As amended through Rule Change 2024(18), effective October 2, 2024
Rule 207.7 - General Provisions(1) Application Forms. All applications for a license to practice law as an LLP in Colorado will be made on forms furnished by the Office of LLP Admissions. The application forms will 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 LLP 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 as an LLP in Colorado will 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 LLP 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 as an LLP in Colorado, discipline or revocation of the person's LLP license.(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 as an LLP. An applicant who qualifies for admission as an LLP 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 as an LLP in Colorado in the manner prescribed by these rules.(6) Disbarred Attorneys or Legal Paraprofessionals. A person who has been disbarred from the practice of law in any jurisdiction, or who has resigned pending disciplinary proceedings in any jurisdiction, is not eligible to apply for admission to the practice of law as an LLP in Colorado until the person has been readmitted in the jurisdiction in which the person was disbarred or resigned.(7) Suspended Attorneys or Legal Paraprofessionals. A person who has been suspended for disciplinary purposes from the practice of law in any jurisdiction is not eligible to apply for admission to the practice of law as an LLP 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 LLP Professionalism Course. All applicants under these rules, unless otherwise exempted, must complete a required course on professionalism specific to LLPs presented by the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel. Continuing legal education credit will be applied to the LLP's first compliance period pursuant to C.R.C.P. 250.2(1). Credit for completion of the professionalism course will be valid for eighteen months following completion of the course.Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 23, 2023, effective 7/1/2023.