Character and Fitness Questionnaire

General Information
Personal Information
Contact Information
Physical Address
Mailing Address
Other Names
List all names and corresponding dates
NOTE: You must upload a copy of the petition of name change and the final court order for such name change.
Provide a detailed explanation
 
Marriage
Location of Marriage
NOTE: You must upload a copy of all court documents pertaining to marital or legal termination, including decrees, any separation agreement(s), permanent or final orders, and any other documentation relating to each marital or legal termination.
Location of Action
NOTE: You must upload a notarized statement from the person to whom payments are made of your compliance with support payments, or a record of payment from the court or government registry through which payments are made.
Last Known Address of Person Receiving Support Payments
Parents
Parent 1
Parent 2
Driver’s License
List every state where you have been licensed to drive in the last five (5) years.
You must upload an official original (photocopies will not be accepted) of your driving record from the Department of Motor Vehicles or Public Safety in each jurisdiction where you have been licensed to drive or have resided in the last five (5) years. Driving records must be currently dated (no more than 30 days prior to the date your application is submitted). Driver histories obtained through internet sources will NOT be accepted unless they were obtained directly from the jurisdiction’s Department of Motor Vehicles official website.
NOTE: If you do not have a driver’s license, state the reason why and upload a copy of your state-issued Identification Card. If your license is or has been restricted for any reason other than eyeglasses or contacts, include an explanation in the box provided below.
Explanation of restriction(s)
 
Reason for Suspension/Revocation
 
Citizenship
Please provide details regarding your immigration status in the comments box
 
Residences
List in chronological order, beginning with your current address, every residence where you have lived for 90 days or longer during the past ten years OR since you were first admitted to practice law in any jurisdiction – whichever is longer, but not prior to your 18th birthday. You must list every residence so that there are no gaps between residences. This means that the month and year upon which the prior residence ended (Date To), must be repeated as the starting point (Date From) of the next residence.
Academic History
College/University
List all colleges or universities, other than law schools, you attended.
NOTE: If you attended a college or university from which you did not graduate, or received no credit, provide a detailed explanation of why no credit was received.
Law School
List all law schools you have attended, whether you graduated or not. Indicate the Law School from which you have/will receive a Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws degree.
Explanation for no degree or credit
 
Explanation for no degree or credit
 
Academic Conduct
Provide a personal statement in the space below for each incident which includes: details of each incident, its disposition, and the punishment imposed, if any.
NOTE: You will need to upload substantiating documentation, including any and all relevant documents contained in your student file.
Detailed Explanation
 
NOTE: This statement should contain a description of the factual events and actions which led to this incident/conduct. You should include your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the incident/conduct disclosed. This includes any information or explanation which mitigates or lessons the severity of the actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Application(s) / License History
Previous Attorney Licensing Application(s)

List all the jurisdictions to which you have applied for a license to practice law but have not been admitted, including but not limited to:

  • Jurisdictions in which you have taken the bar exam but have not been admitted.
  • Jurisdictions where you have an application pending.
  • Jurisdictions from which you have withdrawn an application.
  • Jurisdictions where you have an application pending, but you have no intention of being admitted.
Explain Other
 
Explain Other Outcome
 
Provide a detailed explanation of each instance including the reason(s) for the interview or hearing, nature of interview or hearing and the final outcome.
 
NOTE: You must upload substantiating documentation from the applicable agency(ies).
Provide a detailed explanation including the reason(s) you were denied.
 
NOTE: You must upload substantiating documentation from the applicable agency(ies).
Attorney Licensing
List separately every jurisdiction and/or court where you are currently or ever have been admitted to practice law.
NOTE: An original certificate of good standing, original disciplinary authority certificate for each jurisdiction admitted is required. Only certificates issued within 90 days of the filing of this application will be accepted.
Agency/Authority Address
Facts associated with limitation suspension, disbarment or revocation.
 
Judicial/Public Office
Location of Office Held
Reason for Termination (Put “N/A” if not applicable)
 
Other Professional Licensing
Provide an explanation in the comments box. (If no license was issued upon application, please explain.)
 
Attorney/Public Office/Professional License Conduct
Provide the following information for each matter.
NOTE: You must also upload a copy of the original charge, complaint or grievance and final disposition, if any, from the appropriate discipline authority.
Give a detailed narrative of the circumstances surrounding the charge.
 
NOTE: This statement should contain a description of the factual events and actions which led to this incident/conduct. The explanation should include your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the incident/conduct disclosed. This includes any information or explanation which mitigates or lessens the severity of the actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Agency/Authority Address
Nature of Questioning
 
Final Outcome
 
Unauthorized Practice of Law
NOTE: You must upload a copy of the original charge, complaint or grievance and final disposition, if any, from the appropriate disciplinary authority.
Give a detailed narrative of the circumstances surrounding the charge.
 
NOTE: This statement should contain a description of the factual events and actions which led to this incident/conduct. The explanation should include your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the incident/conduct disclosed. This includes any information or explanation which mitigates or lessens the severity of the actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Bar Associations
Bar Associations
Provide the full name and address of each mandatory or voluntary bar association of which you have been or are currently a member.
Dates of Membership
If not still a member, provide an explanation
 
Employment History
Employment History
For each employment section, list all employment and unemployment in chronological order for the last ten years starting with the most recent. Do NOT leave any GAPS during that time frame.

NOTE:

Employment (Licensed Attorney and Non-Attorney) - In this context, employment includes part-time and full-time employment, self-employment, internships and externships (paid or unpaid), clerkships, regular work, professional work, volunteer work and temporary or seasonal jobs.

Unemployment - Provide a brief, but specific, description of your activities while unemployed for a period of 30 days or more (seeking employment, preparing for law school, attending school name, vacation, studying for bar exam).

Military - Provide information on any military service you may have done.

Employment Verifying References - If an employer is no longer in business, or you were self-employed or employed by a relative, provide the name and contact information of a verifying reference. Do not include yourself, any person related to you by blood or marriage, under your supervision, anyone who resides at your current residence or any individuals already referred to in your application as a verifying reference.

Licensed Attorney Employment
NOTE: Do not include in response to this question any work as a law clerk, paralegal, or other non-attorney positions. Those may be entered under the Non-Attorney Employment section.
NOTE: If you have been Disciplined, Terminated, Resigned in Lieu of Termination, Laid Off, Suspended, Disciplinary Discharge, you must give a description of the factual events and actions which led to this termination. You must include in the explanation your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the termination, along with any information or explanation which mitigates or lessons the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Please Explain
 
Supervisor Mailing Address
Provide the name and contact information of a verifying reference or temporary agency, whichever is applicable.
Briefly describe how this verifying reference is familiar with your employment (e.g. former co-worker, CPA, client, etc.)
 
Non-Attorney Employment
NOTE: Do not include work as a licensed attorney.
NOTE: If you have been terminated, suspended, disciplined or permitted to resign in lieu of termination, you must give a description of the factual events and actions which led to this termination. You must include in the explanation your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the termination, along with any information or explanation which mitigates or lessons the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Please Explain
 
Supervisor Mailing Address
Provide the name and contact information of a verifying reference or temporary agency, whichever is applicable.
Briefly describe how this verifying reference is familiar with your employment (e.g. former co-worker, CPA, client, etc.)
 
Unemployment
Description/Reason for Unemployment
 
Military Service
Dates of Service
Upload a copy of your Report(s) of Separation (e.g., DD FORM 214-Member Copy #4, NGB Form 22, etc.). The Report of Separation must indicate your character of service.
Detailed Explanation
 
Detailed Explanation
 
Detailed Explanation
 
Detailed Explanation
 
Detailed Explanation
 
Detailed Explanation
 
Legal Proceedings
Legal Proceedings
You are required to answer the questions in this section completely, irrespective of any statute, administrative rule, court order or legal or administrative proceeding expunging the information required herein from any record or purporting to authorize any person to deny the existence of such matters, and IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY ADVICE FROM ANY SOURCE (INCLUDING LEGAL COUNSEL) THAT SUCH INFORMATION NEED NOT BE DISCLOSED.
Civil History
NOTE: You must upload a copy of the original petition or complaint, pleadings, judgments and/or final orders from the court. If you were the defendant, a copy of the satisfaction of any judgment for each suit.
Description of Petition or Complaint
 
NOTE: Provide a detailed explanation of the factual events and actions which led to this civil action. You must include in the explanation your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the civil action, along with any information or explanation which mitigates or lessons the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
NOTE: You must upload a copy of the administrative record and final disposition from the administrative authority.
Description of Action or Complaint
 
NOTE: Provide a detailed explanation of the factual events and actions which led to this administrative complaint or action. You must include in the explanation your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the civil action, along with any information or explanation which mitigates or lessons the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
NOTE: You must upload copies of the order of the contempt and sanction from the court.
Description of Action
 
NOTE: Provide a detailed explanation of the factual events and actions which led to this administrative complaint or action. You must include in the explanation your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the civil action, along with any information or explanation which mitigates or lessons the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Surety Bond
NOTE: You must upload a copy of the allegations and final disposition, if any, from the authority responsible for maintaining the record.
Reason for Money Paid
 
Criminal History
NOTE: In answering this question, include matters that have been dismissed, expunged, sealed, subject to a diversion or a deferred prosecution program or otherwise set aside. You must also report any failure-to-appear charges resulting from any offense(s) and any incident in which you were in violation of a court order (i.e. bond or probation violation, protection order).

You must upload the following for each incident:

  • Arrest Agencies or Police Report
  • Copy of the Charging Document
  • Complaint, Indictment, Summons, Citation or Information
  • Disposition or Sentencing Order
  • Any Diversion Agreement (if applicable)
  • Any Expungement Order (if applicable)
  • Any Appeal (if applicable)
  • Successful Completion of Any Sentences Imposed (if applicable)
Location of Incident (City, County and State or Country/Province)
 
Sentence Imposed by Court (include any educational or treatment requirements)
 
Detailed factual description of the incident
 
NOTE: Provide a detailed explanation of the factual events and actions which led to this offense against the law or ordinance. You must include in the explanation your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations which contributed to the offense, along with any information or explanation which mitigates or lessons the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
If this was a DUI/DWI, provide your BAC level within your explanation.
Financial History
Financial History
You are required to answer the questions in this section completely, irrespective of any statute, administrative rule, court order or legal or administrative proceeding expunging the information required herein from any record or purporting to authorize any person to deny the existence of such matters, and IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY ADVICE FROM ANY SOURCE (INCLUDING LEGAL COUNSEL) THAT SUCH INFORMATION NEED NOT BE DISCLOSED
Delinquent Debts
NOTE: You must upload verification of current pay status or satisfaction of debt.
If different from above, provide the current creditor or collection agency
Provide a detailed explanation.
 
NOTE: This explanation should contain a detailed history of the debt and the factual events and actions which led to this debt, including information which mitigates or lessens the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation. The explanation should also include any actions taken to collect the debt, any defenses to the debt, the terms of any agreement to repay the debt and the status of that repayment arrangement.
Judgments
NOTE: If you have any tax lien(s), please enter those under the Taxes section.

List each suit filed against you.

NOTE: You must upload the following:
  • A copy of the petition or complaint
  • A copy of the judgment
  • A copy of the satisfaction of judgment (if any)
If different from above, provide the current creditor or collection agency
Provide a detailed explanation
 
Provide a detailed explanation. NOTE: This explanation should contain the factual events and actions which led to this judgment, lien, decree or order.This includes the terms of any agreement to pay the judgment, and the current status of such an agreement for each suit.
Bankruptcy
NOTE: You must upload a copy of the schedule of indebtedness, petition for bankruptcy and the dismissal or the discharge order from the bankruptcy court.
Provide a detailed explanation
 
NOTE: This explanation should contain the history of this bankruptcy and the factual events and actions which led to this bankruptcy.This should include your perspective of the circumstances, reasons or situations that contributed to the bankruptcy and any explanation which mitigates or lessens the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Please explain in detail.
 
Please explain in detail
 

For each creditor, please provide the following:

  • Creditor Name
  • Account Number
  • Amount Not Discharged/Reaffirmed
 
Taxes
List each tax year separately
NOTE: You must upload a copy of each year’s tax documentation and any documentation substantiating repayment arrangements, including verification of current pay status or satisfaction.
Provide a factual statement explaining the reason(s) the taxes were not timely filed
 
NOTE: The explanation should include your perspective of the circumstances, reasons or situations that contributed to the tax delinquency and any explanation which mitigates or lessens the severity of your actions or conduct and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Fitness
Fitness Instructions

The following questions address recent mental health and chemical or psychological dependency matters. The purpose of these questions is to determine the current fitness of an applicant to practice law. The mere fact of treatment for mental health problems or chemical or psychological dependency is not, in itself, a basis on which an applicant is ordinarily denied admission to the Colorado bar. The Office of Attorney and LLP Admissions regularly recommends licensing of individuals who have demonstrated personal responsibility and maturity in dealing with mental health and chemical or psychological dependency issues. The Board encourages applicants who may benefit from treatment to seek it. As indicated in the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar, all proceedings conducted pursuant to Rules are confidential, with certain limited and enumerated exceptions. See Rule 211.1.

On occasion a license may be denied when an applicant’s ability to function is impaired in a manner relevant to the practice of law at the time that the licensing decision is made, or when an applicant demonstrates a lack of candor by their responses. Protection of the public that will receive legal services underlies the licensing responsibilities assigned to the Office of Attorney and LLP Admissions. Furthermore, each applicant is responsible for demonstrating that they possess the qualifications necessary to practice law. Your response may include information as to why, in your opinion or that of your treatment provider, your condition will not affect your ability to practice law in a competent and professional manner.

The Office of Attorney and LLP Admissions does not, by its questions, seek information that is characterized as situational counseling, such as stress counseling, domestic counseling and grief counseling. Generally, these types of counseling are not viewed as germane to the issue of whether an applicant is qualified to practice law.

Fitness
Provide a detailed explanation
 
NOTE: This statement should contain a detailed description of the factual events and actions which led to the conduct or behavior you are disclosing. The explanation should include your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations that contributed to the conduct or behavior, along with any information or explanation that you believe mitigates or lessons the severity of your conduct or behavior and to illustrate rehabilitation.
Describe how your condition or impairment currently affects your ability to practice law
 
NOTE: This statement should contain a detailed description of the current condition or impairment you are disclosing. The explanation should include your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations that contributed to your condition or impairment.
Describe treatment and/or monitoring program(s)
 
NOTE: This statement should contain a detailed description of the current treatment and or monitoring program(s) you are receiving or involved in for your condition or impairment.
Dates of Treatment
Provide a detailed explanation.
 
NOTE: The explanation should include any information or explanation that describes how treatment and/or monitoring/support program(s) reduces or ameliorates the condition or impairment you disclosed.
Provide a detailed explanation
 
NOTE: This statement should contain a detailed description of how your condition or impairment was a defense for your conduct or behavior. The explanation should include your perspective of the circumstances, reasons, or situations that contributed to your conduct or behavior, along with any information or explanation that you believe mitigates or lessens the severity of your conduct or behavior and to illustrate rehabilitation.
NOTE: You must provide a copy of the declaration or appointment.
Provide a detailed explanation
 
References
Attorney References
Provide three (3) attorneys who know you. If you are not admitted to practice law, and you do not know three attorneys, substitute law school professors or other professionals.
Do not include yourself, any person related to you by blood or marriage or anyone who resides at your current residence or any individuals already referred to in your application as a verifying reference.
Personal References
Do not include yourself, any person related to you by blood or marriage or anyone who resides at your current residence or any individuals already referred to in your application as a verifying reference.
Self Disclosure
Self Disclosure
Detailed Explanation
 
NOTE: This is not meant to be used to supplement any information related to previously asked application questions. That information should be included in the detailed explanation related to the specific question or as an Application Amendment available once your application is submitted.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements