Notice of Comment

Proposed Amendments to Rule 3.1, North Dakota Rules of Court, Regarding Pleadings

Notice of Comment

Proposed Rule 3.2, Admission to Practice Rules, Regarding Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster and Proposed Amendment to Comment Section of Rule 5.5, North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct, Regarding the Unauthorized Practice of Law

Notice of Comment

Proposed Amendments to Rule 1.15, North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct, Regarding Credit Card Payments for Unearned Fees

Order of Adoption

Proposed Amendments to the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct

Notice of Consultation

In the Matter of the Judicial Vacancy in District Judgeship No. 3, with Chambers in Dickinson, North Dakota, Southwest Judicial District

Order of Adoption

Proposed Amendments to North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 17 Relating to District Judge and Municipal Judge Self-Disqualification Procedure

Order of Adoption

Proposed Amendments to Rule 3.1(E) of the North Dakota Rules for Lawyer Discipline

The Supreme Court at UND - The November 2-3, 2011, photos

Justice Carol Kapsner and Justice Dale Sandstrom listen to arguments at the University of North Dakota School of Law on Oct. 1 during the Court's annual visit.

The Supreme Court in Enderlin - The October 31, 2011, photos

Enderlin Principal Tim Michaelson welcomes the Court as they arrive for their Oct. 31 visit.

State of the Judiciary Report 2011

I am pleased to offer the State of the Judiciary Report to the 112th Annual Meeting of the State Bar Association. Despite what some of the younger lawyers may believe, I have not been in attendance at all 112 meetings. A few people in this room were in attendance at the same meeting I was a few weeks ago in which the speaker, a retired Law School Dean, in talking about his age said that "With age comes wisdom but sometimes age comes alone."