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."

U.S. Supreme Court justices make rare public appearances in pandemic

Bloomberg News: "Two Supreme Court justices appeared in public this week in the kind of sightings that have become rare since the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to end the term while working remotely."

Minn.: Threat against judge not protected by attorney-client privilege, 8th Circuit rules

ABA Journal: "A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a man for threatening a federal judge in a phone call with his lawyers."

July bar exam complete

The North Dakota bar examination began in Bismarck on Tuesday, July 28, with 58 applicants taking the exam. Of the applicants sitting on Tuesday, 42 were graduates from the University of North Dakota School of Law. The exam ended Wednesday.

Access limited to McIntosh County courthouse

McIntosh County has limited access to its courthouse. The courthouse doors are now locked and visitors must call ahead to the office in which they wish to do business.

Will the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally remake the legal industry?

ABA Journal: "In late February, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School held a Law 2030 conference focused on the myriad challenges the legal profession was likely to face in the next decade and how it could adapt to combat them."

Job Announcement - Court Reporter

A job announcement for a Court Reporter with the District Court in Fargo has been posted.

New opinion: July 27

The Supreme Court has issued a new opinion.

Thomas J. Gunderson 1941-2020

Minot attorney Thomas J. Gunderson, 78, died July 22. He was a University of North Dakota School of Law graduate and was admitted to the N.D. bar in 1972. His funeral is scheduled in New Town at Saint Anthony's Catholic Church at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29.