North Dakota Law

Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.

The Northern Plains Ethics Institute has invited Professor Blake A. Klinkner to deliver a seminar on “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Higher Education”

Categories: Faculty

Professor Klinkner will discuss the ways in which rapidly advancing artificial intelligence will impact the future of higher education and how artificial intelligence will change higher education as early as the college application and admissions process. Professor Klinkner will then address topics including the teaching of artificial intelligence in the higher education curriculum, the training […]

Investiture ceremony honors North Dakota Bar Foundation and Professor Bradley Myers

Categories: Alumni, Faculty

The ceremony was held at the School of Law during UND Homecoming to recognize the donor and title holder of the Randy H. Lee Professorship The University of North Dakota Alumni Association and Foundation, along with the UND School of Law recently hosted an investiture ceremony honoring the North Dakota Bar Foundation for its establishment […]

Prussia and Grathwohl win 2023 Internal Moot Court Competition

Categories: Students

Team Chavez and Sra finished runners-up Second-year law students Taylor Prussia and Bridget Grathwohl were named champions of the 2023 Internal Moot Court Competition on the evening of October 23. The final argument of the competition took place in the VandeWalle Courtroom at UND School of Law with Prussia and Grathwohl representing the Petitioner and […]

Retired Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle honored in UND courtroom dedication

Categories: Alumni, Public

The ceremony took place at the newly renovated courtroom, located in UND’s law school, on Monday afternoon, Oct. 23, and was attended by Gov. Doug Burgum and state Attorney General Drew Wrigley. Grand Forks Herald By Sav Kelly October 23, 2023 at 5:53 PM GRAND FORKS — North Dakota’s longest-serving State Supreme Court justice was […]

Professor Grijalva quoted: Native lands lack clean water protections, but more tribes are taking charge

Categories: Faculty

Oct 17, 2023 | 5:00 am ET By Alex Brown Across the roughly 1,300 square miles of the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwest Minnesota, tribal members harvest wild rice in waters that have sustained them for generations. They’ve been working for decades to restore sturgeon, a culturally important fish, and they harvest minnows and leeches […]

Governor Walz appoints alumnus Adam Johnson to fill First Judicial District vacancy

Categories: Alumni

Oct 14, 2023 Updated Oct 14, 2023 Governor Tim Walz appointed Adam Johnson and Lauren Johnson as district court judges in Minnesota’s First Judicial District. The seats will be chambered in Hastings in Dakota County and Shakopee in Scott County. Adam Johnson replaces Judge Tim D. Wermager for the seat chambered in Dakota County. “I am delighted […]

Professor Alexandra Sickler is quoted: Federal regulator investigating whether student-loan servicer is collecting on debt discharged in bankruptcy

Categories: Faculty

The CFPB asked for information from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency about debt held by borrowers who have gone through bankruptcy Published: Oct. 12, 2023 at 1:11 p.m. ET By Jillian Berman A student-loan organization may be collecting on debt that should have been discharged in bankruptcy and is pushing back on the Consumer […]

UND Social Work and partners secure $2.5M to improve state’s American Indian/Alaska Native Child Welfare Outcomes

Categories: Uncategorized

For this round of funding, the UND School of Law also brings faculty with national expertise in ICWA to the team. BY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF OCTOBER 13, 2023 The University of North Dakota Department of Social Work at the College of Nursing and Professional Development and its partners have received a second five-year $2.5 million federal award from the Administration for […]

“Thinking About Scanning that QR Code? Think Twice Before You Do” by Professor Blake A. Klinkner

Categories: Faculty

Be wary of scanning QR codes which are placed outdoors and in other public settings. In his article, Professor Klinkner discusses the rise in QR codes being used by cyber thieves, hackers, and other criminals for illicit purposes. As QR codes become commonplace, individuals should be aware of the dangers posed by malicious QR codes. […]

Professor Nick Datzov and 3L Theodore W. Ramage featured on KFYR TV

Categories: Faculty, Students

Implications Artificial Intelligence platforms can have on law schools By Maiya Fleck Published: Oct. 9, 2023 at 5:36 PM CDT BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – Artificial intelligence has been evolving rapidly, especially in the last two years with platforms like ChatGPT. Across the country, universities are having discussions about how AI should be used in higher education. Artificial […]