Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
Kari M. Knudson, Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, announced that Jill Grossman has been appointed to the position of Chief Deputy Clerk of Court, effective January 1, 2023. The Chief Deputy is responsible for the administration and supervision of the day-to-day operations of the Office […]
A retirement celebration in honor of East Central Judicial District Judge Steven L. Marquart was held Dec. 28 at the Cass County Courthouse Judge Steven McCullough speaks at the cermony about life at the district court with Judge Marquart. The two judges joined the court in 2004 and had a joint investiture ceremony. Judge Marquart’s family […]
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Professor Datzov recently presented some of his ongoing research at the Sixth Annual Texas A&M Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable and the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law 2022 Academic IP Roundtable. Each of the events brings together intellectual property and technology law scholars to share and discuss research on emerging and important legal issues relating […]
Alumnus Kara Gansmann recognized by Business North Carolina magazine as part of the magazine’s Legal Elite program Business North Carolina magazine has honored North Carolina lawyers by publishing Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, a listing of the state’s top lawyers in business related categories, since 2002. Kara Gansmann devotes her entire practice to elder law and estate planning […]
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A lawsuit in Washington state and another case before the U.S. Supreme Court are part of a coordinated campaign that experts say is pushing once-fringe legal theories to the nation’s highest court and represents the most serious challenge to tribal sovereignty in over 50 years. OregonLive | Oregonian By Karina Brown | Underscore News Editor’s note: This […]
Garry Allan Pearson, a longtime resident of Grand Forks, ND, passed away peacefully in his home on December 19, 2022. Born in Minot, North Dakota in 1934, the son of Elmer and Kathleen (Johnson) Pearson, he grew up in Minot as an avid golfer and outdoorsman. At 16 years of age he won his first North […]
Sterling Management, LLC, advisor to two of the largest real estate investment trusts in the Upper Midwest, has promoted Michael Carlson to General Counsel and Secretary. Michael joined Sterling in May of 2020 as Assistant General Counsel. Carlson is a graduate of The University of North Dakota with both Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of […]
The North Dakota Supreme Court announced the names of three finalists to fill the impending vacancy on the court. The two judges and one attorney singled out by the selection committee include South Central Judicial District Judge Doug Bahr of Bismarck, Assistant United States Attorney Jake Rodenbiker of Fargo, and North Central Judicial District Judge […]
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Advancing Simulation-based Pedagogy Professors Jennifer Cook and Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich presented “A Tale of Two Simulations,” at Fordham University School of Law. The presentation highlighted innovative ways for creating simulations in the upper-level curriculum that introduce new skills and feedback methodologies. Through concrete examples, Professors Cook and Mavrova Heinrich discussed the benefits of incorporating non-lawyers […]
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Managing the Turmoil in European Energy Markets Professor Tade Oyewunmi recently participated in a webinar that explored the current energy market crisis in Europe. European energy markets have seen record futures prices of €1,000/ MWh only this August (a price more than ten times higher than contemporaneous forecasts in the US.) The unrivaled EU energy […]