Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
UND Law Newsletter Summer 2024 Message from Dean Pappas Dear UND Law Community, As summer begins to wind down, I hope you have found time to relax and enjoy the warm weather. The School of Law has been under construction this summer. The roof of the original building has been replaced for the first time […]
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The Oscar & Amelia Fode Memorial Law Lecture will be presented by Global Jurist of the Year, Igor Tuleya – district court judge for the Warsaw, Poland District Court. The lecture will be held in the VandeWalle Courtroom at the School of Law on Thursday, August. 22, beginning at 4:00 p.m. A reception will be […]
Phyllis Elaine Trelfa June 11, 1946 — July 12, 2024 Grand Forks Phyllis Elaine Trelfa, 78, passed away July 12, 2024, while taking a morning nap before meeting with one of her newest friends. Phyllis was strong, resilient, artistic, thoughtful, empathetic, and loving. She had a gift and expressed herself through writing, even if we […]
UND Law Newsletter APRIL 2024 A Message from Dean Pappas Dear UND Law Community, The end of the academic year is upon us. We are in the last week of final exams and the Class of 2024 will graduate this Saturday. It has been a busy and successful time for the School of Law and […]
Preston City Attorney and private practice lawyer Dwight Luhmann will succeed retired Judge Mary Leahy as one of two district court judges chambered in Winona By the Winona Post May 28th, 2024 Judge Mary Leahy retired earlier this month after 18 years as a Winona County District Court judge, and Gov. Tim Walz announced his […]
Walter Echo-Hawk is one of the foremost experts in Indian law and is a distinguished author, tribal judge, law professor, and member of the Pawnee Nation. Echo-Hawk presented, “Challenges for Federal Indian Law Practitioners in the Decade Ahead”, to a full crowd in the UND School of Law VandeWalle Courtroom on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. […]
Sixteen new lawyers were admitted to the North Dakota Bar during a ceremony on April 18, 2024 in the House Chambers of the North Dakota State Capitol Admitted at the ceremony were Yusuf Abas, Gagandeep Bains, Cole Berry, Kathryn Bostrom, Peyton Cole, Seth Flynn, Jessica Four Bear, Gabrielle Frawley, Laura Helgeson, Dixie Holland, Vanessa Jerome, […]
UND Law Newsletter MARCH 2024 A Message from Dean Pappas Greetings from Grand Forks, A lot has happened at the School of Law since my last message. We are officially in the second half of the spring semester and our students have been busy not only with their classes, but additionally with preparing for moot […]
On March 16, legal professionals and students gathered for a symposium inspired by UND’s female pioneers of law UND Today March 19, 2024 by Walter Criswell Published in: Equity, School of Law The lobby outside of the Gerald W. VandeWalle courtroom was adorned with purple decorations for the event. T-shirts and other merchandise were sold by the Law […]
The formal Investiture Ceremony for Judge Theodore T. Sandberg was held on Friday, March 8, 2024 at the Grand Forks County Courthouse Several North Dakota Supreme Court Justices were present as well as federal judges, district judges from across Unit 1 (NEJD and NECJD) and a municipal judge. Judge Sandberg attended UND Law School, graduating […]