Order of Adoption Wednesday, January 16, 2002

IN THE SUPREME COURT

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

ORDER OF ADOPTION

Supreme Court No. 20010001

Amendments to the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct and North Dakota Rules of Lawyer Discipline

By Order dated May 23, 2001, amendments proposed by the Joint Committee on Attorney Standards to N.D.R. Lawyer Discipl. 3.1D (4) were adopted effective August 1, 2001. Proposed amendments to N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.19, N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.16, and the Comment to N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.6 were returned to the Committee for reconsideration. Additional amendments to N.D.R. Lawyer Discipl. 3.1D (2) and (3) proposed by the State Bar Association of North Dakota were referred to the Committee for consideration.

On December 24, 2001, the Joint Committee on Attorney Standards resubmitted proposed amendments to N.D.R. Lawyer Discipl. 3.1D (2), (3), and (4), and N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.19, with conforming amendments to N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.6 and 1.16. The Court considered the matter, and

ORDERED, proposed amendments to N.D.R. Lawyer Discipl. 3.1D(2), (3), and (4) are ADOPTED effective immediately.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, the remaining proposed amendments are held in abeyance until after the 2003 legislative session.

Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, January 16, 2002.

Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice
William A. Neumann, Justice
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice
Mary Muehlen Maring, Justice
Carol Ronning Kapsner, Justice

ATTEST:
Penny Miller, Clerk