All attorneys licensed in Colorado are required to complete
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits unless they are listed as inactive
status. The Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education
provides complete details of the requirements to fulfill RULE 260 OF THE
COLORADO RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (CRCP).
The Rule states that: Continuing
legal education (CLE) credits are earned by taking part in certain organized legal
educational activities. To receive credit for the activity, its primary focus
must be the increase of professional competence of registered attorneys and
judges, and it must deal with subject matter directly related to the practice
of law or the performance of judicial duties.
Attorneys must complete 45 general credits every three years.
Seven of these credits must be in legal ethics. These credits may be completed
in a variety of ways including:
- graduate legal studies
- pro bono / mentoring activities
- teaching
- published research
- committee research
- self-administered study
New attorneys get three years in addition to the year that they
pass the bar examination to complete their 45 CLE credits. They are also required to take
the Practicing With Professionalism course, sponsored by the Colorado Supreme
Court Office of Attorney Regulation and the Colorado Bar Association prior to being sworn in as an attorney.
The course is worth 6 CLE credits.
Need some CLE credits? CLE in Colorado is a popular source
of seminars, books & home-study CLE offerings throughout the state.
Another online CLE provider is the West LegalEdCenter . The University of Denver Sturm College of Law also offers in-person
CLE presentations through the Alumni office
and Graduate Tax departments, as
well as conferences and symposiums held at the SCOL. The Privacy Foundation, run by Professor John Soma, offers low cost CLE programs several times per year to area attorneys.
Written by Patty Wellinger, Reference Services Coordinator
Written by Patty Wellinger, Reference Services Coordinator
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