Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
The new issue of the North Dakota Law Review, Issue 95, Number 3 (2020) is now available to view online. ARTICLES INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE: The North Dakota Constitution: An Original Approach Since 1889 – Jerod Tufte 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage: Celebrating Pilgrims on the Journey for Equality-One Step at a Time – Katie […]
Prairie Business Magazine recently announced the names of its 2020 40 Under 40 recipients, and UND School of Law alumna, Skyler Johnson, ’12, was among those selected. Every year the magazine receives nominations of top talent for its annual 40 Under 40 recognition contest and this year was no exception. Prairie Business staff was impressed […]
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H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) today announced that it has elected Michael Happe and Teresa (Terry) Rasmussen as independent members to its board of directors. Ms. Rasmussen’s appointment is effective today, November 30, 2020, while Mr. Happe’s appointment will be effective January 20, 2021. The election of these two new directors expands the board to […]
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UND Law Professor Julia Ernst has been busy with scholarly activities during the fall semester addressing the Mayflower compact. She served as a featured speaker at Mayflower: 400th Anniversary Constitution Week Conference sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Studies at Utah Valley University in September. View Professor Ernst’s presentation beginning at the 3:30 mark. Professor […]
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UND Law Professor Grant Christensen recently published an article titled The Wrongful Death of an Indian: A Tribe’s Right to Object to the Death Penalty in the UCLA Law Review. Professor Christensen’s essay responds to the execution of Lezmond Mitchell, the only American Indian on federal death row. The execution was carried out on August […]
Several North Dakota county sheriffs have made it clear they won’t enforce a new statewide mask mandate but instead will work to make people aware of it. That kind of discretion in law enforcement isn’t new and appears to be in line with what Gov. Doug Burgum handed down late Friday in new measures, a […]
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George H. Singer, a Finance, Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Capital Recovery partner in the Minneapolis office of Ballard Spahr, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Mr. Singer practices in the areas of corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, finance, financial restructuring, capital recovery, and bankruptcy. He advises firms with […]
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Mark Spain Real Estate has hired Brett Huelsman as director of sales for its Nashville office. Huelsman has a long family background in real estate, as well as professional management experience in forming, growing and leading sales teams. Originally from North Dakota, Huelsman is a graduate of the University of North Dakota with a degree in […]
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UND School of Law Professor Grant Christensen recently published an article titled Indigenous Perspectives on Corporate Governance in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law. Article Abstract – The foundation of the modern corporation is built upon the separation of labor and capital. These entities were anathema to most Indigenous peoples when the Virginia Company was […]
Professor Kirsten Dauphinais presented at the University of Nevada Law Vegas Classical Rhetoric as a Lens for Contemporary Legal Praxis symposium last September. Recently the Nevada Law Journal published her article titled Quintilian’s Curriculum. The journal includes in all, ten articles representing the work of ten scholars from both inside and outside the legal-writing community. “I dedicated the article to the Legal Writing community, […]