North Dakota Law

Professor Margaret Moore Jackson has been appointed the Planning Committee for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2017 Conference on Clinical Legal Education, which will be held in Denver, CO. Jackson also previously served in this role for the 2012 Conference. AALS is a nonprofit association of 179 law schools whose mission is to […]

By: Sarah Jensen, UND Law 2L With dark tint glasses and his hands tucked into the bullet resistant vest of his green uniform, the Border Patrol agent declared, “It’s the Russian hackers!”. The computer in the division headquarters’ press room refused to comply. Add it to the list of resources the agents would like to […]

The Northern Plains Indian Law Center will present a Distinguished Indian Law Speaker panel April 18, 2-4 p.m., in the Baker Courtroom, School of Law as part of the Timeout Week Celebration on the UND Campus. The topic is “Resistance, Resilience & Reconciliation: Indigenous Environmental Justice.” Speakers are Dave Archambault, Standing Rock Tribal Chair; Dean […]

The weekend of March 24-25, 2017 marked the return of the Cross Border Classic Hockey Tournament featuring hockey teams from UND School of Law, UND School of Medicine, University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, and the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine. The annual tournament is organized by the UND Law Canadian Law Students Society, […]

University of North Dakota School of Law moot court team recently traveled to the National Family Law Competition in Albany, N.Y., and placed Third Best Brief. Congratulations to team members Samantha Howard (3L) and Ross Montgomery (2L) for the recognition on their outstanding work and for advancing to Octofinals!  A special thank you from all […]

By: Professor Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich This past weekend, UND School of Law Trial Team competed at the National Trial Competition for Region 9, which included 24 teams from around the region. The National Trial Competition is co-sponsored by the Texas Young Lawyers Association and the American College of Trial Lawyers. The competition was established in […]

By: Professor Kit Johnson (Original post on ImmigrationProf Blog) Yesterday, I took a group of students from my Immigration Law course to the Canadian border for a tour of the Pembina port of entry, the busiest POE on a stretch including all of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho. On a particularly busy day, the […]

Congratulations to the newly selected North Dakota Law Review Board of Editors for the 2017-18 school year. Editor in Chief: Santana Royer Managing Editor: Allyssa Wall Student Articles Editor: Trevor Cantrell Outside Articles Editor: Megan Gordon Technical Editor: Laura Goforth Research Editor: Michael Kustra Symposium Editor: Jeff Sprout

Associate Professor of Law, Eric E. Johnson, recently published a legal education casebook titled Torts: Cases and Contexts Volume 2 . This book comes at the heels of Johnson’s Torts: Cases and Contexts Volume 1 . The casebook is described as plain-spoken and convivial. Rather than to provide a mere compilation of readings and questions, […]

Our very own Patti Alleva, Rodney & Betty Webb Professor of Law, made the TaxProf Blog list of best legal education articles for 2016 with Learning Intentionally and the Metacognitive Task, an article she co-authored with law professor Jennifer A. Gundlach of Hofstra University. It appeared in the Journal of Legal Education, a publication of […]