Colorado § 13-93-201 - Legal aid dispensaries - law students practice.
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§ 13-93-201. Legal aid dispensaries - law students practice.
Students of any law school that maintains a legal-aid dispensary where poor or legally underserved persons receive legal advice and services shall, when representing the dispensary and its clients, be authorized to advise clients on legal matters and appear in court or before any arbitration panel as if licensed to practice law.
Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 701, § 1, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-5-116 as it existed prior to 2017.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Providing Legal Services for the Poor: A Dilemma and an Opportunity", see 11 Colo. Law. 666 (1982). For article, "Problems in Clinical Integration: A Case Study of the Integrated Clinical Program of the University of Denver College of Law", see 59 Den. L.J. 459 (1982).
A law student acting on behalf of the legal aid society for an alien satisfies the requirements of a "counsel" and is authorized to act as an attorney in a deportation hearing as an accredited representative of a social service organization. Pilapil v. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., 424 F.2d 6 (10th Cir. 1970).
However, despite the language of this section, law students authorized to appear in court must have the approval of the judge of the court in which they propose to appear. People v. Coria, 937 P.2d 386 (Colo. 1997).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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