North Dakota
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Job Announcement - Legal Assistant
A job announcement for a Legal Assistant I with the Burleigh County State’s Attorney’s office in Bismarck has been posted. -
North Dakota Supreme Court justice recovering from COVID-19: 'Be careful and stay safe'
Bismarck Tribune: "North Dakota's longest-serving Supreme Court justice could be released this week from the hospital while still recovering from COVID-19." -
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." -
South Central Judicial District welcomes law clerk
The South Central Judicial District welcomed Jayla O’Neill as a new law clerk on Aug. 1. -
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." -
Job Announcement - District Court Paralegal
A job announcement for a District Court Paralegal with the Judicial Support Pilot Project in Minot has been posted. -
Job Announcement - District Court Paralegal
A job announcement for a District Court Paralegal with the Judicial Support Pilot Project in Watford City has been posted. -
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." -
SEJD conducts socially distanced jury trial in Jamestown
Southeast Judicial District Judge Cherie L. Clark recently presided over a socially distanced jury trial in Jamestown's historic 1883 courthouse. -
Steele County clerk's office to close Aug. 20-21
The Steele County Clerk of Court/Recorder office will close on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 1 p.m. and be closed all day Friday, Aug. 21. -
Job Announcement - District Court Paralegal
A job announcement for a District Court Paralegal with the Judicial Support Pilot Project in Cavalier has been posted. -
Job Announcement - Assistant State's Attorney
A job announcement for an Assistant State's Attorney with the Cass County State's Attorney's office in Fargo has been posted. -
‘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." -
LaMoure Co. Clerk’s office will be closed Aug 7, 2020.
The LaMoure Co. Clerk’s office will be closed on Friday, Aug 7, 2020. -
Three members elected to Administrative Council
Three new members-at-large have been elected to serve on the Court’s Administrative Council. -
Divide County Courthouse closed
The Divide County Courthouse is closed for the remainder of this week. -
NCJD issues emergency order
The North Central Judicial District has issued an emergency order to address reduced judicial officer and staffing levels due to the COVID-19 virus. -
Supreme Court welcomes new law clerks
The North Dakota Supreme Court is pleased to announce the following individuals who began their one-year clerkship with the North Dakota Supreme Court on Aug. 3: Logan Carpenter, Alexandra Carthew, Erica Skogen Hovey, Matthew Keller, and Katelyn Krabbenhoft. -
Supreme Court to live-stream oral arguments on August 4, 2020
The North Dakota Supreme Court will live-stream video of oral arguments on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 on its YouTube channel. -
New opinions: July 30
The Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
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."