The North Dakota Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents
Mission
The North Dakota Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents' mission is to provide high quality, professional, and effective legal representation to eligible clients, consistent with the guarantees of the constitutions of the United States and North Dakota, and applicable North Dakota statutes and rules, at reasonable cost to the community.
This area contains all meeting agenda of the North Dakota Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents as posted with the North Dakota Secretary of State.
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The Commission has scheduled a quarterly meeting for December 10, 2025, at 10:00 am. The agenda can be found here.
The North Dakota Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents met September 25 and elected new officers. Commissioner Mark Friese was appointed by his colleagues to be chair of the commission and Rep. Steve Vetter was appointed as Vice-Chair. Additionally, the Commission reviewed all comments received in regards to proposed changes to Appellate performance standard 6.4. After reviewing the comments, the Commission made slight changes and formally adopted the policy. The new standard has been uploaded to the website.
The Commission on Legal Counsel met June 19, 2025 in the administrative office in Jamestown.
Commission on Legal Counsel Director Travis Finck was awarded the Gerald W. VandeWalle Medal at the Awards banquet of the North Dakota State Bar Association. The Award is presented to an individual, who need not be a lawyer, who bring credit to the State of North Dakota, its judicial system, and to the administration of justice in our state and our country.
The Commission joined with the federal public defenders for the District of North and South Dakota and the NDACDL to hold a continuing legal education. The education was approved for 11 hours of CLE credit. 10 general plus the one hour of ethics.