IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
The Joint Committee on Attorney Standards (Committee) submitted a recommendation to approve proposed amendments to Rule 7.1 of the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct regarding permissible communications about lawyer services, in particular the use of designations in lawyer advertisements. The Supreme Court issued a Notice of Comment on July 21, 2010, which permitted written comments to be filed by September 3, 2010. The Court considered the matter, and
ORDERED, that the proposed amendments to N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 7.1, are ADOPTED effective October 1, 2010.
The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened September 8, 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.
Penny Miller
Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court