Job Announcement - Assistant State's Attorney

A job announcement for an Assistant State's Attorney with the Grand Forks County State's Attorney's office has been posted.

Treatment Court established in Richland County

Wahpeton Daily News: "Anyone willing to earn it deserves a second, or even third, chance. That’s one of the beliefs behind the Richland County Treatment Court."

Former North Dakota lawmaker launches book drive for inmates

G.F. Herald: "In the 1994 movie 'The Shawshank Redemption,' Andy Dufresne — portrayed by Tim Robbins — spent years trying to build a library for inmates with almost no avenues to learn."

Wyoming’s first female supreme court justice paved the way for others

Casper Star Tribune: "Marilyn Kite was living in Jackson, working as an attorney and raising her son when she got the call. Justice Richard Macy was retiring. The Wyoming Supreme Court would have an opening. Would she consider it?"

Job Announcement - Paralegal

A job announcement for two paralegals with the Attorney General's office in Bismarck has been posted.

UND Alum and N.D. Supreme Court Justice Gerald VandeWalle receives President’s Medal, other honors

UND Today: "Things often happen in threes. For North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Jerry VandeWalle, who earned business and law degrees from UND in 1955 and 1958, the adage proved true on [Feb. 4]."

State to study juvenile justice system

KFYR News: "When a juvenile ends up in the criminal justice system, best case scenario is that it's a one-time thing."

How quickly should courts change the law? Florida tests the limit

Christian Science Monitor: "When the Florida Supreme Court ruled late last month that a unanimous jury is not required for the state to hand down a death sentence, the decision reverberated in the state prisons that house hundreds of felons already sentenced to death."

For the first time, flagship law journals at top U.S. law schools are all led by women

Washington Post: "Only one woman worked on the staff of the Harvard Law Review when Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrived on campus in 1956. It would be another two decades before a woman was elected to lead the school’s prestigious legal journal."

Job Announcement - Assistant Attorney General

A job announcement for an Assistant Attorney General with the Attorney General's office in Bismarck has been posted.