Officers and state's attorney association train together

KFYR News: "Training for trials is essential for officers and attorneys. Drug recognition experts and prosecutors with the North Dakota State's Attorneys Association held a mock DUI trial [June 20]."

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Director of Development -- School of Law with the UND Alumni Association in Grand Forks has been posted.

A Millennial in management: Thunder takes over top job in North Dakota Labor Department

Jamestown Sun: "Erica Thunder took over the top job in the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights earlier this month. In a couple of weeks, she'll turn 30. Despite that relative youth, Thunder wasn't daunted by her new responsibilities."

North Dakota female prison populations hit capacity

My ND Now: "North Dakota’s female prison population has reached capacity for the first time, leaving some inmates in the custody of county jails."

Back on your feet - It takes shoes!

KFGO News: "After seeing an influx of cases involving drugs and alcohol (often with repeat offenders) a North Dakota district court judge decided to try something different."

Judge Jerome 'Jerry' G. Arnold 1941-2019

Judge Jerome 'Jerry' G. Arnold died June 6. A UND School of Law graduate, he served from 1986-1991 as U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. For the last 25 years he worked in Duluth as a Workers' Compensation Judge.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Court Reporter with the District Court in the Bismarck/Mandan area has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Citizen Access Paralegal with the Supreme Court Law Library in Bismarck has been posted.

Job Announcement

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

Supreme Court seeks staff attorney

A job announcement for a Staff Attorney - Central Legal with the Supreme Court in Bismarck has been posted. The closing date is June 20, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time.

Attorney Jack McDonald receives Liberty Bell Award for First Amendment advocacy

Bismarck Tribune: "Bismarck attorney Jack McDonald received the State Bar Association of North Dakota's Liberty Bell Award [June 13] for work McDonald has done during the course of his career on First Amendment issues."

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Legal Assistant II with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in Dickinson has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for Contract Attorneys for the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in the Northwest, South Central and Southeast Judicial Districts has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General (Civil Litigation) with the Attorney General's Office in Bismarck has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General (Criminal and Regulatory) with the Attorney General's Office in Bismarck has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General to serve as director of the Medicaid Fraud Unit in Bismarck has been posted.

Job Announcement

Four job announcements for Assistant United States Attorneys for the District of North Dakota have been posted.

Justin N. Silicz 1986-2019

UND School of Law graduate Justin N. Silicz died June 2. A member of the Manitoba bar, he worked as an attorney in Winnipeg. Funeral services are at St. John Brébeuf Parish in Winnipeg on Saturday, June 8 at 9:30 a.m.

Federalist Society offers free CLE event June 12

The North Dakota Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society will present a free continuing legal education event at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12 in the Mozart Room at the Delta Hotels by Marriott in Fargo.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Deputy Clerk with the District Court in Williston has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Attorney I with the Child Support Division of the Department of Human Services in Bismarck has been posted.

LaMoure and Ransom County clerk’s offices to be closed Friday

The LaMoure and Ransom County Clerk of Court’s offices will be closed Friday, June 7.

Dakota Datebook: The most remarkable trial

Prairie Public: "On this date in 1912, the Bismarck Tribune reported that Myron R. Kent quietly passed away in the state penitentiary. The news did not cause much of a stir. But at one time, Kent was at the center of what had been dubbed 'the most remarkable trial in the annals of the west.'"