Saipan, CNMI — On October 9, 2026, the Northern Mariana Islands Judiciary held an Attorney Admissions Ceremony for Molly Kay Dennert and Brianna Concepcion Hunter, who both passed the July 2026 CNMI Bar Exam. Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro admitted both successful applicants to the CNMI Bar. Molly Kay Dennert graduated with her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa, and she obtained her Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School. Molly previously served as an Assistant...

Saipan, CNMI — The NMI Judiciary welcomes LaReina C. Camacho as the new Clerk of the Superior Court. LaReina is a dedicated public servant, with career experience of over twenty-five years in government planning, human resources, organizational development, regulatory compliance, and public engagement. Prior to joining the Judiciary, LaReina served as Planner III in the Department of Finance's Office of the Secretary and was also the Department's Equal Employment Opportunity Officer and...

Saipan, CNMI — On September 24, 2026, third-year law student Josephine Estrada-Jones, an alumna of the Judiciary’s Summer Pre-Law Program, competed as a finalist in Syracuse University College of Law's 55th Annual Mackenzie Hughes LLP Edmund H. Lewis Appellate Advocacy Competition. Estrada-Jones and teammate Emily DenHaese represented Respondent United States. The moot court case centered on two issues: whether people have a privacy interest in prescription records stored in a state database...