West Virginia Judiciary

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT - RE: Amendments to The Rules for Admission to the Practice of Law: By order entered on June 7, 2016, The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has adopted the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) with an effective date in July 201

16-RULES-10.pdf

RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AMENDMENTS TO RULES 17(a) AND 32(a) OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROCEEDINGS: By order entered June 14, 2016, The Court has approved, subject to a sixty day comment period, changes to Rules 17(a)

16-RULES-08approvalorder.pdf

RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AMENDMENT TO RULE 39(c) OF THE RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE: By order entered on June 14, 2016, the court has approved, subject to sixty day comment period, a change in the last sentence of Rule 39(c) of the Rules of Juven

16-RULES-07approvalorder.pdf

IN RE: WEST VIRGINIA TRIAL COURT RULES: By order entered on September 13, 2016, the Court approves amendments to Rule 17 of the West Virginia Trial Court Rules. The amendments are necessary to properly cite to Canon 2, Rule 2.11 of the Code of Judicial Co

16-RULES-14ApprovalOrder.pdf

RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ADDITION TO THE WEST VIRGINIA TRIAL COURT RULES: By order entered on September 14, 2016, a proposed amendment to the Trial Court Rules is being published for comment. The proposal adds Rule 18, in response to recently ena

16-RULES-17ApprovalOrder.pdf

RE: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO RULE 39(c) OF THE RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE: By order entered September 14, 2016, an amendment to Rule 39(c) of the Rules of Juvenile Procedure was approved and adopted to be consistent with W.Va. Code § 49-4-714(b)(5)(C). T

16-RULES-07approvalFinal.pdf

RE: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO RULES 17(a) AND 32(a) OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROCEEDINGS: By order entered September 14, 2016, amendments to Rule 17(a) and 32(a) of the Rules of Procedure for Child Abuse and Neglect Proceeding

16-RULES-08approvalFinal.pdf

RE: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO RULE 6 OF THE RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CIVIL PROCEEDINGS: By order entered October 5, 2016, amendments to Rule 6 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Domestic Violence Civil Proceedings were

16-RULES-09ApprovalOrder.pdf

RE: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW: By order entered October 5, 2016, amendments to The Rules for Admission to the Practice of Law were approved and adopted to implement the Uniform Bar Examination and other chang

16-RULES-10approvalOrder.pdf

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

15-RULES-10approvalOrder.pdf