February 2023 bar examination results released

The State Board of Law Examiners met to review applications and make recommendations for the admission to practice law in North Dakota based on the results of the February 2023 state bar exam. Twenty-one of the 39 applicants who sat for the exam passed. This is a 54 percent pass rate, compared to 68 percent in 2022.

New Law Review issue available online

The North Dakota Law Review recently published Volume 98, Issue 1, and has posted it online.

Job Announcement - Human Resources Administrator

A job announcement for a Human Resources Administrator with the U.S. District Court in Fargo has been posted.

Job Announcement - Paralegal

A job announcement for a Paralegal with the Burleigh County State's Attorney's office in Bismarck has been posted.

Job Announcements - Public Defenders

Job announcements for three Attorney Public Defenders with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents have been posted.

County courthouses closing due to weather

The courthouses in Dickey, Logan, Ransom, Sargent, and Traill counties will be closed today, April 4, due to the weather. LaMoure will be closing at 10 a.m., Stutsman will be closing at 11 a.m., Grand Forks, Nelson and Richland at noon, Benson, Cass and Wells at 1 p.m. and Kidder at 2:30 p.m.

Justice McEvers, Judge Bailey speak on paths to bench

East Central Judicial District Judge Susan L. Bailey and Supreme Court Justice Lisa Fair McEvers recently presented on “Paths to the Bench” for Women’s History month at Touchmark in Fargo. In attendance were their law professors Larry Kraft and Pauline Paulson.

Order of Adoption

Amend. to N.D.R.Ct. 3.4 and N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 41

New opinions: March 31

The Supreme Court has issued 17 new opinions.

Burke County courthouse closed today, Sargent closing early

The Burke County courthouse is closed today, Friday, March 31. The Sargent County courthouse is closing at 3:30 p.m.