Order of Adoption

Amendments to North Dakota Rules for Lawyer Discipline and North Dakota Rules of the Judicial Conduct Commission

Order of Adoption

On September 2, 1998, the Court Services Administration Committee petitioned the Court for amendments to Administrative Rule 19, regarding the services of the State Records Administrator in the Court Records Management Program. The Court considered the matter, and

Order of Adoption

On July 15, 1998, the Supreme Court adopted amendments to Administrative Policy 106 thereby creating one personnel advisory board. To facilitate the creation of one personnel advisory board, amendments to Administrative Rule 33 were proposed. The Court considered the matter, and

Notice of Hearing

The Joint Committee on Attorney Standards proposed amendments to the North Dakota Admission to Practice Rules regarding conditional admission and licensure. The proposed amendments are attached.

Proposed Amendments to North Dakota Rules

Proposed Amendments to the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rules of Court and the North Dakota Century Code

Order of Adoption

Amendments to North Dakota Rules of Court, Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules of Evidence, Rule on Procedural Rules, Administrative Rules and Administrative Orders of the North Dakota Supreme Court, Rule on Local Court Procedural Rules and Administrative Rules, North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules and Administrative Orders, Code of Judicial Conduct, Rules of the Judicial Conduct Commission, Rules of Professional Conduct, Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions, Rules for Lawyer Discipline, Rules for Continuing Legal Education, Admission to Practice Rules, and the Rule on the Limited Practice of Law by Law Students

Order of Adoption

In January 1998, the Gender Fairness Implementation Committee submitted amendments to the Commentary to Canon 3B(5) and (6) of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct to the Judiciary Standards Committee. In February 1998, the Judiciary Standards Committee considered the amendments through a mail ballot and submitted proposed amendments to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court re-referred the amendments to the Judiciary Standards Committee and requested it to conduct a meeting, either in-person or by conference call, to provide for discussion of the amendments. The Judiciary Standards committee met on May 8, 1998, and reviewed the proposed amendments. The proposed amendments were forwarded to the Supreme Court for approval on June 12, 1998.

Order of Adoption and Notice of Hearing

Proposed Amendments to North Dakota Rules for Lawyer Discipline and North Dakota Rules of the Judicial Conduct Commission

Petition to Move Chambers from Linton to Mandan

Notice is hereby given that on April 13, 1998, the Honorable Benny A. Graff, Presiding Judge of the South Central Judicial District, filed a Petition for Change of Designation of Resident District Court Judgeship Chamber under Administrative Rule 7.1(2), requesting the Supreme Court to change the designation of District Court Judgeship No. 8, with chambers at Linton, North Dakota, to chambers at Mandan, North Dakota, previously occupied by Judgeship No. 3 which was abolished effective March 11, 1998.

Judicial Vacancy - South Central Judicial District

In the Matter of the Judicial Vacancy in District Judgeship No. 5 in the Chamber at Bismarck, North Dakota, South Central Judicial District