Colorado CLE Requirements

In Colorado, active status attorneys must complete 45.00 CLE credits (7.00 in professional responsibility) every 3 years to maintain good standing with the Colorado Bar. Colorado attorneys age 72 and older are exempt from CLE requirements.

Colorado attorneys must complete all 45.00 required credits by December 31 in their reporting year. Attorneys must report their credits by January 31 following their compliance period.

The reporting period is 3 years and ends on December 31 for all attorneys. Your first compliance period begins on the date of admission or certification to the Colorado Bar and ends on December 31 of the third full calendar year following the year of admission or certification to practice law in Colorado.

Colorado is a self-reporting state. Attorneys are responsible for certifying and submitting their own attendance to a CLE program or completion of a home-study program on the Colorado Supreme Court website.

Experienced attorneys can fulfill their Colorado CLE requirement by completing courses approved and accredited by the Supreme Court Continuing Legal and Judicial Education Committee. Examples of accepted course formats include:

Live CLE

• Real-time or live webcasts
• Videoconferences
• Teleconference

Home Study

• Prerecorded ondemand video
• Downloadable audio file
• DVD
• Audio CD

No. You may not carry over any CLE credits. Attorneys must earn all 45.00 CLE credits within the 3-year compliance period.

There is no limit placed on the number of CLE credits you can earn with home study courses. Professional responsibility credits may also be earned through home study.

All Colorado attorneys need 7.00 professional responsibility credits which must include at least 2.00 credit hours in the area of equity, diversity, and inclusivity.

No. In-program attendance verification is not required.

• State Contact Information:
  • Address: Colorado Supreme Court Office of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education 1300 Broadway, Suite 510, Denver, CO 80202
  • Phone Number: 303-928-7771
  • Email Address: cleinfo@csc.state.co.us
  • Website: http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/Current%20Lawyers/Cle.asp

• Colorado CLE Rules, Requirements, FAQs, Sponsors and Affidavit System
  • Colorado CLE FAQ Page
  • Colorado Supreme Court's CLE Approved Sponsors and Accredited Courses
  • Colorado Supreme Court's Accredited Provider List of approved CLE Sponsors
  • Colorado CLE Rules, Regulations and Forms
  • Colorado CLE Requirements
  • Colorado CLE Online Affidavit System

New attorneys are subject to the same CLE requirements as all other attorneys in Colorado.

All admittees to Colorado are required to take the live Mandatory Professionalism Course through Colorado Bar Association Continuing Legal Education. A list of upcoming courses can be found here.

You are subject to CLE reporting beginning on the date of admission to the Colorado Bar. Any CLE credits you earn after admission to the Colorado Bar will be credited to your first compliance period. Any CLE credits earned from taking the required Practicing with Professionalism course required for bar admission will also be credited to your first compliance period.

Your first reporting period ends on December 31 of the third full calendar year following your admission to the Colorado Bar.

All new Colorado attorneys admitted by On Motion, UBE Score Transfer, or as a Single Client, Judge Advocate, Military Spouse, or Law Professor must complete a mandatory one-day Practicing with Professionalism course within 6 months of their admission.

New Colorado attorneys admitted for the first time in Colorado will have completed this requirement before gaining admission to the Colorado Bar. CLE credits earned for the Practicing with Professionalism course will be applied to your first CLE compliance period.