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29 Gavel 1 (1983)

handle is hein.barjournals/gavel0015 and id is 1 raw text is: THE GAVEL JANUARY, 1983 Published by the State Bar Association of North Dakota Volume 29, No. 4 SEMINAR AND BOOK WELL RECEIVED In what has become an annual event, 221 persons attended SBAND's Real Property seminar in Fargo on December 3 & 4. Comments on the seminar were favorable. The course book, Real Estate Practice in North Dakota - I1, is going into a second printing and may be used by UND Law School in the future. Copies of the book can be purchased for $10 directly from SBAND, P.O. 2136, Bismarck, ND 58502. SBAND COMMITEES AT WORK The Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, chaired by Bob Vogel, continues to make progress in revising pattern jury in- structions for criminal cases. Accord- ing to Vogel, the Committee hopes to have instructions for criminal cases finished by SBAND's Annual Meeting in June. The committee recently added criminal-practitioner members to help with the task. Next year the Committee hopes to revise instructions foi civil cases. Chairman Jim Geyer and the Unauthor- ized Practice Committee are working on two complaints of unauthorized practice. The Committee is working with the At- torney General's Office on at least one of the complaints. Geyer recently authored a legal memo on unauthoriz- ed practice which will be presented at the Midyear meeting of the ABA's Stand- ing Committee on Unauthorized Prac- tice of Law in New Orleans, February 5. The Continuing Legal Education Com- mittee is traditionally one of the busiest. This year is no exception. Chairman Dan Vogel and others are working out the final details for the Intensive Trial Ad- vocacy Course in January. Vogel believes this course is the first of its kind in North Dakota. Together with the Tax- ation and Business & Corporations Sec- tions, the Committee is also developing topics for the Spring and Annual Meeting seminars. A review of SBAND's group disability insurance plan was on the agenda at a recent meeting of the Group Insurance Committee chaired by Randy Lee. After two presentations on disability plans, the Committee discussed possible changes in the hospitalization and medical coverage. Pictured above, Robert Johnson ad- dresses Common Title Ailments and their Cures. Bob Hartl and Chuck Orvik are seen here discussing the deeper meaning of law and life during one of the coffee breaks at the December seminar. BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEET DECEMBER 4, FARGO At a December 4 meeting, the Board of Governors endorsed seven bills for the 1983 legislative session. Those bills would: remove the statutory limit on license fees; allow the right to renounce a gift to survive the donee; establish a separate judicial retirement plan; change the rules for filing mechanics liens; define the term minerals when used in a deed; require claims for mineral in- terests be filed within twenty years after they arise; and reinstate declaratory judgments. The Board discussed a request from the Disciplinary Board for increased con- tributions from SBAND for attorney discipline. President Gierke and President-elect Bye will meet with representatives from the Dkciplinary Board and the Supreme Court. The Board unanimously adopted an amendment to Article XIII of SBAND's by-laws which authorizes the Board to adopt rules as necessary for the main- tenance or improvement of professional standards. In other action the Board: Reviewed and discussed two complaints of unauthorized practice of law, follow- ing a report by James Geyer, chairman of the Unauthorized Practice Committee; Heard a report from the Ethics Commit- (Cont'd on page two)

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