Order of Adoption

IN THE SUPREME COURT

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

ORDER OF ADOPTION

Supreme Court No. 20060065

Proposed Amendments to Canon 5 and the Terminology Section
of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct

On March 9, 2006, the Judiciary Standards Committee filed proposed amendments to Canon 5 and the Terminology Section of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct. The Court considered the matter, and

ORDERED, the proposed amendments to Canon 5 and the Terminology Section of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct, as further amended by the Court, are ADOPTED effective March 27, 2006, subject to a 30-day comment period.

FURTHER ORDERED, any person wishing to comment on the proposed amendments may do so in writing before Monday, April 24, 2006. Written comments may be e-mailed to Penny Miller, Clerk of the Supreme Court, at supclerkofcourt@ndcourts.gov, or addressed to 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 180, Bismarck, ND 58505-0530.

The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened March 22, 2006, with the Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring, the Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, the Honorable Daniel J. Crothers, Justices, directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order.

Penny Miller
Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court