Summer 2018 VOLUME 65, NUMBER 3
GAVEL
THE
CONTENTS
FEATURES
New SBAND President Zack Pelham ........................................................................... 6
119th Annual Meeting Wrap-Up................................................................................... 8
Celebrating 40 Years on the Bench: Chief Justice VandeWalle..................................... 16
SBAND Members in Race for North Dakota Congressional Seat............................... 18
ALPS: Learn to Say No................................................................................................ 20
Rand Concludes Service as UND School of Law Dean............................................... 22
DEPARTMENTS
SBAND President.......................................................................................................... 5
North Dakota Supreme Court Highlights by Michael J. Morley.................................... 24
An Open (Love) Letter to UND Law by Kathryn R.L. Rand....................................... 26
ABA Annual Meeting by Dan Traynor......................................................................... 28
Initiative Works to Help Kids by Mike Hagburg............................................................ 30
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 5
2018 Fundamentals Webinar
Nonprofit Law – Essential Issues 101
September 12
2018 Fundamentals Webinar
Nonprofit Law – Essential Issues 102
September 20
UND Sioux Awards Banquet
Grand Forks
November 15
2018 Family Law Section Seminar
Bismarck
Young Lawyer Showcase............................................................................................... 32
Get to Know Your Board Member............................................................................... 34
Bar Foundation Update................................................................................................. 35
Lawyer Ethics............................................................................................................... 36
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
Zack Pelham, Bismarck
President
Aubrey Fiebelkorn Zuger, Fargo
President-Elect
Darcie Einarson, Grafton
Immediate Past-President
TBD
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
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THE GAVEL
Carrie Francis, Minot
NC Judicial District
Taylor Olson, Williston
NW Judicial District
Christina Wenko, Dickinson
SW Judicial District
Tonya Duffy, LaMoure
SE Judicial District
Hon. Michael Hurly, Rugby
NE Judicial District
Bradley Myers, Grand Forks
Interim Dean, UND Law School
Andrew Askew, Bismarck
Young Lawyers Section
Tony J. Weiler, Bismarck
Executive Directo