RE: ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO THE RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW: By order entered October 25, 2016, an amendment to The Rules for Admission to the Practice of Law was approved and adopted to permit the temporary practice of law in West Virgini PDF 15-RULES-10approvalOrder.pdf
IN RE: RULE 33 OF THE WEST VIRGINIA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE: By order entered November 4, 2016, the Court approves amendments to Rule 33 of the West Virginia Rules of Appellate Procedure. The amendments are necessary to properly cite to Canon 2, Rule PDF 16-RULES-20approvalOrder.pdf
IN RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 23, CLASS ACTIONS, OF THE WEST VIRGINIA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: by order entered October 25, 2016, a proposed amendment to The West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure is being published for PDF 16-RULES-18RPC.pdf
RE: Request for Public Comment and Provisional Approval of Proposed Amendments to certain Guardian Ad Litem Rules for Family Court: By order entered March 8, 2017, the Court has provisionally approved proposed amendments to the rules governing guardians a PDF requestAmendmentGAL.pdf
IN RE: ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO RULE 23, CLASS ACTIONS, OF THE WEST VIRGINIA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: By order entered March 8, 2017, an amendment to Rule 23 of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure was approved and adopted, effective immediately, p PDF adoptionRule23RCP.pdf
RE: Request for Public Comment on Proposed Revisions to Rule 8.3 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 6 of the Rules of Judicial Disciplinary Procedure, and the Rules of the Lawyer and Judicial Assistance Program: By order entered April 10, 2017, th PDF Lawyer-and-Judicial-Assistance-Public-Comment.pdf
RE: Request for Public Comment on Proposed Revision to Rule 7 of the Administrative Rules for Magistrate Court: By order entered April 10, 2017, the Court is considering amendments to Rule of the Administrative Rules for Magistrate Courts, in light of Wes PDF Mag-Admin-Rule7-Public_Comment.pdf
Approval and Adoption of Amendments to certain Guardian Ad Lite Rules for Family Court: By order entered April 25, 2017, the Court approved amendments to Rules 21.04 and 21.05 of the West Virginia Trial Court Rules and Rule 47 of the Rules of Practice and PDF 17-RULES-02approval.pdf
RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 9.0 OF THE RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN WEST VIRGINIA: By order entered June 13, 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeals is seeking comment on a proposed amendment to Rule 9.0 of the PDF Rule9RulesAdm-comment.pdf
RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 5 OF THE RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE FOR THE MAGISTRATE COURTS OF WEST VIRGINIA: By order entered June 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeals is seeking comment on a proposed amendment to Rule 5 PDF Rule5fMRCPforComment.pdf