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.

Justice Gerald VandeWalle honored by the UND Alumni Association

KFYR News: "Justice Gerald VandeWalle was the center of North Dakota law for more than 60 years. Tuesday night, he was honored by the University of North Dakota and the UND Alumni Association & Foundation."

N.D. Attorney General opinion: Feb. 6

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued an opinion that the Board of Accountancy violated the open records law when it withheld an entire email string as attorney work product when only the email from the Board’s litigation attorney to its general counsel was exempt.

After 2 Supreme Court wins, Florida man gets $875K from city

Associated Press: "Few people have fought any city hall all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won, but Fane Lozman did it twice. Now the Florida city he’s battled since 2006 is going to pay him thousands of dollars in legal fees."