys who have practiced more than three years
- $160 for inactive attorneys under age 65
- $190 for attorneys in their first three years of practice (no change from 2014 levels)
- Free for inactive attorneys age 65 or older
Bar Cards for Inactive Attorneys 65 and older
Inactive attorneys 65 and older, please note that during the 2024 registration period your bar card will only be provided upon request. If you are an inactive attorney, age 65 and older and wish to receive a bar card, please email the Office of Attorney Registration at
attorney_registration@coloradosupremecourt.us to request your bar card for 2024. If you have already sent an email requesting a bar card, nothing further is required. Please do not send more than one email request.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 14 and 15 Ethics Revue by the Law Club, CBA-CLE, Clock Tower, Denver (Jessica Yates)
Nov. 30 Ethics Review for Prosecutors, 1
st Judicial District Attorney’s Office (Jessica Yates and Justin Moore)
DECEMBER
Dec. 1 Late application filing deadline for February 2024 bar exam
Dec. 6 New Judge Orientation, Working with Attorneys, Denver (Jessica Yates)
Dec. 7 Update and Colo. RPC 3.8(d), Colorado Municipal League, Denver (Jessica Yates)
Dec. 8 Trust Account School, webinar (Margaret Funk and Justin Moore)
Dec. 8 Ethical Issues for New Lawyers, Court Orientation, DBA Young Lawyers Division, Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse (April McMurrey)
Dec. 18 Practicing with Professionalism, CBA-CLE webinar
JANUARY
Jan. 8 Practicing with Professionalism, CBA-CLE webinar
Jan. 9 Trust Accounting & Rules of Professional Conduct, Legal Entrepreneurs for Justice Bootcamp, Denver (Justin Moore)