The State Bar Association of North Dakota Fall 2015 Gavel Magazine | Page 3

FALL 2015 VOLUME 62, NUMBER 4 UPCOMING EVENTS GAVEL THE November 19-20 Family Law Section Seminar Fargo CONTENTS November Mondays Casemaker Webinars FEATURES Investiture Ceremonies Welcome District Judges........................................................... 6 State Bar Gains New Members...................................................................................... 7 Inside the Practice of Law: Results of the 2014 Survey of Violence by Stephen Kelson...........9 It’s All About Documenting Scope by Mark Bassingthwaite .......................................... 16 Remembering Dewey Kautzmann by Jim Hill......................................................................18 DEPARTMENTS SBAND President.......................................................................................................... 4 SBAND Executive Director........................................................................................... 5 December 3-4 Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section Seminar Bismarck December 11 Legal Services North Dakota 11th Annual Christmas CLE Bismarck UND Law School by Dean Kathryn Rand, University of North Dakota Law School....... 20 Court System Continues Work to Help Self-Represented Litigants by Mike Hagburg.23 Cybersecurity for Lawyers Part III by Justice Daniel Crothers........................................ 24 ABA Report by Dan Traynor ........................................................................................ 26 Young Lawyers Showcase............................................................................................. 28 Bar Foundation Update................................................................................................. 32 Get to Know Your Board Member............................................................................... 34 Lawyer Discipline and Ethics Opinions....................................................................... 36 The Gavel is published by the State Bar Association of North Dakota State Bar Association of North Dakota Officers Board of Governors Joseph Wetch, Fargo President Charles DeMakis, Minot President-Elect Jack McDonald, Bismarck Immediate Past-President Aubrey Fiebelkorn Zuger, Fargo Secretary-Treasurer Daniel M. Traynor, Devils Lake ABA Delegate Connie Cleveland, Fargo EC Judicial District Zachary Pelham, Bismarck SC Judicial District Peter Welte, Grand Forks NEC Judicial District Carrie Francis, Minot NC Judicial District Jeff Nehring, Williston NW Judicial District Beth Ebert, Dickinson SW Judicial District Lee Grossman, Valley City SE Judicial District Darcie Einarson, Grafton NE Judicial District Kathryn Rand, Grand Forks Dean, UND Law School Margaret (Meg) Morley, Grand Forks Young Lawyers Section Tony J. Weiler, Bismarck Executive Director State Bar Association of North Dakota SBAND EDITORIAL BOARD Sheldon Smith, Chair Erica J. Shively Eeva Greenley Lynn Block Michael Hurly Bradley Myers Mikayla Jahner Katy Schaefer Alisha Ankers Andrea Winkjer Collin, Contributing Writer 1661 Capitol Way, Suite 104LL Bismarck, ND 58501 [email protected] Statements of opinions expressed herein are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the State Bar 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 in 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 nonmembers is $25. Third class postage paid at Bismarck, North Dakota 58502.