N.D. Law Review Energy Law Symposium set for March 14 in Bismarck
The 2019 North Dakota Law Review Energy Law Symposium will be held March 14 at the National Energy Center of Excellence in Bismarck. The symposium is approved for 7.75 North Dakota CLE credits and there is no charge to attend.U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 25 arguments
Monday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case on whether private entities operating public access television channels should be considered state actors for First Amendment purposes.
SD high court rules against Rapid City woman in same-sex benefits case
Rapid City Journal/AP: "South Dakota's Supreme Court ruled this week against a retired police official seeking state retirement system survivor benefits after her wife, a former police captain, died of cancer."North Dakota court system to roll out new website
Bismarck Tribune: "North Dakota's court system will soon reveal a "refreshed" website updating its 20-year-old platform. State Court Administrator Sally Holewa said the new NDcourts.gov will likely roll out in the next week."
UND Law wins championship at regional trial competition
UND News Release: "This past weekend, the UND Law Trial Team of Emily Christensen, Montana Funk, and Erica Skogen emerged the overall winner of the National Trial Competition for Region 12 held in Lincoln, Nebraska."
U.S.: 'Excessive fines' ban applies to states, Supreme Court says
Associated Press: "Tyson Timbs admitted he'd sold drugs, and he accepted his sentence without a fight. What he wouldn't quietly accept was the police seizing and keeping the $40,000 Land Rover he'd had when arrested."US Supreme Court won't take challenge to Montana campaign finance law
Montana Public Radio: "Montana's 2015 campaign finance law survived its biggest test Tuesday. The U.S. Supreme Court, without comment, declined to take up a case challenging the state's Disclose Act."
Minn.: Appeals Court orders name change for sex offender
Mankato Free Press: "A patient at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program who was born a man but identifies as female should have been granted a name change, state appellate judges have decided."North Dakota judicial budget moves ahead without requested judgeship
Bismarck Tribune: "North Dakota House lawmakers approved the state's judicial budget on Monday, but without a new judgeship requested for the district that includes Burleigh and Morton counties."