Month: February 2025

Nevada Supreme Court to Hold Hearing on Proposed Rule Requiring All Trial Proceedings be Made on the Record

On February 26, 2025, Linda Marie Bell and Lidia S. Stiglich, Justices of the Nevada Supreme Court, filed a petition in ADKT 0491 requesting the Nevada Supreme Court consider adopting Nevada Rule of Criminal Practice (N.R.Cr.P.) 21 to require all trial proceedings, including bench conferences and settling of jury instructions, be made on the record. […]

Public Hearing on March 5 Will Revisit Functional Equivalency

On February 14, 2025, the Functional Equivalency Committee, the Board of Bar Examiners, and the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada filed a petition  in ADKT 0599 to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 51.5 and SCR, Addendum 2, relating to functional equivalency certification. This petition is filed in response to the court’s order […]

Public Hearing on March 5 Will Discuss Excepting Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Program Partipants from CLE Requirement

On February 11, 2025, Kristina Pickering and Lidia S. Stiglich, Justices of the Nevada Supreme Court and Co-Chairs of the Access to Justice Commission, petitioned the court in ADKT 0623 to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 49.1(5) to exempt inactive attorneys serving through the Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Program from the annual continuing legal education […]

Appellate Courts Propose Amendments to NRAP re: Operational Issues

On Feb. 10, 2025, Nevada Supreme Court Justice Kristina Pickering, Nevada Court of Appeals Chief Judge Bonnie Bulla, and Nevada Court of Appeals Judge Deborah Westbrook filed a petition in ADKT 580 proposing amendments to the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure to address operational issues that have arisen since the rules were amended in August […]