RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE WEST VIRGINIA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE. By order entered on June 15, 2020, the Court approved a 30-day comment period for a proposed amendments to Rule 38(e) of the West Virginia Rules of Appellate Procedure regarding facsimile filing. Comments are due in writing in the Office of the Clerk of Court on or before July 15, 2020.

RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE WEST VIRGINIA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE. By order entered on June 15, 2020, the Court approved a 30-day comment period for a proposed amendments to “Appendix A – Notice of Appeal” of the West Virginia Rules of Appellate Procedure. The proposed amendment would modify sections 15 and 18 and portions of the appellate transcript request form of the notice of appeal. Comments are due in writing in the Office of the Clerk of Court on or before July 15, 2020.

RE: Terms of Use for Oral Arguments Posted to the Court's Website by order entered April 29, 2020, beginning during the January 2020 Term of Court, the Court will begin posting video recordings of oral arguments on the Calendar and Docket page of the Court’s website.

RE: Extension of the Bridge the Gap Requirements and Continuing Legal Education Reporting Period by order entered April 16, 2020, the Court extends the deadlines for the Bridge the Gap program to all attorneys admitted between July 1, 2018, and April 30, 2019, and 2018-2020 CLE reporting period is extended to September 30, 2020

RE: Temporary Waiver of Online Continuing Legal Education Credit Limitation by order entered March 12, 2020, the Court temporarily waives certain CLE limitations that require in-person education.

RE: Adoption of Proposed Amendments to the Administrative Rules for the Magistrate Courts of West Virginia by order entered January 9, 2020, the Court did not receive any comments to the proposed amendments. Upon consideration of the amendments, the Court is of the opinion to and does hereby adopt the proposed rule amendments.

RE: Approval and Adoption of Revisions to the Governance Documents of the West Virginia State Bar – West Virginia State Bar Constitution, West Virginia State Bar Bylaws, West Virginia State Bar Administrative Rules, and Definition of the Practice of Law by order entered December 30th, 2019 and effective January 1, 2020, the State Bar Governance documents are adopted.

RE: Adoption of Proposed Amendments to the Rules of Judicial Disciplinary Procedure by order entered October 31, 2019, upon consideration of the amendments, the Court is of the opinion to and does hereby adopt the proposed rule amendment to Rule 4.12 of the Rules of Judicial Disciplinary Procedure.

RE: Provisional Adoption of and Request for Public Comment on Proposed Amendments to Rule 1C of the Administrative Rules for the Magistrate Courts of West Virginia by order entered October 31, 2019, the Court is of the opinion that the proposed amendments should be provisionally adopted, subject to being published for a thirty-day period of public comment. Comments must be filed in writing with the Clerk of Court on or before December 2, 2019.

RE: Provisional Adoption of and Request for Public Comment on Proposed Amendments to the Administrative Rules for the Magistrate Courts of West Virginia by order entered October 28, 2019, upon consideration of proposed amendments to Rule 7(a)(4) of Administrative Rules for the Magistrate Courts of West Virginia, the Court is of the opinion that proposed amendments should be provisionally adopted, subject to being published for a thirty-day period of public comment. Comments must be filed in writing with the Clerk of the court on or before December 6, 2019.