Proposed Amendments to the North Dakota Admission to Practice Rules
On May 13, 2008, the State Board of Law Examiners filed proposed amendments to the North Dakota Admission to Practice Rules. The proposed amendments with technical corrections were forwarded to the Joint Committee on Attorney Standards for review. The Joint Committee on Attorney Standards approved the proposed amendments and returned them on October 2, 2008, with the State Bar Association's Board of Governor's support, for submission to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court issued a Notice of Comment on October 15, 2008, which permitted written comments to be filed by November 17, 2008. All comments received were submitted to the Court. The Court considered the matter, and
ORDERED, that the proposed amendments to the North Dakota Admission to Practice Rules, as further amended by the Court, are ADOPTED effective March 1, 2009.
The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened December 10, 2008, 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 Chief Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order.
Colette M. Bruggman
Chief Deputy Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court