Municipal Judges Seminar Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Municipal judges from around the state of North Dakota gathered in Bismarck for their annual fall seminar on October 6th. The seminar this year covered a number of topics, including a deep dive on Canon 2 of Judicial Ethics, which focused on the duty of impartiality as a judge. Judges also attended sessions on traffic cases, trial and sentencing, and discussed changes to the municipal code that occured in the 2025 Legislative session.

Above, Judge Neil Axel (Retired) from the National Judicial College spoke about handling traffic cases.

Above, Judge Donald Parish (Retired), a Judicial Outreach Liaison for the State of Tennessee, spoke to attendees about trials and sentencing. Judge John Grinsteiner (Retired), the North Dakota Judicial Outreach Liaison also presented.