Rule 207.8 - Applications for Colorado LLP Admission(1) All LLP applicants must, as a condition of admission, take and pass the Colorado LLP examinations, which includes testing on family law and professional conduct rules, and any other topics designated by the Supreme Court.(2) Colorado LLP applications for the LLP Examination must be received or postmarked on or before the deadlines designated by the Supreme Court and published by the Office of LLP Admissions.(3) By the time of taking the family law examination, Colorado LLP examination applicants must either meet the experience requirements set forth in section (4) or must have received:(a) a J.D. degree from a law school approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association or a state-accredited law school;(b) an associate's degree in paralegal studies from an accredited school;(c) a bachelor's degree in paralegal studies from an accredited school;(d) a bachelor's degree in any subject from an accredited school that includes: (i) a paralegal certificate; or(ii) 15 hours of paralegal studies from an accredited school; or(e) a first professional law degree from a law school in a country other than the United States with an LL.M. qualifying such applicant to sit for the Colorado bar examination under C.R.C.P. 204.3.(4) An applicant is not required to meet the educational qualifications set forth in section (3) if the applicant demonstrates that the applicant has worked the equivalent of three full-time years in employment constituting substantive law-related practical experience, which must include the equivalent of one full-time year focused on Colorado family law, during the five years immediately preceding the date of filing the application.(5) By the time of taking the professional conduct examination, all Colorado LLP applicants must have successfully completed an ethics class specific to LLPs or lawyers from an accredited school.(6) All Colorado LLP applicants must also pass an LLP professional conduct exam prior to admission.(7) All Colorado LLP applicants must also demonstrate completion of 1,500 hours of substantive law-related practical experience, including 500 hours of experience in Colorado family law, within the three years immediately preceding the date of submitting the LLP application.(8) All Colorado LLP applicants bear the burden of proving they have the character and fitness to practice law as an LLP, and must comply with all character and fitness requirements established by the Supreme Court through C.R.C.P. 208.1. All Colorado LLP applicants are subject to the procedures set forth in C.R.C.P. 208.1 through C.R.C.P. 210.2 concerning review of character and fitness.(9) All Colorado LLP applicants must pay the required application fee.(10) Professionalism Course. All successful Colorado LLP examination applicants must complete the course on professionalism, as described in C.R.C.P. 203.1(8), prior to and as a condition of admission. Credit for completion of the professionalism course will be valid for eighteen months following completion of the course.(11) Any unsuccessful applicant may, upon request, obtain a copy of the applicant's answers to the essay portions of the examination. Such request shall be made on a form furnished by the Office of LLP Admissions. This rule does not permit applicants to obtain any materials other than the applicant's written essay answers.Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 23, 2023, effective 7/1/2023.