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Proposed Rule Amendments For Comment:

Notice of Comment Period for S-36-120001 "Petition for a Rule Change to Create a Voluntary State Bar of Nebraska..."
(comment period ends June 1, 2012)
Proposed Amendments to the Guidelines for Guardians Ad Litem for Juveniles in Juvenile Court Proceedings
(comment period ends June 1, 2012)

Archive of Proposed Rules

Rule Amendments (made within the last 90 days)

Neb. Ct. R. ch.6, art. 14, appendix 4 (Uniform County Court Rules of Practice and Procedure)
(adopted May 9, 2012)
Rules of the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District
(approved April 25, 2012)
Neb. Ct. R. ch.6, art. 14, appendix 9 (Uniform County Court Rules of Practice and Procedure)
(adopted April 18, 2012)
Neb. Ct. R. §§ 3-401.4, 3-401.8, and 3-401.10 Mandatory Continuing Legal Education for Lawyers)
(adopted March 28, 2012)
Neb. Ct. R. ch.6, art. 14, appendix 6 (Uniform County Court Rules of Practice and Procedure)
(adopted March 14, 2012)
Neb. Ct. R. ch.6, art. 15, appendix 1 (Uniform District Court Rules of Practice and Procedure)
(adopted March 14, 2012)
Neb. Ct. R. §§ 3-101 to 3-116 (Admission Requirements for the Practice of Law)
(adopted January 11, 2012, effective January 1, 2013)

Nebraska Supreme Court Rules
(Rules revision adopted July 2, 2008; effective July 18, 2008; with amendments to date.) 

Rules Conversion Chart (referencing old rule name and new rule codification)
Nebraska Court Rules Table of Contents and Preface

Chapter 1. Administrative Operations

Article. (cite as Neb. Ct. R. §, unless otherwise noted)
1. Adoption, amendment, and repeal of Supreme Court rules. §§ 1-101 to 1-105. PDF HTML
2. Court reporting personnel. §§ 1-201 to 1-219.
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3. Digital signatures by court personnel. §§ 1-301 to 1-308. PDF HTML
4. Disability grievance procedure. §§ 1-401 to 1-407. PDF HTML
5. Mandatory continuing judicial education; advisory committee provisions. §§ 1-501 to 1-512. PDF HTML
6. Judicial nominating commissions. §§ 1-601 to 1-603. PDF HTML
7. Office of dispute resolution. §§ 1-701 to 1-707. PDF HTML
8. Public access to electronic court information – interim policy. § § 1-801 to 1-810. PDF HTML
9. State library. §§ 1-901 to 1-906. PDF HTML

Chapter 2. Appeals

Article. (cite as Neb. Ct. R. App. P. §)
1. Nebraska court rules of appellate practice. §§ 2-101 to
2-119. 		PDF HTML

Chapter 3. Attorneys and the Practice of Law

Article. (cite as Neb. Ct. R. §, unless otherwise noted)
1. Admission requirements for the practice of law. §§ 3-101 to 3-119. PDF HTML
2. Limited liability professional organizations. §§ 3-201 to
3-204. 		PDF HTML
3. Discipline procedures for lawyers . §§ 3-301 to 3-328. PDF HTML
4. Mandatory continuing legal education for lawyers.
§§ 3-401.1 to 3-402.3. 		PDF HTML
5. Nebraska rules of professional conduct (cite as Neb. Ct. R. of Prof. Cond. §). §§ 3-501.0 to 3-508.5. PDF HTML
6. Professional service corporations. §§ 3-601 to 3-604. PDF HTML
7. Senior law students; limited practice of law. §§ 3-701 to
3-706.		 PDF HTML
8. State bar association; creation; control; and regulation.
§§ 3-801 to 3-814. 		PDF HTML
9. Trust fund requirements for lawyers. §§ 3-901 to 3-907. PDF HTML
10. Unauthorized practice of law. §§ 3-1001 to 3-1021. PDF HTML
11. (Reserved for future use.)    
12. Registration of in-house counsel. §§ 3-1201 to 3-1204. PDF HTML

Chapter 4. Children and Families

Article. (cite as Neb. Ct. R. §, unless otherwise noted)
1. Child support/paternity time guidelines; child support referee rules. §§ 4-101 to 4-111. PDF HTML
2. Child support guidelines. §§ 4-201 to 4-222. PDF HTML
3. Grandparent visitation pleading rules. §§ 4-301. PDF HTML
4. Guardian ad litem training. §§ 4-401. PDF HTML

Chapter 5. Judges

Article. (cite as Neb. Ct. R. §, unless otherwise noted)
1. Discipline procedures for judges. §§ 5-101 to 5-123. PDF HTML
2. Nebraska code of judicial conduct (cite as Neb. Code of Judicial Conduct §). §§ 5-201 to 5-205. (Effective through December 31, 2010) PDF  
3. Nebraska revised code of judicial conduct (cite as Neb. Rev. Code of Judicial Conduct §). §§ 5-301 to 5-304. (Effective January 1, 2011) PDF HTML

Chapter 6. Trial Courts

Article. (cite as Neb. Ct. R. §, unless otherwise noted)
1. Case progression standards. §§ 6-101 to 6-103. PDF HTML
2. Closing hearings to the public. §§ 6-201 to 6-206. PDF HTML
3. Nebraska court rules of discovery in civil cases (cite as Neb. Ct. R. Disc. §). §§ 6-301 to 6-337. PDF HTML
4. Electronic filing and service system in trial courts.
§§ 6-401 to 6-419. 		PDF HTML
5. Exhibit disposition. §§ 6-501 to 6-505. PDF HTML
6. Fax filing. §§ 6-601 to 6-615. PDF HTML
7. Interpreters in court. §§ 6-701 to 6-708. PDF HTML
8. Jury instructions. §§ 6-801 to 6-803. PDF HTML
9. Jury or juror assistants training. §§ 6-901 to 6-902. PDF HTML
10. Juror qualifications form. §§ 6-1001 to 6-1004. PDF HTML
11. Nebraska court rules of pleading in civil cases (cite as Neb. Ct. R. Pldg. §). §§ 6-1101 to 6-1116. PDF HTML
12. Problem-solving and drug courts. §§ 6-1201 to 6-1209. PDF HTML
13. Substance abuse services. §§ 6-1301 to 6-1303. PDF HTML
14. Uniform county court rules of practice and procedure.
§§ 6-1401 to 6-1465. 		PDF HTML
15. Uniform district court rules of practice and procedure.
§§ 6-1501 to 6-1523. 		PDF HTML
16. Workers Compensation/separate juvenile court; filing rules of practice. § 6-1601. PDF HTML
17. Uniform separate juvenile court rules of practice and procedure. §§ 6-1701 to 6-1702. PDF HTML
18. Handling Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-1301 child pornography exhibits. §§ 6-1801 to 6-1802. PDF HTML


(Local Trial Court Rules can be found on the External Rules page.)

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This file last modified Friday, 11-May-2012 08:06:38 CDT