RE: Adoption of Amendment to Rule 9.0 of the Rules for Admission to the Practice of Law in West Virginia: By order entered September 20, 2017, this amendment extends the time period for practice to five years for those who are admitted pursuant to Rule 9. PDF Rule9limitedPermissionOrder.pdf
RE: ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO THE WEST VIRGINIA TRIAL COURT RULES, TO ADD RULE 18: By order entered September 20, 2017, the amendment adds Rule 18 to the Trial Court Rules, in response to recently enacted W.Va. Code §62-6B-6(c) to provide greater confident PDF TCR18adopted9-20-17.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 September 20, 2017, Court does hereby adopt amendments to Rule 5 of the Rules of Criminal Proced PDF Rule5fMRCPAdopted.pdf
Re: Adoption of 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 Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program: By order entered September 20, 2017, the Court does hereby ado PDF Judicial-Assistance-Adopted9-20-17.pdf
Re: Amendments to Chapter VII, ¶5.3A of the Rules to Govern Mandatory Continuing Legal Education in West Virginia, Bridge-the-Gap Program: By order entered October 25, 2017, the Court does hereby adopt the proposed amendments, approving changes relating t PDF Bridge-the-Gap-Amendments-Order.pdf
Re: AMENDMENT TO RULE 18 OF THE WEST VIRGINIA TRIAL COURT RULES, TO CORRECT A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR: By order entered November 14, 2017, the Court does hereby adopt the referenced correction to Trial Court Rule 18. PDF TCR18correctedadopted.pdf
RE: Request for Public Comment on Proposed Amendment to Rule 1B(e)(1) of the Administrative Rules for Magistrate Courts - 17-Rules-13: By order entered November 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeals is seeking comment on a proposed amendment to Rule 1B(e PDF Rule1BMagistrateAdminrules-DQ.pdf
RE: Provisional Adoption of and Request for Public Comment on Proposed Amendment to Rule 17.05 of the Trial Court Rules: By order entered November 14, 2017, the Court is of the opinion that the proposed amendment should be provisionally adopted, subject t PDF Rule1705tcrChallengeDQComment.pdf
RE: Request for Public Comment on Proposed Amendments to Rule 1.2 of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Addressing the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Act): By order entered January 10, 2018, The Court is considering an amendment to Rule 1.2 of the Rules o PDF requestMedicalCannabisRPC.pdf
RE: ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO RULE 17.05 OF THE TRIAL COURT RULES: By order entered February 14, 2018, the Court is of the opinion and does hereby adopt proposed amendment to rule 17.05 of the Trial Court Rules. PDF adoptingTCR17.05challengedq.pdf