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The committee hearing records testimony addressing the North Dakota bar exam pass rate, the role of allied legal professionals, comparable state programs, and uniform bar examination cut scores. 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Chairman Klemin opened the hearing.  \nMembers Present: Chairman Klemin, Vice-Chairman Karls, Vice-Chairman Vetter, Representatives Christianson, Henderson, Hoverson, Johnston, McLeod, S. Olson, Satrom, Tveit, VanWinkle, Wolff, Schneider  \nDiscussion Topics:  \n• North Dakota bar exam pass rate  \n• Allied legal professionals  \n• States with similar programs  \n• Uniform bar examination cut scores  \n11:00 a. m. Representative Lori VanWinkle, North Dakota Representative for District 3, introduced the bill and provided testimony \\#37371 .  \n11:03 a. m. Paul Sorum, independent, testified in favor.  \n11:09 a. m. Lindsey Pouliot, Independent, testified in opposition and provided testimony \\#37386 .  \n11:16 a. m. Britney Haga, independent, testified in opposition and provided testimony \\#37389 .  \n11:21 a. m. Petra Mandigo Hulm, Secretary Treasurer at the State Board of Law Examiners, testified in opposition and provided testimony \\#37318 .  \n11:37 a. m. Brian Pappas, Dean and Professor of Law at University of North Dakota Law School, testified in opposition \\#37219 .  \n11:51 a. m. Kara Erickson, Office of Disciplinary Counsel, testified in opposition and provided testimony \\#37202 .  \n11:56 a. m. Tony Weiler, Executive Director of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, testified in opposition and provided testimony \\#37152 .  \nAdditional written testimony:  \nCole Kratochvil, Williston, North Dakota, submitted testimony in favor \\#37339 Naomi Bromke, Grand Forks, North Dakota, submitted testimony in opposition \\#36437 Morgan Glines, Minot, North Dakota, submitted testimony in opposition \\#37077  \nBonnie Humphrey, Humphrey Law Office, P.C. , submitted testimony in opposition \\#37135 Debra Hoffarth, independent, submitted testimony in opposition \\#37213  \nSara Behrens, Staff Attorney with the State Court Administrator’s Office , submitted testimony in opposition \\#37320 .  \n12:00 p. m. Chairman Klemin closed the hearing.  \nWyatt Armstrong, Committee Clerk  \n\\#36437  \nTestimony in Opposition to HB 1609  \nFor the record, my name is Naomi Bromke, and I was born and raised in Bismarck, North  \nDakota. I am a first-year law student at the University of North Dakota School of Law. I am currently in the top 10% of my class and have received multiple academic scholarships for my good standing.  \nThis semester, I am taking Constitutional Law I, as is required of all first-year law students. Atthe beginning of this semester, we began discussing the checks and balances each branch of government provides to another in addition to the powers delegated to each. When I first read through this bill, immediately my mind went to the class period when we covered this information. The question I raise is whether this law is a potential violation of the North Dakota Constitution or not. The jurisprudence set in North Dakota will tell you it is.  \nThe North Dakota Constitution Article VI states: “The supreme court shall have authority   , unless otherwise provided by law, to promulgate rules and regulations for the admission to practice, conduct, disciplining, and disbarment of attorneys at law.” That phrase—\"provided bylaw”—is not limited to statutes. In Lamb v. State Bd. of Law Exam'rs , 2010 ND 11, 777 N.W.2d  \n343, the North Dakota Supreme Court stated, “\"[t]he term 'by law' is not limited to statute but includes rules adopted by the Supreme Court pursuant to the court's authority contained in Section 3, Article VI, North Dakota Constitution,” quoting the North Dakota Supreme Court in Dickinson Newspapers v. Jorgensen , 338 N.W.2d 72 (N. D. 1983); additionally seen in Lashkowitz v. Disciplinary Bd. of Supreme Court, 410 N.W.2d 502 (N. D. 1987) .  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