U.S.: Ex-Marine, professor, MLB draft pick among high court clerks

Associated Press: "A former Marine who deployed twice to Afghanistan. A patent law professor. A woman who’s blind. Two Rhodes scholars. They’re among the lawyers starting work this summer as law clerks at the Supreme Court."

Nation: More than 3,000 prisoners released under First Step Act

CBS News: "Freedom came Friday for more than 3,000 people. They were released from prisons and halfway houses across the country under the First Step Act signed into law by the president last year."

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Contract Attorney with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in the Northeast Central Judicial District has been posted.

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Case Administrator for the U.S. District Court in Fargo has been posted.

LaMoure County clerk’s office closed Monday

The LaMoure County Clerk of Court’s office will be closed on Monday, July 22.

8th Circuit decides N.D. case

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has concluded that an appeal in a North Dakota habeas corpus case is moot.

N.D. Attorney General opinions: July 19

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued two opinions: that the City of Surrey violated the open meetings law when it failed to provide notice of its special meetings to the official newspaper and that the Belcourt School District violated the law by failing to provide the legal authority for withholding a record.

Program helped North Dakota man overcome youth problems

Bismarck Tribune: "Brandon Matties is only 24, too young to be looking back on life. But as he matures, he’s realizing how much he learned in his teen years and how the help of a local program might have shaped his future."

Job Announcement

A job announcement for a Juvenile Court Officer III with the Juvenile Court in Dickinson has been posted.

New opinion: July 18

The Supreme Court has issued one new opinion.