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

SPRING 2014 VOLUME 61, NUMBER 2 CONTENT UPCOMING EVENTS Features May 19 Beyond Burnout: Find Your Passion In or Out of Your Practice Bismarck, Ramkota Hotel Lawyers Assistance Program Grows Over Past Decade ........................................ 7 Family Law Mediation Becomes Permanent Statewide Program ....................... 10 Lawyer Supporting Bar Foundation with Quilt Project Fundraiser .................... 12 A Plan to Die at Your Desk isn’t the Best of Plans.............................................. 13 June 11 -13 2014 SBAND Annual Meeting Downtown Fargo, ND Annual Meeting .................................................................................................. 20 Law Day 2014 ..................................................................................................... 21 Committee Volunteer Form ................................................................................ 22 June 24-25 Indigent Defense Seminar Bismarck, Ramkota Hotel SBAND Pro Bono Recgonition Program & ND Bar Foundation ...................... 24 Pro Bono Work Offers Personal and Professional Benefits ................................. 26 New Law Creates Tougher Consequences for DUI Convictions ........................ 29 North Dakota Judicial Investiture ....................................................................... 32 Is Cloud Computing Right for your Firm? ......................................................... 33 State Bar Association of North Dakota Departments President’s Message Message from SBAND’s Executive Director......................................................... 4 UND Law Students Excel in Skills Competitions ................................................ 8 Kathryn Rand, University of North Dakota Law School The Gavel is published by the State Bar Association of North Dakota Departing Client Files: Paper or Electronic?....................................................... 14 Justice Daniel J Crothers 504 N. Washington St. Bismarck, ND 58501 [email protected] Young Lawyer Showcase ..................................................................................... 16 ABA Position Change for 2014 ......................................................................... 18 Jim Hill Statements of opinions expressed herein are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the State Association of North Dakota, its officers, Board of Governors or staff. No endorsement of any product or service offered by any advertisement is intended or implied by publication of The Gavel. Contributions to The Gavel are welcome, but the right is reserved to select material to be published. All members of the Association receive The Gavel as part of their annual fees. Annual subscription price to non-member is $25. Third class postage paid at Bismarck, North Dakota 58502. Bar Foundation Silent Auction ........................................................................... 23 Supreme Court Rule Amendments Address Guilty Pleas, Interpreters, E-filing............................................................................................ 30 Mike Hagburg Ethics & Opinions .............................................................................................. 36 Classifieds............................................................................................................ 38 YLS Feed Your Community Results..............................................................38 STATE BAR ASSOCIATION OF NORTH DAKOTA OFFICERS SBAND Editorial Board Erica J. Shively Joseph Heringer Eeva Greenley Michael Hurly Bradley Myers Tiffany Johnson Sheldon Smith Chair Lynn Block Mikayla Jahner Katy Schaefer Jeanne McLean Alisha Ankers James Fleming Andrea Winkjer Collin Contributing Writer Board of Governors Nancy Morris, Fargo President Charles DeMakis NC Judicial District Gail Hagerty, Bismarck Immediate Past President Jason Butts SE Judicial District Jack McDonald, Bismarck President-Elect Aubrey Fiebelkorn Zuger, Fargo Secretary-Treasurer James S. Hill, Bismarck ABA Delegate Joseph Wetch EC Judicial District Zachary Pelham SC Judicial District Scott Jensen NEC Judicial District Jeff Nehring NW Judicial District Matthew Kolling SW Judicial District Darcie Einarson NE Judicial District Kathryn Rand Dean UND Law School Levi Andrist Young Lawyer Section Rep. FRONT COVER PHOTO CREDIT City of Fargo Tony J. Weiler Executive Director SPRING 2014 3