Colorado Supreme Court Rules Committee, 0117 COBJ, Vol. 46 No. 1 Pg. 87

46 Colo.Law. 87

Colorado Supreme Court Rules Committee

Vol. 46, No. 1 [Page 87]

The Colorado Lawyer

January, 2017

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Colorado Supreme Court Rules Committee

Rule Change 2016(12) Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct

Rule 2.1. Advisor

[NO CHANGE]

COMMENT

[1] [NO CHANGE]

[2]Advice couched in narrow legal terms may be of little value to a client, especially where practical considerations, such as cost or effects on other people, are predominant. Purely technical legal advice, therefore, can sometimes be inadequate. In a matter involving the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities, a lawyer should consider advising the client that parental conflict can have a significant adverse effect on minor children It is proper for a lawyer to refer to relevant moral and ethical considerations in giving advice. Although a lawyer is not a moral advisor as such, moral and ethical considerations impinge upon most legal questions and may decisively influence how the law will be applied.

[3]-[5] [NO CHANGE]

Rule 2.1. Advisor

[NO CHANGE]

COMMENT

[1] [NO CHANGE]

[2] Advice couched in narrow legal terms may be of little value to a client, especially where practical considerations, such as cost or effects on other people, are predominant. Purely...