Rule 232 - Rules Governing Unauthorized Practice of Law Proceedings PreambleIn prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law in Colorado in the public interest, the supreme court's regulatory and policy objectives include:
(1) Protecting the public by ensuring that persons who assist others in their legal affairs have sufficient competence to avoid harming the liberty interests and property rights of those they assist;(2) Safeguarding the system of justice and avoiding the waste of limited judicial resources by ensuring that only qualified persons assist others before tribunals;(3) Educating the public about the activities that constitute the unauthorized practice of law; and(4) Providing the public with access to the justice system at a reasonable cost by permitting nonlawyers to provide legal representation of limited scope in certain circumstances.Repealed, effective October 29, 2001; amended and adopted by the Court, En Banc, 12/15/2022, effective immediately.