After a long legal career in ND, Ralph Maxwell was named one of the world's best senior athletes

Dickinson Press: "Ralph Maxwell, after a lengthy career of 45 years as a lawyer, county attorney, district state’s attorney and judge, set his sights on competing against the world’s best senior athletes."

State juvenile sex offense laws are wide-ranging, harmful, report says

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange: "Youth in Minnesota who commit sexual offenses can be held on a registry for, at a minimum, 10 years. In nearby North Dakota, the minimum is 15 years. In South Dakota it’s five years."

The nudge and tiebreaker that took women's suffrage from nay to yea

MPR News: "The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified 100 years ago this week."

S.D. justices take company’s side in a dispute with state’s underground storage tanks program

KELO News: "A circuit judge in a financial case correctly ruled against state government’s program for cleaning up leaks from underground storage tanks, the South Dakota Supreme Court said."

SEJD conducts socially distanced jury trial in Jamestown

Southeast Judicial District Judge Cherie L. Clark recently presided over a socially distanced jury trial in Jamestown's historic 1883 courthouse.

Steele County clerk's office to close Aug. 20-21

The Steele County Clerk of Court/Recorder office will close on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 1 p.m. and be closed all day Friday, Aug. 21.

Montana Supreme Court rules Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue case closed

NBC Montana News: "The Supreme Court ruled in favor of three mothers in the Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue case."

Job Announcement - District Court Paralegal

A job announcement for a District Court Paralegal with the Judicial Support Pilot Project in Cavalier has been posted.

Federal appeals court: Male-only draft is constitutional

Associated Press: "A federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld the constitutionality of the all-male military draft system Thursday, citing a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court decision."

Job Announcement - Assistant State's Attorney

A job announcement for an Assistant State's Attorney with the Cass County State's Attorney's office in Fargo has been posted.