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
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