Order of Adoption

In January 1998, the Gender Fairness Implementation Committee submitted amendments to the Commentary to Canon 3B(5) and (6) of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct to the Judiciary Standards Committee. In February 1998, the Judiciary Standards Committee considered the amendments through a mail ballot and submitted proposed amendments to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court re-referred the amendments to the Judiciary Standards Committee and requested it to conduct a meeting, either in-person or by conference call, to provide for discussion of the amendments. The Judiciary Standards committee met on May 8, 1998, and reviewed the proposed amendments. The proposed amendments were forwarded to the Supreme Court for approval on June 12, 1998.

Order of Adoption and Notice of Hearing

Proposed Amendments to North Dakota Rules for Lawyer Discipline and North Dakota Rules of the Judicial Conduct Commission

Petition to Move Chambers from Linton to Mandan

Notice is hereby given that on April 13, 1998, the Honorable Benny A. Graff, Presiding Judge of the South Central Judicial District, filed a Petition for Change of Designation of Resident District Court Judgeship Chamber under Administrative Rule 7.1(2), requesting the Supreme Court to change the designation of District Court Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Linton, North Dakota, to chambers at Mandan, North Dakota, previously occupied by Judgeship No. 3 which was abolished effective March 11, 1998.

Judicial Vacancy - South Central Judicial District

In the Matter of the Judicial Vacancy in District Judgeship No. 5 in the Chamber at Bismarck, North Dakota, South Central Judicial District

Judicial Vacancy - South Central Judicial District

ORDERED, that pursuant to Section 27-05-02.1(4), N.D.C.C., the Supreme Court will consult with the judges and attorneys of the South Central Judicial District, in the courtroom of the Supreme Court at the State Capitol, in Bismarck, North Dakota, at 10:45 a.m., April 29, 1998, on the following issues:

Administrative Rule 36 - Amended

Rules on Continuing Judicial Education Effective April 1, 1998

Administrative Rule 20 - Amended

Magistrates--Qualifications, Authority, Education and Procedures Effective April 1, 1998

Administrative Rule 7 - Amended

Designation of Judgeships and Chambers with Assignments Effective April 1, 1998

Order Extending Rule 8.5

On March 11, 1998, the Honorable Bruce E. Bohlman, Judge of the District Court for the Northeast Central Judicial District, petitioned the Court for an extension of the term limit of Rule 8.5, North Dakota Rules of Court (NDROC), for an additional 18 months. Rule 8.5, NDROC, is scheduled to terminate on April 1, 1998. On March 23, 1998, the Honorable Robert W. Holte, Judge of the District Court for the Northwest Judicial District, filed a letter in support of Judge Bohlman's petition

Judicial Vacancy - South Central Judicial District

In the Matter of the Judicial Vacancy in District Judgeship No. 3 in the Chamber at Mandan, North Dakota, South Central Judicial District