CONTENTS
FEATURES
Photography Project Highlights Rural Courthouses ...................................................... 5 New District Court Judges ........................................................................................... 10 Why Mediation ?........................................................................................................... 12 Avoid the Most Common Comma Crimes Committed by Counsel ............................ 14 ALPS : Ten Ways to Have a More Constructive Conversation with Your Clients ........ 16 A Collective Exhale ...................................................................................................... 18 North Dakota Rural Recruitment ................................................................................ 20
DEPARTMENTS
Spring 2021 VOLUME 68 , NUMBER 2
SBAND President .......................................................................................................... 4 North Dakota Supreme Court Highlights by Michael J . Morley .................................... 21
UND School of Law Installs the Flags of North Dakota ’ s Five Tribes by Michael McGinniss .................................................................................. 24
The ABA ’ s New Normal by Hon . Dan Traynor .............................................................. 27 Court Adopts Amendments to Remote Testimony Rule by Mike Hagburg .................. 28 Young Lawyer Showcase ............................................................................................... 30 Get to Know Your Board Member ............................................................................... 32 Bar Foundation Update ................................................................................................. 34 Lawyer Discipline ......................................................................................................... 38
State Bar Association of North Dakota Officers
Board of Governors
Carrie Francis , Minot President Hon . Doug Bahr , Bismarck President-Elect Aubrey Fiebelkorn-Zuger , Fargo Immediate Past-President Rob Manly , Fargo Secretary-Treasurer Hon . Daniel M . Traynor , Bismarck ABA Delegate Jennifer Albaugh , Fargo EC Judicial District Paul Meyerchin , Bismarck SC Judicial District Ted Sandberg , Grand Forks NEC Judicial District
Deb Hoffarth , Minot NC Judicial District Taylor Olson , Williston NW Judicial District Jordan Selinger , Dickinson SW Judicial District Tonya Duffy , LaMoure SE Judicial District Joshua Frey , Towner NE Judicial District Michael McGinniss , Grand Forks Dean , UND Law School Brady Pelton , Bismarck Young Lawyers Section Tony J . Weiler , Bismarck Executive Director
SBAND Editorial Board
Sheldon Smith , Bismarck Chair
Lynn Block , Fargo Mike Morley , Grand Forks
Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich , Grand Forks
Taylor Olson , Williston Ian McLean , Fargo Joshua Swanson , Fargo Justin Balzer , Bismarck Hope Hogan , Bismarck Stephen R . Hanson , West Fargo Scott Diamond , Fargo
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Cover Photo : Burke County Courthouse by Shawna Schill , UND Senior University Photographer
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