SUMMER 2017 VOLUME 64, NUMBER 3
CONTENTS
GAVEL
THE
FEATURES
New SBAND President.................................................................................................. 4
118th Annual Meeting Highlights................................................................................. 6
Remembering Justice Meschke..................................................................................... 15
ALPS: How in the World?........................................................................................... 16
Preparing Graduates to Pass the Bar............................................................................. 18
The Essentials of Timely Case Resolution.................................................................... 20
Legal Writing Lessons from Gorsuch........................................................................... 24
DEPARTMENTS
SBAND President…....................................................................................................... 2
North Dakota Supreme Court Highlights by Michael J. Morley.................................... 28
System Too Lean? Part II by Kathryn R.L. Rand.......................................................... 30
The Lights and Lawyers on Broadway by Dan Traynor................................................. 32
New Law Makes Divorce Property and Debt Listing Confidential by Mike Hagburg......33
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 8
Indian Law Section Seminar
TBA, Bismarck
September 22
Professionalism for New Bar Admittees
State Capitol, Bismarck
September TBA
DUI & Criminal Law Update IVN
Various IVN Sites in ND
October 6
UND Homecoming CLE
Grand Forks
October 26-27
Leadership CLE
Ramada Plaza Suites, Fargo
November 16-17
Family Law Section Seminar
Ramada Plaza Suites, Fargo
Young Lawyer Showcase............................................................................................... 34
Get to Know Your Board Member............................................................................... 36
Bar Foundation Update................................................................................................. 38
Lawyer Ethics............................................................................................................... 40
Lawyer Discipline......................................................................................................... 42
The Gavel is published by the State Bar
Association of North Dakota
State Bar Association of North Dakota Officers
Board of Governors
Darcie Einarson, Grafton
President
Zachary Pelham, Bismarck
President-Elect
Charles DeMakis, Minot
Immediate Past-President
Aubrey Fiebelkorn Zuger, Fargo
Secretary-Treasurer
Daniel M. Traynor, Devils Lake
ABA Delegate
Jennifer Albaugh, Fargo
EC Judicial District
Doug Bahr, Bismarck
SC Judicial District
Peter Welte, Grand Forks
NEC Judicial District
Carrie Francis, Minot
NC Judicial District
Jeff Nehring, Williston
NW Judicial District
Christina Wenko, Dickinson
SW Judicial District
TBD
SE Judicial District
Hon. Michael Hurly, Rugby
NE Judicial District
Kathryn Rand, Grand Forks
Dean, UND Law School
Andrew Askew, Bismarck
Young Lawyers Section
Tony J. Weiler, Bismarck
Executive Director
State Bar
Association
of North Dakota
SBAND Editorial Board
Sheldon Smith, Bismarck
Chair
Eeva Greenley, Fargo
Lynn Block, Fargo
Hon. Michael Hurly, Rugby
Bradley Myers, Grand Forks
Mikayla Jahner, Bismarck
Mike Morley, Grand Forks
Taylor Olson, Williston
Ian McLean, Bismarck
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