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Order of Adoption Wednesday, April 11, 2012

IN THE SUPREME COURT 
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 

ORDER OF ADOPTION

Supreme Court No. 20120109

Proposed Rule 3.2, Admission to Practice Rules, Regarding Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster and Proposed Amendment to Comment Section of Rule 5.5, North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct, Regarding the Unauthorized Practice of Law

The Joint Committee on Attorney Standards submitted a petition to adopt a proposed rule regarding provision of legal services following determination of a major disaster, and amendments to the Comment section of Rule 5.5 of the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct. The proposed amendments are available at Supreme Court No. 20120109. Individuals who do not have internet access may contact the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court to obtain a copy of the proposal. The Court considered the matter, and

ORDERED, that Rule 3.2, Admission to Practice Rules, Regarding Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster and the amendments to North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct 5.5, are ADOPTED effective May 1, 2012.

The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened this 11th day of April, 2012 and the Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring, the Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, and the Honorable Daniel J. Crothers, Justices, directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order. The Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, being unavoidably absent, did not participate in the decision.


Penny Miller 
Clerk 
North Dakota Supreme Court