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Current Position:
Legal counsel for Social Services at the Cass County
State’s Attorney’s Office, Fargo

Any professional work prior to law school?
No, although I did serve two terms in the North
Dakota State Legislature.
Year admitted to the bar?
N.D. - 1988
What is the nature of your practice?
Child Protection
What is the length of time you have been on the
SBAND Board?
Brand new
What other involvement have you had with
SBAND prior to being on the board?
Legislative Committee (1989 to 1991), CLE
Commission (2005 to 2009)
Do you have any particular areas of interest with
SBAND or the legal profession in North Dakota?
Protection and advocacy on behalf of children.
What is your favorite quote?
“To be persuasive, we must be believable;
to be believable, we must be credible;
to be credible, we must be truthful.”
Edward R. Murrow
What’s the last book you read (good or bad)?
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (and it was
pretty good)

connie cleveland

Hometown, college attended, law school
attended:
My hometown is East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
I received a bachelor of science in secondary
education from UND, and a J.D. from the UND
School of Law in 1988, plus I had a couple of short
stints in Norway, in Bergen while an undergrad and
in Oslo during law school.

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