Professor Grant Christensen, along with Melissa Tatum from the University of Arizona, have just had their most recent book published by Cambridge University Press. Reading American Indian Law: Foundational Principles builds on their original research looking at the impact of […]
By: Art Hughes, December 19, 2019 Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt (Cherokee Nation) believes a compact signed with 31 tribes in the state expires on January 1st and he wants to renegotiate the fees the tribes pay to the state. Tribes say […]
Original Story – NPR – Morning Edition, December 27, 2019 Four women from the nation’s second largest Indian reservation have turned to the federal court system after they were banished by tribal leadership last year. “It changed our lives,” Ute tribal member […]
Original Post on Duke’s FinReg Blog, December 9, 2019 Courtesy of Alexandra Sickler and Kara Bruce Bankruptcy and consumer finance laws operate in independent silos. Many consumer advocates view bankruptcy as a remote and specialized field, while bankruptcy proponents tend to view bankruptcy as a […]
This fall, Professor Grijalva engaged tribal environmental professionals across the country on a broad variety of environmental issues. In August, he conducted a 4-hour workshop on Strengthening Tribal Self-Determination and Self-Governance by Administering Environmental Protection Programs: The Continuing Relevance of […]
Listen to Associate Dean Julia Ernst in a radio interview related to her research on the Mayflower Compact. Original Story from Prairie Public News – https://news.prairiepublic.org/post/mayflower-compact-anniversary-sue-balcom-bread On this date 399 years ago, the Mayflower Compact was signed aboard the Mayflower. It was […]
UND School of Law hosted a welcome program and reception for new Dean Michael McGinniss and the Class of 2022, on Friday, August 23, in the Baker Courtroom. The program began with comments from State Bar Association of North Dakota (SBAND) […]
Tammy Pettinato Oltz, Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor, has been elected to serve as Chair-Elect of the Academic and Special Libraries Section of the North Dakota Library Association. According to the NDLA web-site, the A&SL Section provides “a […]
The 48th Spring Conference of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources was held in Denver, Colorado on March 27-29. James Grijalva, Friedman Professor and Director of the Tribal Environmental Law Project, participated in a panel discussion of the impacts […]
Michael McGinniss, associate professor of law at UND, has been named dean of the School of Law by Provost Tom DiLorenzo. Read the full story at UND Today, February 26, 2019 by Jan Orvik