UND to hold Constitution Day celebration Sept. 17

The UND School of Law will host UND’s annual Constitution Day event virtually at 12 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, via a Zoom webinar.

Bar passage rate up on July 2020 exam

The State Board of Law Examiners have announced that of the 58 applicants who sat for the bar examination on July 28-29, 44 applicants achieved a passing score.

Leonard Levine 1929-2020

Leonard Levine, husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Beryl Levine, died Sept. 2. He practiced medicine for 59 years, the majority of which were in Fargo.

John Doerr 1933-2020

Longtime attorney John Doerr, 87, died Aug. 22. A graduate of the UND School of Law, he was admitted to the North Dakota bar in 1958. Funeral services will be held Aug. 28 in Twin Falls, Idaho.

2020 Legislative Drafting Seminar set for Oct. 1

The Legislative Council staff will sponsor a legislative drafting seminar on Thursday, Oct. 1. There is no charge for attending this seminar. Registrants will receive the 2021 Legislative Drafting Manual.

Job Announcement - Paralegal

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

Stutsman County historic courthouse holding district court

News Dakota: "Moving the modern District Court to the Historic 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse hasn’t been without some of its own challenges."

Dakota Datebook: Stripes in North Dakota prisons

Prairie Public: "Every human society needs rules and laws. But always there will be lawbreakers who violate those laws. Crime brings punishment."

In Grand Forks, giving dignity to a man denied justice

MPR News: "The crime is nearly 140 years old. The effort to redress the injustice, more than two decades in the making."

New law review board members all North Dakota natives

Tatiana Hamilton, Fargo, Ashley Vander Wal, Mandan, Katie Winbauer, Bismarck, Joseph Hackman, Bottineau, and Rachael Mickelson, Rolla, have begun their work on the North Dakota Law Review's Board of Editors and will continue serving until the spring of 2021.

Site offers look at criminal justice system

Bismarck Tribune: "The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has partnered with a nonprofit organization to create a website designed to provide the public, researchers and policymakers with more access to data about the state’s criminal justice system."

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."

‘By Kathryn R.L. Rand and Steven Andrew Light’

UND Today: "With the casebook they co-authored now in its second edition, longtime UND research partners are ‘go-to voices’ on tribal gaming policy and law."

Dakota Datebook: Suffrage at the Constitutional Convention

Prairie Public: "In 1889, who could vote and how they could vote became a keen part of the debates during North Dakota's Constitutional Convention."

Initiative to prevent children from entering foster care and to encourage family engagement expands statewide

State of North Dakota News Release: "About 1,600 North Dakota children and youth are in foster care on a given day. To reduce those numbers, the North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Children and Family Services Division and its partners have expanded Family Centered Engagement meetings statewide."

North Dakota governing bodies adjust to social distancing, remote meetings

G.F. Herald: "When the COVID-19 pandemic started to pose difficulties for local and state officials, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem knew it was important for meetings to remain accessible even if they could not be held in the same way."

Dakota Datebook: 1889 Suffrage attempts and the Constitutional Convention

Prairie Public: "Even as Dakota Territory prepped to divide into states in 1889, women’s suffrage was a point of contention. Suffragists presented a petition at the territorial convention in January that was signed by over 4000 women asking the legislature to enact a law giving women the same voting rights as men."

Thomas J. Gunderson 1941-2020

Minot attorney Thomas J. Gunderson, 78, died July 22. He was a University of North Dakota School of Law graduate and was admitted to the N.D. bar in 1972. His funeral is scheduled in New Town at Saint Anthony's Catholic Church at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29.

Job Announcement - Assistant City Attorney

A job announcement for an Assistant City Attorney with the City of Bismarck has been posted.

Melissa Hamilton named president of National Association of Legal Assistants

Melissa Hamilton, a paralegal with the Attorney General’s office, has been installed as president of the National Association of Legal Assistants.

Uniform Juvenile Court Act rewritten for the first time in almost 50 years

KX News: "The first draft of a bill to replace the North Dakota Uniform Juvenile Court Act was presented to lawmakers for the first time in almost 50 years."

Karen McBride 1945-2020

Longtime Bismarck attorney Karen McBride, 74, died July 17. A graduate of the University of North Dakota School of Law, she was admitted to the N.D. bar in 1984. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Friday, July 24, and will be livestreamed.

Dakota Datebook: Suffrage at the State Fair

Prairie Public: "On this date in 1914, suffragists were prepping to represent their cause at the North Dakota State Fair, to be held in Fargo from July 20-25."