Local Rule D.C.COLO.LAttyR 2: STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

D.C.COLO.LAttyR 2 STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

(a) Standards of Professional Conduct. Except as provided by Subdivision (b) or order or rule of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct (Colo. RPC) are adopted as standards of professional responsibility for the United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado. A judicial officer may impose additional standards of professional conduct by practice standard or order, the violation of which constitutes grounds for discipline under D.C.COLO.LAttyR 7(b)(1).

(b) Exceptions. The following provisions of the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct (Colo. RPC) are excluded from the standards of professional responsibility for the United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado:

(1) Colo. RPC 1.2(c) (limiting scope of representation), except that, if ordered, and subject to D.C.COLO.LAttyR 5(a) and (b), an attorney may provide limited representation to an unrepresented party or an unrepresented prisoner in a civil action; and

(2) Colo. RPC 1.2(d), Comment [14] (counseling and assisting client regarding Colorado Constitution art. XVIII, §§ 14 and 16 and related statutes, regulations, or orders, and other state or local provisions implementing them), except that a lawyer may advise a client regarding the validity, scope, and meaning of Colorado Constitution art. XVIII, §§ 14 and 16 and the statutes, regulations, orders, and other state or local provisions implementing them, and, in these circumstances, the lawyer shall also advise the client regarding related federal law and policy.

(c) Federal Pro Se Clinic. An attorney may provide short-term limited legal services through the Federal Pro Se Clinic ("FPSC") subject to the standards of conduct adopted by the FPSC.