North Dakota Law

Nominees announced for Daviess District Court judge vacancy December 13, 2021 Hagan Wells FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/Press Release) – The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Justice Christopher Shea Nickell, today announced nominees to fill the vacant judgeship in Daviess County District Court. Daviess makes up the 6th Judicial District and the vacancy is in the district’s Division […]

North Dakota ban on critical race theory for K-12 concerns higher ed professors Legislators say law likely won’t open the door to ban theory for universities and colleges Written By: April Baumgarten | 1:01 pm, Dec. 11, 2021 FARGO — Some professors fear North Dakota legislation that bans critical race theory in public K-12 schools could open the door to […]

The latest issue of the North Dakota Law Review (96:3) is now available online. The issue features transcripts from select speakers at the 2021 North Dakota Law Review Energy Law Symposium. Also included are articles, case comments, and notes from student authors Alex Wegner, Krista Christopherson, Noelle Berkelman, and Samantha Schmidt. Read the issue here: […]

NEWS PROVIDED BY State of North Dakota Courts November 30, 2021, 17:08 GMT The “Richard S. Arnold Award for Distinguished Service” was recently awarded by the Eighth Circuit Bar Association to Mike Williams of the Maring Williams Law Office.  Mike Williams is a proud graduate of the University of North Dakota School of Law. After […]

Todd J. O’Malley, UND School of Law Class of 1970, and partner Gerard Langan’s firm, O’Malley & Langan has been ranked for 2022 as a “Best Law Firm in Northeastern PA” by Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report (Metropolitan Tier 1 in Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants). Read the full article here

Grand Forks Herald: UND School of Law receives Tribal Justice Institute grant  Written By: Adam Kurtz | 3:03 pm, Nov. 10, 2021 The funding award was announced by the office of Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., on Wednesday, Nov. 10. The funds will be used by the Tribal Justice Institute at the law school, to “provide technical assistance and […]

The Bar Examiner:  Seven Questions — A Conversation with Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle of North Dakota In this issue’s “Seven Questions” column, we bring you an interview with Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle has served on the Supreme Court since 1978. He was elected Chief Justice in January 1993 and […]

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Boyd School of Law Announces Two Visiting Faculty Members for the Spring 2022 Semester The UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law is delighted to welcome two leading experts on tribal gaming law as part of the newly created Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program. Professor Kathryn Rand and […]

UND Assistant Professor of Law, Nikola Datzov, recently presented his research project regarding the role of patent eligibility in artificial intelligence innovation at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce IP Academic Roundtable. Read the full story here LinkedIn Story

On Monday, October 18,  the Indian Nations Gaming & Governance Program at William S. Boyd School of Law, in proud partnership with the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, hosted session two of a live webinar series on The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. This session explored Innovative Approaches to Mobile Sports Betting in Tribal-State Compacts. It also explored […]