North Dakota Law

Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.

Professor Ariana D. Meyers elected President of the Randy H. Lee Inn of Court in Grand Forks

Categories: Faculty

Meyers, Assistant Professor of Law, will serve a two-year term as the Chapter’s President. The Randy H. Lee American Inn of Court is a Chapter of the American Inns of Court. The Chapter is named after Randy H. Lee, a former Professor at the University of North Dakota Law School whose impact on the legal […]

Celebrating 120 years of women in law at UND

Categories: Students

‘Expanding the Circle’ honors Helen Hamilton’s legacy on 120th anniversary of her graduation UND Today April 1, 2025 by Walter Criswell Stacey Dahl, Michelle Donarski and Cassie Scheving serve as panelists for “Expanding the Circle: In the Boardroom” at the 20th annual Helen Hamilton Day. Photo by Walter Criswell/UND Today. On Friday, March 28, UND School of […]

Paul Traynor, assistant professor of law, shares expert advice: Cheapest Full Coverage Car Insurance

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WalletHub Ask the Experts Paul E. Traynor JD LLM – Assistant Professor of Law – University of North Dakota, School of Law Do you have any advice for people who want to minimize the cost of full coverage car insurance? Some automobile coverages are required under state law. Also, if your vehicle is financed, the […]

Third-year law student, Bridget Grathwohl, published in Dakota Digital Review

Categories: Students

The article, “Balancing Privacy & Performance: GDPR Compliance in Blockchain Systems” explores the inherent tension between blockchain’s immutability and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)’s requirements, focusing on the technical and legal challenges blockchain faces in complying with these regulations. Grathwohl is a third-year Juris Doctor candidate at the UND’s School of Law. […]

Armstrong appoints interim Labor Commissioner Zachary Greenberg ’23 to permanent role

Categories: Alumni

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Kelly Armstrong announced on Tuesday, April 1 he has appointed interim state Labor Commissioner Zachary Greenberg to the position on a permanent basis. Greenberg has led the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights as interim labor commissioner since January. “Zach has proven himself to be a capable leader these […]

Judge John Thelen ’81 will retire in August after 10 years serving Northeast Central Judicial District

Categories: Alumni

He was appointed as a district court judge in 2015. By Sav Kelly April 01, 2025 at 5:28 AM Grand Forks Herald GRAND FORKS — Closing out his career with judgeship is not something District Judge John Thelen anticipated when he began practicing law in 1981 and, at times, he has questioned making such a leap […]

UND Law Students compete in NYU’s National Immigration Law Competition

Categories: Students

Two teams from UND School of Law traveled to New York City for the moot court competition in February. Both teams competed in three preliminary rounds. The team consisting of students RJ Tare, Mitchell Lucas, and Nargiz Aghayeva advanced to the octofinal round and finished in the top 16 teams of the competition. The teams […]

Professor Carolyn Williams was recently invited to speak at the Institute of Law Teaching and Learning’s Spring Conference – Generative AI: Practical Applications for Law School Pedagogy

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The conference was held Friday, March 28 in Philadelphia. Professor Williams’ presentation, Assessing Learning in the Age of GenAI, explored innovative pedagogical and assessment strategies for writing and seminar courses in the GenAI era. It emphasized moving beyond traditional reliance on final drafts of documents as the sole means of assessment and encourages new pedagogical […]

Professor Carolyn Williams recently presented at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference in Salt Lake City.

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“Adapting Memo and Motion Assessments for GenAI and the NextGen Bar” The NextGen Bar Exam signals a fundamental shift in how legal writing and research skills are assessed, focusing less on drafting documents from scratch and more on revising and enhancing existing text. Similarly, effective use of Generative AI requires a critical eye for evaluating […]

Professor Kimberly Dasse recently presented at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference

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The 23rd Annual conference was hosted by the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in Salt Lake City. Dasse shared insights from her forthcoming article “A View from the Trenches: My First Year Using Team-based Learning.” The presentation included principles of team-based learning, insights on what teachers and students need from each other, […]