Kathryn R. L. Rand Dean &
Floyd B. Sperry Professor of Law,  Kathryn Rand is the Dean and Floyd B. Sperry Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota School of Law. She will serve as Dean on an acting basis while Paul LeBel is the University's Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost. Dean Rand teaches in the areas of constitutional law, civil rights, tribal gaming, and race, gender, and the law. She received her J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Michigan Law School in 1993 and her B.A. in Anthropology (summa cum laude) from the University of North Dakota in 1990. Following law school, Dean Rand clerked for Justice Beryl Levine of the North Dakota Supreme Court and Chief Judge J.P. Stadtmueller of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. She then served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, where she prosecuted drug and violent crime and served as a tribal liaison to the Menominee Nation. Along with Dr. Steven Andrew Light, Dean Rand is the co-director of the Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy, a component of the Northern Plains Indian Law Center at the University of North Dakota School of Law. The Institute is the first university-affiliated research institute dedicated to the study of Indian gaming. Dean Rand has published over 40 articles, essays, and book chapters on Indian gaming as well as sex equality, affirmative action, and environmental racism. She is co-author of three books: Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise, Indian Gaming Law and Policy, and Indian Gaming Law: Cases and Materials. Dean Rand has twice testified on Indian gaming regulation before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and was featured on C-SPAN’s Book TV. She is a member of the International Masters of Gaming Law and the Editorial Board of the Gaming Law Review. Dean Rand writes a regular column on tribal gaming in Casino Lawyer and with Steven Light, blogs on Indian gaming at Indian Gaming Now. EDUCATION
EDUCATIONJuris Doctor, cum laude Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTSUniversity of North Dakota School of Law Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy Northern Plains Indian Law Center University of North Dakota University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee SELECTED PUBLICATIONSI. BooksIndian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise Indian Gaming Law: Cases and Materials Indian Gaming Law and Policy II. Congressional TestimonyStatement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Oversight Hearing on the National Indian Gaming Commission (2008) (in pdf format) Statement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Oversight Hearing on the Regulation of Indian Gaming (2005) (in pdf format) III. Book Chapters and EssaysKathryn R.L. Rand, State Law, State Politics, and State Courts: Indian Gaming and Intergovernmental Relations, in Enfranchising Indian Country: The Politics and Organization of Native American Gaming Interests (Tracy A. Skopek & Kenneth N. Hansen eds., Reno: University of Nevada Press, forthcoming 2009) Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven Andrew Light, The Moral Landscape of Indian Gaming: Is It Any Different?, in Gambling and the American Moral Landscape (Alan Wolfe & Erik Owens ed., forthcoming 2009) Steven Andrew Light & Kathryn R.L. Rand, Within Boundaries: Indian Gaming in North Dakota, in Gambling, Space, and Time (Pauliina Raento & David Schwartz, eds., Reno: University of Nevada Press, forthcoming 2009) Kathryn R.L. Rand, Native American Gaming, in Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society (Richard T. Shaefer ed., Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2008) Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven Andrew Light, North Dakota, in International Casino Law (William Thompson & Anthony Cabot, eds., Reno: Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, 2007) IV. Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticlesKathryn R.L. Rand, The Development of Indian Gaming in Canada and the U.S., 6 J. Aboriginal Econ. Dev. (forthcoming Fall 2008) (book review) Kathryn R.L. Rand, Alan P. Meister, & Steven Andrew Light, Questionable Federal “Guidance” on Off-Reservation Indian Gaming: Legal and Economic Issues, 12 Gaming L. Rev. 194 (2008) Steven Andrew Light & Kathryn R.L. Rand, The “Tribal Loophole”: Federal Campaign Finance Law and Tribal Political Participation After Jack Abramoff, 10 Gaming L. Rev. 230-39 (2006) Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven Andrew Light, Teaching Race Without a Critical Mass: Reflections on Affirmative Action and the Diversity Rationale, 54 J. of Legal Educ. 316-34 (2004) Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven A. Light, Raising the Stakes: Tribal Sovereignty and Indian Gaming in North Dakota, 5 Gaming L. Rev. 329-40 (2001) Steven A. Light & Kathryn R.L. Rand, Are All Bets Off? Off-Reservation Indian Gaming in Wisconsin, 5 Gaming L. Rev. 351-63 (2001) Kathryn R.L. Rand, At Odds? Perspectives on the Law and Politics of Indian Gaming, 5 Gaming L. Rev. 297-98 (2001) (introduction to special issue on Indian gaming) V. Law Review ArticlesAlan Meister, Kathryn R.L. Rand, & Steven Andrew Light, Indian Gaming and Beyond: Tribal Economic Development and Diversification, 54 S.D. L. Rev. 375 (2009) - Abstract Steven Andrew Light & Kathryn R.L. Rand, The Hand That’s Been Dealt: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act at 20, 56 Drake L. Rev. 413 (2009) - Abstract Kathryn R.L. Rand, Caught in the Middle: How State Politics, State Law, and State Courts Constrain Tribal Influence Over Indian Gaming, 90 Marq. L. Rev. 971 (2007) Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven Andrew Light, How Congress Can and Should “Fix” the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: Recommendations for Law and Policy Reform, 13 Va. J. Soc. Pol’y & L. 396-473 (2006) Steven Andrew Light, Kathryn R.L. Rand, & Alan Meister, Spreading the Wealth: Indian Gaming and Revenue Sharing Agreements, 80 N.D. L. Rev. 657-69 (2004) Steven Andrew Light & Kathryn R.L. Rand, Reconciling the Paradox of Tribal Sovereignty: Three Frameworks for Developing Indian Gaming Law and Policy, 4 Nev. L.J. 262-84 (2004) Kathryn R.L. Rand, There Are No Pequots on the Plains: Assessing the Success of Indian Gaming, 5 Chapman L. Rev. 47-86 (2002) Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven A. Light, Virtue or Vice? How IGRA Shapes the Politics of Native American Gaming, Sovereignty, and Identity, 4 Va. J. Soc. Pol’y & L. 381-437 (1997) SELECTED PRESS AND MEDIAI. Television and Radio Which Way L.A.?, “Indian Tribal Membership, Tribal Sovereignty, and Gaming Money,” KCRW (NPR affiliate in Santa Monica, CA), June 18, 2007 Justice Talking, “Casino Gambling: The Answer for Cash-Strapped States?”, National Public Radio, Mar. 7, 2007 Special Edition Saturday, WATR Radio (Hartford, CT), Apr. 15, 2006 Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise (Feb. 3, 2006) (presentation taped forC-SPAN’s Book TV, aired Feb. 12 and Mar. 19, 2006) Hear It Now (North Dakota Public Radio broadcast, Nov. 15, 2005) (featured interview to discuss Light & Rand, Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise) II. Newspaper James P. Sweeney, Voter-Backed Gaming Deal with Sycuan in Jeopardy, San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 6, 2008 (quote about validity of tribal-state compact) Mary Ellen Klas, Card Games Continue at Seminole Casino, Despite Ruling, Miami Herald, July 20, 2008 (quotes about enforcement of state supreme court decision invalidating tribal-state compact provisions) Stephanie Vosk, Land-Trust Ruling Re-Opens Old Wounds, Cape Cod Times, Feb. 29, 2008 (quotes about Interior Department’s guidance memo on off-reservation gaming) Victor Whitman, Indian Casinos Here All But Dead, Times Herald-Record (Middleton, NY), Feb. 10, 2008 Boston Daily: Deval Patrick Was for Gaming Before He Was Against It, Boston Magazine, Feb. 7, 2008 (quote about state opposition to tribal gaming) Kyle Alspach, Tribe’s Middleboro Casino Plan May Hit Roadblock, The Enterprise (Brockton, MA), Jan. 16, 2008 (quotes on implications of Interior Department’s guidance memo on Mashpee Wampanoag land-into-trust application) Ben Boulden, Bureau Rejects Tribe’s Application, Times Record (Fort Smith, AR), Jan. 15, 2008 (quote on BIA’s rejection of several land-into-trust applications, including for the United Keetoowah Band) George Brennan, Tribe Gambling on Federal Agency, Cape Cod Times, Nov. 4, 2007 (quote about timing of BIA decision on tribe’s land-into-trust application) Boston Daily: Mashpees Go Off Patrick’s Reservation, Boston Magazine, Oct. 26, 2007 (quote on politics of “reservation shopping”) Boston Daily: Indian Trump Card, Boston Magazine, Oct. 16, 2007 (quote about Donald Trump’s involvement in Indian gaming) Amy Driscoll, Seminoles Keep Gaming Suit Alive, Miami Herald, Sept. 24, 2007 (quote about effect of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision on pending lawsuit by Seminole Tribe against Florida) Jon Burstein, State, Seminole Tribe Down to “Nitty Gritty” on Vegas-Style Slots, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Aug. 20, 2007 (quote about ongoing tribal-state gaming compact negotiations) Arnold M. Knightly, New York Tribe Seeks $3 Billion from Harrah’s Entertainment, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 19, 2007 (quote about enforcement of tribal court judgment in gaming-related case) Mark Coulton, How Blackjack Saved the Tribe, Syndey (Australia) Morning-Herald, July 15, 2007 (extensive quotes on the history of Indian gaming in the U.S.) James P. Sweeney, Indian Tribe Settles with State on Reporting Political Donations, San Diego Union-Trib., July 7, 2007 (quote about Indian gaming’s impact on tribal-state relations) Amy Driscoll, Crist Is Open to Deal with Tribe, Miami Herald, Apr. 8, 2007 (quote about tribal-state revenue sharing and gaming compact negotiations)
RECENT CONFERENCES AND INVITED PRESENTATIONSSymposium on the 20th Anniversary of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Drake Law School Gaming Law Symposium Tribal Sovereignty: Legal Trends and Directions, Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America 2008 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association Gambling and the American Moral Landscape, Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College, “Moral Policymaking and Indian Gaming: Negotiating a Different Terrain.” 2007 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association Annual Watkins Endowed Lecture, East Central University 13th International Conference on Gambling and Risk-Taking 13th International Conference on Gambling and Risk-Taking Facilitator, Walking on Common Ground, “‘Shake-and-Bake Tribes,’ ‘Special Interests,’ and ‘Scam Artists’: How Public Discourse on Indian Gaming Shapes Law and Policy.” BingoWorld Conference CasinoFest 3 Bingo.II Conference on Class II Gaming PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND EDITORIAL BOARDSBoard of Editors, Gaming Law Review Associate Member (Educator), International Masters of Gaming Law LEGAL EXPERIENCEUnited States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin Hon. J.P. Stadtmueller, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin Hon. Beryl J. Levine, North Dakota Supreme Court COURSES TAUGHTCurrent Academic Year Previously Taught |
