Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
On Dec. 5, the Northeast Central Judicial District dedicated its new Courtroom 109 to retired District Judge Lawrence Jahnke. Family, friends, and staff gathered at the ceremony overseen by NECJD Presiding Judge Don Hager. Jahnke served as a judge in Grand Forks County for 26 years before retiring in 2015. He was the victim of a […]
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Gov. Doug Burgum announced the appointment of Bismarck attorney Nathan Svihovec to lead the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights, citing his extensive experience representing both public and private employers and employees at the state and federal levels. Svihovec will begin his new role as state labor commissioner on Thursday, Dec. 1. Tuesday, […]
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Northern Arizona University’s Native American Cultural Center and the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals invited Professor Grijalva to Flagstaff, Arizona for one of their many events for Native American month. Professor Grijalva discussed several regional examples of environmental injustice affecting indigenous peoples: allocation of shrinking Colorado River water without consideration of senior Indian tribal water […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering challenges to a law enacted in 1978 to respond to the alarming rate at which Native American and Alaska Native children were being removed from their homes by public and private agencies. The U.S. Supreme Court now has taken up challenges to the law three times — in 1989, 2013 and […]
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Pandemic-Related Business Interruption Coverage: Past, Present, and Future was presented at a Legislature Luncheon of The Institutes Griffith Insurance Education Foundation on November 17 Professor Traynor provided a summary and update of issues surrounding pandemic-related business interruption coverage including where and how the challenges emerged, where we are now, and what the future may hold. […]
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A five-year battle over a bag of clams shows how a reliance on century-old treaties can lead authorities to treat members of some tribes differently than others. by Ashley Braun Hakai Magazine | November 10, 2022 It was April 30, 2017, and Michael and Andrew Simmons were walking down Copalis Beach, along Washington’s southwest coast, […]
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We have been here from time immemorial, and we remember. Dan Lewerenz, Guest Contributor November 7, 2022 We remember before the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”). We remember before ICWA was passed in 1978, the four long years of congressional investigation and deliberation that led to its enactment, […]
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Drivers Are Open to Adopting Telematics for Savings, so Why Are so Few Opting In? Telematics can help cut costs and make roads safer, but are drivers ready to trust insurers with their data? Expert Insights MoneyGeek consulted a legal expert to learn more about two of consumers’ most significant fears related to telematics […]
The final argument of the competition took place on Tuesday, November 15 at the UND Gorecki Alumni Center with second-year law students, Erica Solberg and Sarah Belliston representing the respondent and fellow second-year law students, Grant Ellenson and Theodore Ramage, representing the petitioner. Solberg and Belliston were named champions of the 2022 Internal Moot Court […]
North Dakota Supreme Court Justice and alumnus Gerald W. VandeWalle, ’55,’58, epitomized what it means to be a leader in action long before UND coined the phrase to sum up the spirit of the University and its people. Justice VandeWalle has served the people of North Dakota with his legal knowledge and skills on the […]