A conference for the improvement of the administration of justice is hereby established to be known as the Judicial Conference of the State of South Dakota composed of the justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the circuit court, and magistrate judges as members.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 16-14-1

  • Magistrate judges: Judicial officers who assist U.S. district judges in getting cases ready for trial, who may decide some criminal and civil trials when both parties agree to have the case heard by a magistrate judge instead of a judge.

Source: SL 1964, ch 109, § 1; SL 1998, ch 118, § 1.