The State Bar Association of North Dakota Fall 2014 Gavel Magazine | Page 3

FALL 2014 CONTENT VOLUME 61, NUMBER 4 UPCOMING EVENTS Features Get to Know Your Board Members ...................................................................... 4 A Unique Litigation Landscape: A View of the Bakken’s on North Dakota Courts ........................................................................ 8 December 4-5 Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section Seminar Fargo, Ramada Plaza Suites State Bar Grows by 44 New Lawyers in September............................................ 11 Bar Passage & Academic Success at UND School of Law.................................. 14 Together in Love and Law.................................................................................. 18 The Benefits of SBAND’s New Mentorship Program......................................... 20 Jerod Tufte Investiture ......................................................................................... 21 Nearing Retirement, Karen Klein Looks Back on 30 Years as a Federal Magistrate Judge .............................................................................. 28 SBAND Pro Bono Recognition Program & ND Bar Foundation...................... 29 What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate ............................................. 30 Departments State Bar Association of North Dakota Message from SBAND’s Executive Director......................................................... 2 Building for the Future - Brick by Brick ............................................................. 12 Kathryn Rand, University of North Dakota Law School Whistling Past the Graveyard ............................................................................. 16 Dan Traynor Judicial System Organizes Stand Down Court for Veterans ............................... 22 Mike Hagburg Young Lawyer Showcase ..................................................................................... 24 Stealth Discovery - Can Lawyers Buy Litigation Opponent’s Used Computer Equipment............................................................. 26 Justice Daniel Crothers Lawyer Discipline.......................................................