CONTENTS
FEATURES
UND Law School Dean Search ...................................................................................... 6 The Top Seven Things I Learned as a Drug Court Judge .............................................. 10 Rethinking How We Define Accomplishments ........................................................... 12 ALPS : A Tale of Two Calls – Insuring Past and Future Exposures .............................. 14 Seven Questions : A Conversation with Justice Gerald W . VandeWalle ........................ 16
DEPARTMENTS
Winter 2022 VOLUME 69 , NUMBER 1
SBAND President .......................................................................................................... 4 Young Lawyer Showcase ............................................................................................... 22
North Dakota Supreme Court Highlights by Scott O . Diamond , Joshua A . Swanson , and Ian McLean .............................................. 24
Rising Challenges to Freedom of Speech and Respect for Ideological Diversity in America ’ s Law Schools by Michael McGinniss ........................................................... 26
ABA House Debates International Law by Hon . Dan Traynor .................................... 28 Procedural Rule Amendments Take Effect March 1 by Mike Hagburg ......................... 29
The Legal Writing Corner by Jennifer Cook , Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich , and Jenny Samarzja .................................. 30
Get to Know Your Board Member ............................................................................... 32 Bar Foundation Update ................................................................................................. 34 Ethics ............................................................................................................................ 35
State Bar Association of North Dakota Officers
Board of Governors
Hon . Doug Bahr , Bismarck President Jennifer Albaugh , Fargo President-Elect Carrie Francis , Minot Immediate Past-President Rob Manly , Fargo Secretary-Treasurer Hon . Daniel M . Traynor , Bismarck ABA Delegate Katie Schmidt , West 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
Joshua Swanson , Fargo Scott Diamond , Fargo Hope Hogan , Bismarck Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich , Grand Forks Jennifer Cook , Grand Forks Elizabeth Kriz , Bismarck Kathryn DelZoppo , West Fargo Jessica Merchant , Minot Elizabeth Alvine , Fargo
THE
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February 16 Mastering the Essentials of Jury Selection Webinar
June 15-17 SBAND Annual Meeting Fargo
October 24-25 Family Law Seminar Bismarck
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