disability inactive status by Court order. However, upon reinstatement or return to active status, the
compliance period will be calculated as follows:
(a) If the registered lawyer or LLP remains on suspension, inactive status, or disability inactive status for
one year or longer, the start of the compliance period will begin on the date of reinstatement from
suspension or disability inactive status, or date of transfer to active status, and will end on the 31st of
December of the third full calendar year following the start of the compliance period.
(b) If the registered lawyer or LLP is suspended, on inactive status, or on disability inactive status for less
than one year, the compliance period will not be recalculated. However, upon reinstatement or return to
active status, the lawyer or LLP will have 91 days from the date of reinstatement or return to active status,
or the remainder of the original compliance period, whichever is longer, to complete and report all deferred
CLE requirements as otherwise set forth under C.R.C.P. 250.7, and to pay any penalties or fees that
accrued before the suspension or transfer to inactive status. Failure to complete deferred CLE requirements
or to pay related penalties or fees during this 91 day period will subject the lawyer to suspension pursuant
to C.R.C.P. 250.7(8).
(c) No registered lawyer or LLP will be permitted to change status to circumvent these rules.
(86) No Roll-Over Credits. CLE credit hours completed in excess of the required 45 credit hours for
registered lawyers and judges or the required 30 credit hours for LLPs in any applicable compliance period
may not be used to meet the minimum educational requirements in any subsequent compliance period.
(97) Exemptions.
(a) Inactive or Suspended Status. A lawyer or LLP who is on inactive status, disability inactive status,
or under suspension during his or her entire CLE compliance period is excused from the CLE requirements
for that compliance period.
(b) Age. A registered lawyer, LLP or judge will be exempt from the CLE requirements of these rules
starting on the registered lawyer’s, LLP’s or judge’s 72nd birthday. On the effective date of these rules,
all registered lawyers and judges who were exempt from the educational requirements under the previous
C.R.C.P. 260.5 (Exemptions), will again become subject to the requirements in these rules. For all
previously exempt registered lawyers and judges, the compliance period will begin on the effective date
of these rules and end on December 31, 2021 (the end of the third full calendar year following the start of
the compliance period). For all registered lawyers and judges who reach their 65th birthday in 2018, the
compliance period will be extended through December 31, 2021. For all registered lawyers and judges
who reach their 65th birthday in 2019, and whose compliance period otherwise would have ended in 2019
or 2020, the compliance period will be extended through December 31, 2021. Subsequent compliance
periods will begin on the 1st of January of the year immediately following the end of the previous
compliance period.
(108) Deferral.
(a) Inability to Comply. In cases of inability to comply with these rules for good cause shown, the CLJE
Office may, in its discretion, defer individual compliance with the CLE requirements set forth in these
rules. Good cause may include, for example, a registered lawyer, LLP or judge serving on full-time active
duty in the armed forces of the United States who is deployed to a location outside the United States, and
who provides to the CLJE Office a copy of military orders or other official paperwork listing the date,
location, and duration of the deployment.
(b) No Waiver. Deferral does not constitute a waiver of the CLE requirements.