§ 13-93-203 — Eligibility requirements for law student intern practice

Colorado § 13-93-203

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 13: Courts
• Art.: Attorneys-at-law

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(1) In
order to be eligible to make an appearance and participate pursuant to section 13-93-202, a law student must:

(a) Be duly enrolled in or a graduate of any accredited law school;

(b) Have completed a minimum of two years of legal studies;

(c) Have the certification of the dean of such law school that he or she has no
personal knowledge of or knows of nothing of record that indicates that the student
is not of good moral character and, in addition, that the law student has completed
the requirements specified in subsection (1)(b) of this section and is a student in
good standing;

(d) Be introduced to the court or administrative tribunal in which he or she is
appearing as a law student intern by a lawyer authorized to practice law in this
state;

(e) Neither ask nor receive any compensation or remuneration of any kind for
his or her services from the person on whose behalf he or she renders services; but
such limitation shall not prevent the law student intern from receiving credit for
participation in the program upon prior approval of the law school, nor shall it
prevent the law school, the state, a county, a city, a town, or the office of the
district attorney or the public defender from paying compensation to the law school
intern, nor shall it prevent any agency from making such charges for its services as
it may otherwise properly require; and

(f) State that he or she has read, is familiar with, and will be governed in the
conduct of his or her activities under section 13-93-202 by the code of professional
responsibility adopted by the supreme court.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 702, � 1, effective August 9.