C.r.c.p. 208.2

As amended through Rule Change 2024(18), effective October 2, 2024
Rule 208.2 - Character and Fitness General Requirements
(1) The Office of Attorney Admissions and the Character and Fitness Committee shall have the authority to require an applicant to provide any information that in their discretion is relevant to the applicant's character and fitness. Such information may include, without limitation:
(a) A current mental status examination;
(b) Fingerprints;
(c) Evidence of compliance with child support orders. Applicants must certify that they are in compliance with any child support order as defined by C.R.S. § 26-13-123(a); and
(d) Documentation evidencing anything referenced by the applicant in any application or supplementation thereof.
(2) Burden of Producing Required Information. The applicant bears the burden of producing all required information in a timely manner. The costs of any mental status examination or of obtaining any additional information required by the Office of Attorney Admissions or the Character and Fitness Committee shall be borne by the applicant. The character and fitness investigation will not proceed until all required information has been received.
(2.5) Subpoenas. The Regulation Counsel or Chair of the Character and Fitness Committee may issue subpoenas to parties other than the applicant to compel the production of relevant documents and other evidence. Subpoenas issued under this section and challenges thereto are subject to C.R.C.P. 45. Challenges to subpoenas must be directed to the Presiding Disciplinary Judge.
(3) Continuing Obligation. The applicant has a continuing obligation to timely update the application with respect to all matters inquired of on the application. This obligation continues during the pendency of the application and until the applicant is sworn in as an attorney, including the period when the matter is undergoing review by a hearing board or the Supreme Court.

C.r.c.p. 208.2

Source: Entire rule added and effective September 1, 2014; amended and adopted April 15, 2021, effective 7/1/2021.