Colorado

Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure

Rule 250.6 – Accreditation

(1) Objective. CLE must be an educational activity which has as its primary objective the promotion of professional competence of registered lawyers and judges, and must deal with subject matter directly related to the practice of law or the performance of judicial duties. The CLJE Committee will develop criteria for the accreditation of CLE activities as set forth in the Regulations Governing Mandatory Continuing Legal and Judicial Education, and the CLJE Office will accredit a broad variety of educational activities that meet these requirements.
(2) Criteria. For an activity to be accredited, the following criteria must be met: (1) the subject matter must directly relate to legal subjects and the performance of judicial duties or the practice of law, including professionalism, leadership, diversity, wellness, ethics, and law practice management, and (2) the activity must be directed to lawyers and judges. The CLJE Office will consider, in accrediting educational activities, the contribution the activity will make to the competent and professional practice of law or administration of justice.

(3) Ethics. For an activity or portion within an activity to be accredited as “ethics” it must deal with the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, the Colorado Code of Judicial Conduct, similar rules of other jurisdictions, the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the ABA Model Rules of Judicial Conduct, or legal authority related to any of the above-specified rules.
(4) Non-accredited Activities. The CLJE Office will not accredit activities completed in the ordinary course of the practice of law, in the performance of regular employment, or in a lawyer’s or judge’s service on a committee, section, or division of any bar-related organization except as provided in these rules.
(5) Assignment of Credit. The CLJE Office will assign an appropriate number of CLE credit hours to each educational activity it accredits.
(6) Provider Eligibility. The CLJE Committee may establish provider eligibility requirements consistent with these rules, as set forth in the Regulations Governing Mandatory Continuing Legal and Judicial Education.
(7) Published List. The CLJE Office will publish a list of all accredited programs, together with the approved CLE credit hours for each program on the website of the Office of the Attorney Regulation Counsel.

C.R.C.P. 250.6

Adopted March 15, 2018, effective July 1, 2018.