Amendments to the North Dakota Admission to Practice Rules Relating to the Uniform Bar Examination
Following referral by the Supreme Court, the Joint Committee on Attorney Standards (Committee) submitted a recommendation to approve amendments to the North Dakota Admission to Practice Rules which would enable the Uniform Bar Examination to be administered in North Dakota. The Board of Governors of the State Bar Association of North Dakota voted to support adoption of the amendments. The Supreme Court issued a Notice of Comment on May 14, 2010, which permitted written comments to be filed by June 21, 2010. All comments received were submitted to the Court. The Court considered the matter, and
ORDERED,that the proposed amendments to Rules 6, 7, and 10 of the North Dakota Admission to Practice Rules, as further amended by the Court, are ADOPTED effective September 1, 2010.
The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened June 24, 2010, 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.