Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Appellate Contractor with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Assistant City Attorney with the City of Bismarck has been posted.

8th Circuit decides N.D. case: Sept. 6

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has issued a per curiam opinion affirming resentencing in a North Dakota criminal case.

U.S.: Gorsuch says it’s just fine to be forgotten someday

Bloomberg News: "If history doesn’t remember Justice Neil Gorsuch, that’d be just fine by him. 'We’ll all be forgotten soon enough,' the justice quotes his former boss and Supreme Court predecessor Justice Byron 'Whizzer' White in his upcoming memoir, 'A Republic, If You Can Keep It.'"

Feds decline to adopt protections for Yellowstone bison

Courthouse News Service: "The federal government has decided there will be no review of the Yellowstone National Park bison to be considered for federal protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Thursday."

Job Announcement

A job announcement for an Attorney II with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in Fargo has been posted.

Workforce shortage in North Dakota impacting both prosecutors and public defenders

Bismarck Tribune: "In 2018, the average caseload per attorney in the Burleigh County office was 640, up 5% since 2015. Misdemeanor cases often are closed after one appearance by the defendant, but felonies require at least two appearances, more if a case goes to trial or if there are bail issues."

U.S.: Supreme Court taking on big issues that have been percolating for a while

ABA Journal: "The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle some pretty big issues in its next term, including cases on LGBT rights, immigration and its first major case on gun rights in nearly a decade. And that’s with only about half of its docket filled for the term that begins Oct. 7."

ABA releases new formal ethics opinion

The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released Formal Opinion 488 on judges’ social or close personal relationships with lawyers or parties as grounds for disqualification or disclosure.

Parents can be sued for false claims against high school coaches, Minnesota high court rules

Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Parents who criticize or trash talk their kids’ public high school coaches don’t have legal protection to make false claims, according to a groundbreaking ruling issued Wednesday by the Minnesota Supreme Court."