Applications for admission to the Court’s Bar are submitted through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) at www.pacer.uscourts.gov, under "Manage Your Account/Register for an Account." This application will also permit you to register for the Court’s Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system. Please contact the Attorney Services Division of the Clerk's Office ( [email protected], 303-335-2466) if you have any questions about attorney admissions.
If your application is approved, you will receive an email containing a link so that you can pay the attorney admission fee.
If you have been ADMINISTRATIVELY REMOVED from our Bar and wish to reapply for admission, you must submit a new Bar/ECF application through PACER (PLEASE FOLLOW THE SECOND SET OF INSTRUCTIONS under “Completing the Attorney Bar Application On PACER” below). To determine if you have been ADMINISTRATIVELY REMOVED, check your bar status on the "Attorney Status" page. If your bar record states the following: “Admission Status: Admin Removal” you are no longer a bar member and must re-apply for admission.
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service) and is $223.00.
The attorney must type their name as they wish to be designated on the USDC Colorado Bar Certificate (and which will match the attorney's name on the online PACER bar application form) (complete only the name section, the first blank line) and save to their desktop.
The District of Colorado does not allow pro hac vice admission.
There is no swearing-in ceremony in the District of Colorado. Your application, declaration therein, confirmation that you have read and understand the federal rules of procedure, local rules, CM/ECF procedures, and the court staff's verification of your "In Good Standing" status in other jurisdictions provides the appropriate formality and gravity for the occasion.
Please register through the Colorado Bar Association – CLE website at https://cle.cobar.org/Seminars/Mandatory-Professionalism To report attendance at one of these webcast programs, please follow the instructions on the affidavit provided to you with your course materials located on your CBA-CLE dashboard. Directions are different depending on your path to admission.
A Certificate of Good Standing costs $15 and can be provided in an electronic format or hardcopy. If you would like to request a Certificate of Good Standing please complete this form to process your request and payment. While requests can be made in-person at our Office, we are unable to accommodate same-day, walk-in requests. Your request will be processed within seven (7) business days from the date your request is received in our office.
On Motion, UBE Score Transfer, and Limited License Attorneys: You should be completing this course within six months of being admitted to Colorado. You will need your Colorado attorney ID number to enter your compliance online to your CLE transcript here: https://cletrack.com/ The Course ID number is located in the lower left corner of the affidavit.
If you have received your clearance letter from the Office of Attorney Admissions, you may register to attend one of the weekly admissions ceremonies. You will need to first register for the ceremonies by clicking the link below where you will complete the new attorney registration form and complete an online payment of the registration fee. Once the completed submission is received and verified, our office will provide by email an invitation with instructions to attend one of the remote ceremonies. If you have any questions please email [email protected]
We know that many jurisdictions, either temporarily or permanently, are issuing Certificates of Good Standing and Discipline History Letters in electronic format. If the jurisdiction is providing those documents to you directly via email, you may upload the PDFs to your applicant portal. You do not need to mail in or have the jurisdiction mail a hardcopy original.
Yes, you may use an electronic signature on your application documents. If our Office has any concerns about the signature, your licensure analyst will contact you. Please do not leave the signature line blank on a completed document when you upload to CiviCore. Please convert an MS Word™ document to PDF if you are able, before uploading to CiviCore. For more information how to print to PDF, please visit the Adobe™ Help website.
All counsel who enter an appearance or who intend to represent any party in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals must be admitted to the bar of the court. Admission requirements are set forth in the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (Fed. R. App. P. 46) and the Tenth Circuit Local Rules (10th Cir. R. 46.2).
Applications for admission should be submitted through the court's e-filing system using the applicant's NextGen Pacer filing account. Attorneys who do not have an e-filing account may sign up for one here; Attorneys do not need to be bar members to sign up for an e-filing account.
Requests for Certificates of Good Standing should be submitted through the court's e-filing system. A quick guide with instructions can be accessed by clicking the appropriate link below. Requests should include the name of the attorney, the approximate date of admission, and the mailing address of the recipient.
If you are a current student, you may do so by sending a written request via email to Michele Logan . If you are an applicant or an admitted student who has not yet matriculated, you may do so by sending a written request via email to Alan Schieve . Please include with the following:
Amend your application as soon as you realize you left something out. We will process it right away, and you won't need to worry about it later when consequences for failing to amend could become more serious.
The application asks about incidents that happened, so you should disclose it even if it is not on your record. We ask this question because honesty and candor are important qualities that offices of attorney admissions look for in evaluating applicants. It is far better to have an amendment in your application than it is for the bar authorities to find out about the incident on their own, and realize you did not disclose the incident to the law school.
Inconsistent responses could delay or prevent your admission to the bar. For example, if you did not disclose something in your criminal history on your law school application but did disclose this on your bar application, this may raise a concern with the bar committee about your honesty or another aspect of your character.
No. You must amend through the law school, following the process outlined above.
No, you do not need to send copies of tickets, records, etc. unless we request them from you. Do not just send a ticket as an amendment - you must complete the amendment request and letter process described above.
Carefully read the call of the applicable question. The language is quite broad, meaning you should include even very small violations, including those where you don't believe there was any documentation. It is better to include these incidents than worry that bar authorities will discover them later and question why you did not include them on your law school application.
BarExamDirectory.com is a free website that contains the bar exam information for all U.S. jurisdictions and presents it in any easy-to-use format to help you quickly and easily navigate the bar exam application process. This website includes deadlines, subjects tested, exam format, scoring, contact information, reciprocity, and more. However, you should always refer to the state’s office of attorney admissions website as the information can change at any time.
If you need your application notarized, several Law School staff members are notaries. You will need fingerprints taken within 30 days prior to submitting your application. Click here for more information.
Pass Colorado's Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) with a scaled score of at least 276.
Admission to Practice Law in Other States. Each state maintains its own rules and regulations regarding the licensing of attorneys and has its own bar examination. The ABA provides a Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements, which contains a synopsis of each state’s bar admission requirements and relevant dates.
Please be advised that the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Suffolk will be changing to an electronic order and payment process for all Certificates of Admission and Good Standing as of February 1, 2022. Instructions for the new process and FAQs will be found on this page on February 1.
You must mail (fax will not be accepted) the completed application for Certificate of Admission and Good Standing with the required fee to the following address:
Upon receipt of the application and the fee, this office will process the request within 3-5 business days and the Certificate of Admission and Good Standing will be mailed to you.
The fee for a Certificate of Admission and Good Standing is a non-refundable check made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for $15 for each Certificate of Admission and Good Standing.
Requirements may vary in other jurisdictions. In Connecticut and Florida, a copy of your bar application is required along with your certificate. The cost for a certified copy of a bar application ($10) and a certificate ($15) is $25.