Colorado

Civil Procedure

Rule 260.2 – CLE Requirements

(1) This subsection (1) is repealed and replaced by C.R.C.P. 250.2(1).
(2) This subsection (2) is repealed and replaced by C.R.C.P. 250.2(1).
(3) This subsection (3) is repealed and replaced by C.R.C.P. 250.2(2).
(4) This subsection (4) is repealed and replaced by C.R.C.P. 203.2(6), 203.3(4), and 203.4(6).
(5) This subsection (5) is repealed and replaced by C.R.C.P. 250.2(4) and 250.2(5).
(6) This subsection (6) is repealed and replaced by C.R.C.P. 250.2(6).

C.R.C.P. 260.2

Source: 2 amended June 20, 1991, effective January 1, 1992; entire rule amended October 13, 1994, effective January 1, 1995; 4 amended and adopted effective April 23, 1998; 4 repealed and adopted March 21, 2003, effective July 1, 2003; amended March 15, 2018, effective July 1, 2018.

Annotation Law reviews. For article, “Mandatory Continuing Legal Education: A Study of its Effects”, see 13 Colo. Law. 1789 (1984). Deprivation of due process claim requires only minimal scrutiny. A person’s “right” or “privilege” in the practice of law, has never been among those held to be “fundamental”, so only minimal scrutiny under the rational basis test is required to evaluate claims of deprivation of such a “right” without due process. Verner v. Colo., 533 F. Supp. 1109 (D. Colo. 1982), aff’d, 716 F.2d 1352 (10th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 960, 104 S. Ct. 2175, 80 L. Ed. 2d 558 (1984). Rule does not violate prohibition against involuntary servitude. The requirement that attorneys attend education classes does not violate the thirteenth amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude. Verner v. Colo., 533 F. Supp. 1109 (D. Colo. 1982), aff’d, 716 F.2d 1352 (10th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 960, 104 S. Ct. 2175, 80 L. Ed. 2d 558 (1984). Rule does not violate first amendment. This rule does not violate any alleged first amendment right “not to be forced to hear speeches or assemblies”. Verner v. Colo., 533 F. Supp. 1109 (D. Colo. 1982), aff’d, 716 F.2d 1352 (10th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 960, 104 S. Ct. 2175, 80 L. Ed. 2d 558 (1984). Strict requirements may be set. If states can set strict legal proficiency related requirements for admission to the bar, it follows that they may also set strict proficiency related requirements for continuing legal practice. Verner v. Colo., 533 F. Supp. 1109 (D. Colo. 1982), aff’d, 716 F.2d 1352 (10th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 960, 104 S. Ct. 2175, 80 L. Ed. 2d 558 (1984).