(a) The Statewide Grievance Committee shall send a notice to each attorney who has not registered pursuant to Section 2-27 (d), or who has not completed minimum continuing legal education pursuant to Section 2-27A, that the attorney’s license to practice law in this state will be referred to the Superior Court for an administrative suspension of the attorney’s license to practice law in this state unless by December 31 of the year in which the notice is sent such attorney provides proof to the Statewide Grievance Committee that for the noncomplying year the attorney has registered or completed minimum continuing legal education, or is exempt from minimum continuing legal education. The Statewide Grievance Committee shall submit to the clerk of the Superior Court for the Hartford Judicial District a list of attorneys who did not provide proof of compliance with attorney registration or minimum continuing legal education, or exemption from minimum continuing legal education. Upon order of the court, the attorneys so listed and referred to the clerk shall be deemed administratively suspended from the practice of law in this state until such time as compliance has occurred and proof of same provided to the Statewide Grievance Committee, which suspension shall be effective upon publication of the list in the Connecticut Law Journal. An administrative suspension of an attorney for failure to comply with attorney registration or minimum continuing legal education shall not be considered discipline, but an attorney who is placed on administrative suspension for such failure shall be ineligible to practice law as an attorney admitted to practice in this state, and shall not be considered in good standing pursuant to Section 2-65 of these rules until such time as proof of compliance is provided to the Statewide Grievance Committee.
Section 2-27B.Enforcement of Attorney Registration and Minimum Continuing Legal Education; Administrative Suspension
Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceSets out how the Statewide Grievance Committee notifies, refers, and administratively suspends attorneys who fail to register or complete continuing legal education, and how a suspended attorney can ask the court to vacate that suspension.
Full Text of Section 2-27B
(b) An attorney aggrieved by an order placing the attorney on administrative suspension for failing to comply with Section 2-27 (d) or 2-27A may make an application to the Superior Court to have the order vacated, by filing the application with the Superior Court for the Hartford Judicial District within thirty days of the date that the order is published, and mailing a copy of the same by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Statewide Grievance Committee. The application shall set forth the reasons why the application should be granted. The court shall schedule a hearing on the application, which shall be limited to whether good cause exists to vacate the suspension order.
(c) The notice required by this section shall be sent by regular mail to the last address registered by the attorney pursuant to Section 2-26 and Section 2-27 (d) and to any email address on record with the Judicial Branch.
Amendment History
(Adopted June 11, 2021, to take effect Jan. 1, 2022.)
Plain-English Summary
Subsection (a) describes the enforcement sequence. The Statewide Grievance Committee sends notice to any attorney who hasn't registered under Section 2-27 (d) or completed continuing legal education under Section 2-27A, warning that the attorney's license will be referred to the Superior Court for administrative suspension unless the attorney proves compliance, or exemption from continuing legal education, by December 31 of the year the notice is sent. The committee then submits a list of noncompliant attorneys to the clerk of the Superior Court for the Hartford Judicial District. Once the court orders it, those attorneys are administratively suspended, effective when the list is published in the Connecticut Law Journal, and they remain suspended — ineligible to practice and not considered in good standing under Section 2-65 — until they prove compliance. The rule specifies that this kind of suspension is not discipline.
Subsection (b) gives a suspended attorney a way to challenge the suspension: file an application with the Superior Court for the Hartford Judicial District within thirty days of the date the suspension order is published, and mail a copy by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Statewide Grievance Committee. The application must explain why it should be granted, and the court holds a hearing limited to whether good cause exists to vacate the suspension.
Subsection (c) specifies how notice under this section is delivered: by regular mail to the attorney's last address registered under Sections 2-26 and 2-27 (d), and to any email address on record with the Judicial Branch.
Frequently Asked Questions
What triggers administrative suspension for a Connecticut attorney?
Failing to register under Section 2-27 (d) or failing to complete continuing legal education under Section 2-27A can trigger administrative suspension after notice from the Statewide Grievance Committee.
How can an attorney get an administrative suspension vacated?
The attorney must apply to the Superior Court for the Hartford Judicial District within thirty days of the suspension order’s publication and mail a copy to the Statewide Grievance Committee by certified mail; the court then holds a hearing limited to whether good cause exists to vacate the order.
Is administrative suspension the same as discipline?
No. The rule expressly states that administrative suspension for failing to register or complete continuing legal education is not considered discipline.
Where does the Statewide Grievance Committee send suspension notices?
By regular mail to the attorney’s last registered address under Sections 2-26 and 2-27 (d), and to any email address on record with the Judicial Branch.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 2-27B). Prescribed by the Judges of the Superior Court of Connecticut (Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 51-14). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 9, 2026. ·
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