{"id":181166,"date":"2014-10-07T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=181166"},"modified":"2014-10-07T04:00:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:00:01","slug":"nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"NMI Judiciary holds attorney admissions ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CNMI Judiciary held an attorney admissions ceremony on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in the Commonwealth Supreme Court at the Guma\u2019 Hustisia. The special proceeding was opened by Nora V. Borja, acting clerk of the Supreme Court, and Daisy Mendiola, acting clerk of the Superior Court. Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro greeted the new attorneys\u2019 family, friends, and colleagues. In his remarks, the chief justice reminded the new attorneys of their special opportunities and responsibilities.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-181166 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/attorney-pix1\/'>Attorney pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181169'>\n\t\t\t\tTop row: U.S. District Court Clerk of Court\/Magistrate Judge Heather L. Kennedy, Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja, Justice John A. Manglona, Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro, Justice Perry B. Inos, Judge Kenneth L. Govendo, Judge Joseph N. Camacho, Judge Teresa K. Kim-Tenorio. Bottom row: Chong Man Won, Charles P. Reyes Jr., Shelli Latrice Neal, Claire Maureen Kelleher-Smith, Charity Rebekah Hodson, Oliver Manalang Manglona. (JIM STOWELL)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/attorney-pix2\/'>Attorney pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181171'>\n\t\t\t\tAdmitted were, from left to right, Charity Rebekah Hodson, Claire Maureen Kelleher-Smith, Oliver Manalang Manglona, Shelli Latrice Neal, Charles P. Reyes Jr. and Chong Man Won. (JIM STOWELL)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/attorney-pix3\/'>Attorney pix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181173'>\n\t\t\t\tHeather L. Kennedy, Clerk of Court and Magistrate Judge for the Federal District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, delivered the special remarks. (JIM STOWELL)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/charity-rebekah-hodson-mug\/'>Charity Rebekah Hodson mug<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181175'>\n\t\t\t\tCharity Rebekah Hodson\nJ.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law\nB.A., San Diego State University\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/charles-p-reyes-jr-mug\/'>Charles P. Reyes Jr. mug<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181176'>\n\t\t\t\tCharles P. Reyes, Jr. \nJ.D., University of Idaho School of Law\nB.A., University of Hawai\u2019i\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/chong-man-won-mug\/'>Chong Man Won mug<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181178'>\n\t\t\t\tChong Man Won\nJ.D., University of Akron School of Law\nB.S., DeVry University\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/claire-maureen-kelleher-smith-mug\/'>Claire Maureen Kelleher-Smith mug<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181179'>\n\t\t\t\tClaire Maureen Kelleher-Smith\nJ.D., University of California, \nBerkeley School of Law\nB.A., University of Arizona\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/oliver-m-manglona-mug\/'>Oliver M. Manglona mug<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181180'>\n\t\t\t\tOliver Manalang Manglona\nJ.D., University of Hawai\u2019i, \nWilliam S. Richardson School of Law\nB.A., St. Mary\u2019s University\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-judiciary-holds-attorney-admissions-ceremony\/shelli-latrice-neal-mug\/'>Shelli Latrice Neal mug<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181182'>\n\t\t\t\tShelli Latrice Neal\nJ.D., University of Texas School of Law\nB.A., Vanderbilt University\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In attendance for the CNMI Judiciary were associate justices John A. Manglona and Perry B. Inos; Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja; and associate judges Kenneth L. Govendo, Joseph N. Camacho, and Teresa K. Kim-Tenorio. <\/p>\n<p>Heather L. Kennedy, Clerk of Court and Magistrate Judge for the Federal District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, delivered the special remarks. She related how she had found personal inspiration from a quote by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who visited the CNMI in 2012. Kennedy, quoting Sotomayor, said: \u201cWe educated and privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.\u201d Accordingly, Kennedy urged the new attorneys to infuse their practices everyday with the concepts of justice, fairness, and help for others, as well as being the lawyer that they and their community can be proud of.<\/p>\n<p>Jeanne Rayphand, the CNMI Bar Association secretary, presented to the Judiciary the applicants who were eligible for admission to the Bar Association because they had recently passed the required examinations to practice law in the Commonwealth. <em>(NMI Judiciary)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CNMI Judiciary held an attorney admissions ceremony on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":181169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,121,88,139],"class_list":["post-181166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cnmi","tag-northern-mariana-islands","tag-superior-court","tag-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}