Colorado

Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure

Rule 203.3 – Applications for Admission on Motion Based upon UBE Score Transfer

(1) Score Transfer, Generally. An applicant who has taken the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) in a jurisdiction other than Colorado, and who meets the following requirements may, upon motion, be admitted to the practice of law in Colorado based upon UBE score transfer. The applicant under this rule shall:

(a) Have earned a UBE score that is passing, based upon the general standards of performance set by the Supreme Court, in an administration of the UBE taken within the three years immediately preceding the date upon which the motion is filed;
(b) Hold a J.D. or LL.B. 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;
(c) Establish that the applicant is currently a member in good standing in all jurisdictions where admitted, if any;
(d) Establish that the applicant is not currently subject to attorney discipline or the subject of a pending disciplinary matter in any jurisdiction;
(e) Establish that the applicant possesses the character and fitness required of all applicants for admission to the practice of law in Colorado as set forth in C.R.C.P. 208; and
(f) Pay the required application fee.
(2) Score Transfer, Three to Five Years. If the transferred UBE score was earned more than three years but less than five years before the date upon which the motion was filed, the applicant may qualify for admission under this rule if the applicant also establishes that the applicant has been primarily engaged in the active practice of law, as defined in C.R.C.P. 203.2(2), for at least two years immediately preceding the date of the application in another jurisdiction of the United States wherein the applicant is a member in good standing and authorized to practice law throughout the aforesaid two-year period.
(3) All Colorado UBE score transfer applicants must pass the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), as described in C.R.C.P. 203.2(5), prior to admission.
(4)Professionalism Course. All Colorado UBE score transfer applicants must complete the course on professionalism as described in C.R.C.P. 203.1(8), within six months following admission.

C.R.C.P. 203.3

Source: Entire rule added and effective September 1, 2014; amended and adopted January 24, 2019, effective January 24, 2019.