South Dakota Legal News
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USD Law School among first to be back with face-to-face education this fall
KELO News: "The South Dakota Board of Regents has decided that universities will resume in-person classes at the start of the fall term." -
Billionaires stashing funds in South Dakota trusts
Pierre Capital Journal: "South Dakota’s unusual stature as a leader nationwide in chartering trusts has been in the national headlines in recent weeks because of a new turn in a Texas billionaire’s messy divorce." -
S.D.: Juvenile justice reform movement aided by detention decline during crisis
Public News Service: "A downward trend in juvenile-detention populations during the pandemic is renewing hopes among reform advocates. The numbers are reflected in a national survey that reached out to agencies in 30 states." -
SD Supreme Court oral arguments via Zoom
Pierre Capital Journal: "Traditionally, the South Dakota Supreme Court holds oral arguments - open to the public - either at its courtroom in the State Capitol, at the University of South Dakota School of Law or another public institution like a college." -
State panel begins steps in nominating a new justice for the South Dakota Supreme Court
KELO News: "State law requires that South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson must retire no later than January 5, 2021." -
All 62 courthouses in South Dakota remain operational
KELO News: "While state, county, and city government offices across South Dakota have closed and moved to operating online or by phone, the court system in the state is still up and running." -
S.D. courts delay trials, excuse no-shows, reduce jail population
Brookings Register: "South Dakota courts are delaying trials, excusing no-shows, attempting to reduce jail populations and taking other measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus." -
Most fed. court business in S.D. delayed
News Center 1: "Coronavirus concerns are shutting down almost all federal court business in South Dakota." -
SD courts delay trials, excuse no-shows, reduce jail population for coronavirus
Rapid City Journal: "South Dakota courts are delaying trials, excusing no-shows, attempting to reduce jail populations and taking other measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus." -
USD law professor edits journal focused on agriculture policy
Yankton Press and Dakotan: "Thomas Horton, a professor of law and the Heidepriem Trial Advocacy Fellow at the University of South Dakota School of Law, served as guest editor of the winter issue of Competition Policy International’s journal Antitrust Chronicle."