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Friday July 03, 2009 Events Calendar Archive |
Press ReleasesOctober 7, 2008, Lieutenant Colonel Colby C. Vokey, to lecture at UND School of Law 2008 October 7, 2008, Lieutenant Colonel Colby C. Vokey, to lecture at UND School of Law 2007 October 8, 2007 - UND Law Professor Bradley Myers Appointed by Governor Hoeven to National Commission on Uniform State Laws 2006 October 6 - Jean Migabo Kalere to Lecture About Genocide in the African Great Lakes Region 2005 November 3 - Discussion on Pharmacists Refusal to Dispense Contraception for Religious Reasons
Lieutenant Colonel Colby C. Vokey, to lecture at UND School of Law GRAND FORKS, ND (October 6, 2008) Lieutenant Colonel Colby C. Vokey will present a free public lecture titled “Lawyers are the Key to Freedom: From Guantanamo Bay to Iraq,” on Wednesday, October 15th at 12:15 p.m. in the Baker Courtroom at the UND School of Law. His lecture will address his U.S. Marine Corps experiences, his challenging cases, and his position as a chief defense lawyer. A reception with students will be held Thursday, October 16th at 10:00 a.m. in the Law School Student Lounge. Vokey, a reputable Marine Corps Defense Counsel, was a chief defense lawyer to the Canadian Terror suspect in the Omar Khadr Case. On July 27, 2002 a U.S. Delta Force soldier, Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer, was fatally wounded in an Afghanistan firefight. The suspect was a 15 year old Canadian teenager at the time, named Omar Ahmed Khadr. He was captured and taken to Guantanamo Bay. Under a November 2001 order from President Bush, Khadr was not able to claim many rights defendants are granted in civilian courts. Facing murder charges by the U.S. military commission, Khadr was represented by Vokey. With a reputation for being a great litigator, Vokey feels strongly for the case and considers it the biggest challenge he has faced. He believes that Omar Khadr’s case was an injustice and that Omar was a young boy who was prosecuted for the crimes of his father. Omar’s father Ahmed Said Khadr is an Al Qaeda financer. Ahmed Said Khadr was killed in a Pakistani battle in 2003. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Vokey also has roots in Canada. His father, a native to Canada, joined the U.S. Air Force and later joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Vokey also joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he was awarded the combat ribbon as an artillery officer during the Persian Gulf War. Vokey is a graduate of the UND School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor with Distinction in 1998. He then worked as a chief of all the Corps’ defense lawyers in the western United States. Vokey has since then left the Corps and said that the Omar Khadr case had an influence on his decision. He has served as both a prosecutor and a defense counsel in hundreds of military courts-martial and other cases. For more information about Vokey including an extended bio and high resolution photo, visit www.law.und.edu/News/f08/CVokey.php
UND Law School Commencement Ceremony on Saturday May 10, 2008 Grand Forks, ND (May 5, 2008) Eighty-one law school students will receive the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at a special commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10, 2008 for the University of North Dakota School of Law. The ceremony begins at 9:00 a.m. at the UND Chester Fritz Auditorium and will be officiated by UND School of Law Dean Paul LeBel and UND President Charles Kupchella. This year’s commencement speaker is United States District Judge Ralph R. Erickson. Erickson is one of two U.S. District judges in North Dakota and is a 1984 graduate of the UND School of Law. Following his graduation from Law School, Judge Erickson was in the private practice of law in West Fargo with a broad general trial practice. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench Erickson served as a state district judge, a judge of the county court, and a county court magistrate. While on the state bench he presided over civil, criminal and juvenile matters. He was the first judge of the Juvenile Drug Court in the East Central Judicial District. Erickson serves as a member of the 8th Circuit Judicial Council and is a member of the Defender Services Committee (CJA), Chair of the Jury System Committee, Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, and the Tribal Court Committee. He is a member of the State Bar Association of North Dakota the Cass County (ND) Bar Association, and the Ronald N. Davies Inn of Court. He and his wife Michele currently reside in Fargo, ND and have two school-aged daughters. During the ceremony, North Dakota State Board of Higher Education president John Q. Paulsen will deliver a message from the from the board and Professor Patti Alleva and Adjunct Professor Al Boucher will serve as hooders. The commencement ceremony is open to the public.
February 20, 2008 - Norwegian Judge Knut Petterson to Lecture At UND School of Law GRAND FORKS, ND (February 20, 2008) Norwegian Judge Knut Petterson will present a public lecture titled: Judge Knut Petterson graduated from University of Oslo, Faculty of Law 1977; Postgraduate studies in Scots law, University of Edinburgh 1981. He worked 3 years as a deputy judge and 7 years as an attorney in private practice. He was appointed judge in 1990, and has been a district judge in the Oslo district court since then, increasingly focused on alternatives to the traditional legal processes in civil and criminal matters. Since 2006, he has worked part of the year as a judge in a district court in central area of the Saami (indigenous) people in the very north of Norway. Judge Petterson was trained in Alternative Dispute Resolution by the Harvard Project on Negotiation in Norway in 1998 and 1999. He is a member of the board of Nordic Forum for Mediation and Conflict Management 2002-2006, and a co-organizer of two conferences on Mediation in Helsinki, Finland and Skövde, Sweden. He participated in the project “Court Dispute Resolution International,” a video conferencing mediation program for commercial disputes run by Subordinate Courts of Singapore and is a member of a Commission reorganizing the Norwegian Mediation service. He has trained judges in mediation, in Norway, Iceland and Albania, as well as law students and attorneys in Norway since 2000. Judge Petterson enjoyed a sabbatical in 2006, studying Restorative Justice with the main focus on Peacemaking Circles. In addition to the lecture, Judge Petterson will participate in a panel discussion on restorative Justice, lecture in a variety of UND courses and will make additional visits around North Dakota. GRAND FORKS, ND (October 8, 2007) UND School of Law Associate Professor Bradley Myers was recently appointed to the National Commission on Uniform State Laws by North Dakota Governor John Hoeven. "I am grateful to Governor Hoeven for granting me this opportunity to serve the people of North Dakota," said Myers. "I look forward to representing them at the national commission as it continues its important work." Myers, the Randy H. Lee Associate Professor of Law, began his term on the Commission on September 17, 2007 and will serve through August 31, 2009. Myers joined the UND Law School faculty in 2001 and teaches trusts and estates, income taxation, intellectual property, international law, and estate planning. He also assists with the Norwegian Exchange Program for the School of Law. Myers received both a B.S. and M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, a J.D. from the University of Oregon and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), now in its 116th year, comprises more than 350 practicing lawyers, governmental lawyers, judges, law professors, and lawyer-legislators from every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Myers is one of only ten commissioners from the state of North Dakota. The uniform law commissioners are appointed by their states to draft and promote enactment of uniform laws that are designed to solve problems common to all the states. After receiving the ULC’s seal of approval, a uniform act is officially promulgated for consideration by the states, and legislatures are urged to adopt it. Since its inception in 1892, the ULC has promulgated more than 200 uniform acts, among them such bulwarks of state statutory law as the Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, the Uniform Probate Code, the Uniform Partnership Act, Uniform Securities Act, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. The University of North Dakota School of Law’s Tribal Justice Institute (TJI) has been awarded a federal grant totaling more than $1.4 million. Acting Deputy Attorney General Craig Morford announced the award this week at the 15th Annual Four Corners Indian Country Conference in Colorado Springs. The $1,420,000 grant from the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) will be used by the Tribal Judicial Institute to promote cooperation among tribal, federal and state courts, and to design and implement training activities aimed at improving operations of tribal justice activities. “The Tribal Judicial Institute is the cornerstone of the School of Law’s Northern Plains Indian Law Center,” said Paul LeBel, UND Law School dean. “Under the leadership of Institute Director B.J. Jones, TJI has established itself as the premier tribal court and judicial system training organization in the country. It is gratifying to see the federal funding continue to support the work of the Institute.” In comments at the award ceremony, Morford said that effective tribal courts are essential to the appropriate and equal enforcement of the law by tribal governments. “These funds not only represent assistance to the organizations receiving them,” Morford said, “but also reflect the continued shared commitment between the Department of Justice and tribal governments to maintaining a strong criminal justice system in Indian Country.” The Tribal Courts Assistance Program (TCAP), which sponsors these awards, is administered by DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), explains Jones, the TJI director. The organization benefits federally recognized tribal governments by providing federal resources to support the development, implementation, and enhancement of tribal judicial systems. More information can be found at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov. “We are once again proud to announce that we have received this competitive grant to continue our lead role as the technical assistance provider and training coordinator for the Department of Justice’s Tribal Court Assistance Program” Jones said. “The TCAP is the primary source of Department of Justice funding for Indian tribal justice systems throughout the United States. The Tribal Judicial Institute has been involved with the program since it was launched in 1998.” TJI has received six separate grants from the DOJ in excess of $8 million to assist Indian tribes in developing and enhancing their justice systems. TJI has worked with more than 300 Indian nations during this time ranging from the Native Village of Barrow on the Arctic tip of Alaska to the Seminole Nation in the Florida Everglades. The Institute also has operated a scholarship program for an additional 100 Indian tribes. Over the past nine years, TJI has participated in over 300 training events for Indian tribes. “TJI is proud to assist Indian tribes nationwide as they exercise their sovereign rights to provide for the safety and justice for their citizens,” Jones said. Jones said that TJI’s successful ventures would not have been possible without the support of former UND law dean Jeremy Davis, former interim dean Candace Zierdt, and present dean Paul LeBel. Jones added that the organization was also encouraged and supported over the years by the directors of the Northern Plains Indian Law Center, including UND Law associate dean Kathryn Rand, Stacy Leeds, Matthew Fletcher, and Dorreen Yellow Bird. The Institute was the brainchild of Indians Into Medicine (INMED) director Gene Delorme and was nurtured over the years by Northern Plains Indian Law Center advisory board members Patti Alleva and James Grijalva. May 7, 2007 - Law School Commencement Ceremony Set for May 12, 2007 Sixty-eight law school students will receive the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at a special commencement ceremony on Saturday May, 12, 2007 for the University of North Dakota School of Law. The ceremony begins at 10:00 a.m. at the UND Chester Fritz Auditorium, and it will be officiated by UND School of Law Dean Paul LeBel and UND President Charles Kupchella. This year's commencement speaker is Laurence Gilman, UND Law Class of 1994, and most recently Assistant General Manager of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes. State Board of Higher Education member Bruce Christianson will deliver greetings from the board. The commencement ceremony is free and open to the public. March 23, 2007 - North Dakota Law Review To Host Methamphetamine Symposium Grand Forks, ND (March 23, 2007) (click here for more information) The symposium will be broken into two sessions featuring panelists and keynote speakers from North Dakota and around the country. Session I will begin at 8:00 a.m and will focus on the methamphetamine problem across disciplines. This session is highlighted by the keynote address of Avi Brisman from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Session II, beginning at 1:00 p.m., will address the methamphetamine problems across jurisdictions. The keynote speaker for Session II is Elizabeth Kronk from the University of Montana School of Law. Her lecture will have a special emphasis on Indian Country. Throughout the day, panelists and keynote speakers will survey various disciplines and professions in an effort to identify the most significant problems associated with methamphetamine. They will explain the current efforts existing within various professions and jurisdictions, and they will highlight strategies and proposals for reducing the negative effects of meth across disciplines and jurisdictions. A complete schedule of presentations is as follows: Session I 7:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. - Welcome 9:30 a.m. Assessing Current Responses to Individual & Societal Needs 11:00 a.m. Addressing the Problems of Meth Across Disciplines Session II 1:00 p.m. Prosecution & Jurisdiction 2:45 p.m. Developing Lasting Legal Solutions Across Jurisdictions 4:00 p.m. Addressing the Problems of Meth Across Jurisdictions
(Special Emphasis on Indian Country) The list of distinguished panelists includes: Leann Bertsch, J.D., Director of North Dakota Corrections and Rehabilitation UND Law Women's Caucus presents Helen Hamilton Day, March 1-2, 2007. This year's conference is entitled "Coming to America: Legal Perspectives on Immigration". Events will take place in the Baker Courtroom at the UND School of Law beginning at 11:05 a.m. on Thursday, March 1. This two-day seminar is free to the public and has been approved for 5 Continuing Legal Education credits and applied for Minnesota Continuing Legal Education credits. Sponsored by: Four guest speakers will present as follows: March 1, 2007 (Thursday) UND Law Clinic Arabella Demeterio, Migrant Legal Services Hatidza Asovic, ND Legal Services March 2, 2007 (Friday) Sam Myers, Myers Thompson P.A. Dan Kesselbrenner, National Immigration Project A complete schedule of events can be obtained at the UND School of Law website at www.law.und.edu. This two-day event is hosted by the UND Law Women's Caucus student organization and is co-sponsored by the State Bar Association of North Dakota. Helen Hamilton was the first woman graduate of the University of North Dakota School of Law, graduating in 1905. The annual day is in honor of the accomplishments of Hamilton and other women graduate of the law school. Contact: GRAND FORKS, ND - University of North Dakota law students will be preparing and electronically filing income tax returns, free of charge, for individuals who qualify through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The School of Law's Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA) is sponsoring the effort that will run through April 12, 2007. Tax returns will be prepared in the Prairie Room of UND's Memorial Union every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary as taxpayers will be helped on a first come, first served basis. Taxpayers need to bring identification, 2006 W-2 forms and their 2005 income tax forms. Law students will assist in filing both state and federal income tax returns. Two Saturday sites will be provided as well. PILSA will be at the Rescue Mission on Saturday, March 3rd from 1 to 5 p.m. and at the UND Housing Office Saturday, March 24th from 1 to 5 p.m. VITA is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) program allowing community organizations to assist people who cannot prepare their own taxes or afford professional assistance, particularly families who earn annual incomes less than $36,000 or taxpayers who are disabled, elderly, or non-English speaking. The IRS trains VITA volunteers on assisting individuals file, including training on special credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit, and Credit for the Elderly. The program works in conjunction with the State of North Dakota. This is the second year that PILSA has operated the VITA site. This is the only VITA site available on the University of North Dakota campus. For more information about the program, please contact the School of Law at 701-777-2104, or e-mail at vita@und-pilsa.org. Information can also be obtained on the Internet at http://www.und-pilsa.org. February 15, 2007 - Law School to Host Hirut Abebe-Jiri, on torture in Ethiopia Hirut Abebe-Jiri, a victim of torture in her native Ethiopia, will be at the UND School of Law Thursday, Feb. 22. She will describe her extraordinary story of leaving Ethiopia, applying for and receiving asylum in Canada, and discovering that her torturer was living in the United States among his victims. She was the named plaintiff in a successful federal torts claims action, a landmark U.S. human rights law decision. The publicity of that case ultimately led to her torturer being expelled from the United States; he was returned to Ethiopia, where he had been tried in absentia for his crimes and sentenced to life inprisonment. There will be a keynote address Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. in the Baker Courtroom, Law School. Gregory Gordon will frame the legal aspects of catching human rights violators who are living in United States undetected. Hirut will then speak about her personal experiences, both in Ethiopia and during the case. On Friday, Feb. 23, at 12:10 p.m., there will be a lunch session with Hirut to facilitate a smaller, more one-on-one discussion. Free pizza will be provided. This will be in Room 8 of the Law School. Both events are free and open to the public. These events are sponsored by Law Women's Caucus and the Multicultural Awareness Committee. -- Amanda Grafstrom, Vice-President, Law Womens Caucus, amanda.grafstrom@students.law.und.edu, 701-777-9197 GRAND FORKS, ND (January 29, 2007) - United States District Judge Rodney S. Webb will be the Inaugural Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence at the University of North Dakota School of Law from February 5-6, 2007. Judge Webb's residency will be highlighted by two events. First, a session of the United States District Court will be held February 5, 2007 at 10:15 a.m. in the Baker Courtroom at the UND School of Law. Second, Judge Webb will present a lecture titled "The U.S. Constitution: Does It Still Provide for the Third Branch of Government?" The Lecture will be held Tuesday, February 6 at 11:15 a.m. in the Baker Courtroom at the UND School of Law and is free and open to the public. Judge Webb graduated from the UND with a BSBA degree from the College of Business in 1957 and his J.D. with distinction from the Law School in 1959. The retired JAG Corps Colonel has previously worked as the Walsh County States Attorney, president of the ND States Attorney's Association, became the Grafton Municipal Judge, and the Special Assistant Attorney General for ND. President Ronald Reagan appointed Webb US Attorney for the District of ND and six years later appointed him US District Judge for the District of ND. He became Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota and reached Senior Status as of January 1, 2002. He is a current member of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administrative Office. The Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence program brings outstanding judges to the School of Law and includes visits to classes, informal receptions, and a presentation by the judge. The program provides a unique and varied opportunity to learn about the bench and adds greatly to the law school experience of our students, faculty and staff. For a complete schedule of Judge Webb's appearances, click here. Jean Migabo Kalere, Professor at the Catholic University Law School in Leuven, Belgium, will present a lecture titled Genocide In The African Great Lakes Region: Challenges for the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, October 10, at 4:30 p.m. in the Baker Court Room of the UND School of Law. The lecture will examine whether the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) investigation might ultimately result in genocide charges and, regardless of whether it does, the challenges that will be faced by the ICC in prosecuting this case. It will begin by tracing the origins of the conflict in the DRC and describe its metamorphosis over the past decade. It will examine the Thomas Lubanga case and also consider the ICC's challenges in the wider DRC investigation, including the complicated regional dynamics and the fact that suspected criminals in the conflict are currently serving as top-level government officials in the DRC. The lecture is free and open to the public. Kalere is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on human rights abuses in the DRC. In the 1990's, he litigated human rights violation cases in the Congolese Court of Appeal in Bukavu. He served as Executive Secretary for the Commission of Peace and Justice in Bukavu and was then elected by the Congolese Government as President of the Congolese National Commission of Inquiries regarding human rights abuses. Due to his leading role in the fight against human rights violations in the DRC, Professor Migabo Kalere was forced to seek asylum in Belgium. In addition to his public lecture, Kalere will host a faculty workshop, student workshop visit in relevant law classes, and hold individual meetings with human rights representatives on campus. Prior to his residence at UND, Professor Migabo Kalere will be lecturing at the law schools at Notre Dame University, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. October 2, 2006 - North Dakota Supreme Court to Hear Two Cases at UND School of Law The North Dakota Supreme Court will hear two oral arguments Thursday, October 5, 2006 in the Baker Court Room at the University of North Dakota School of Law. At 9:00 a.m. the court will hear the State of North Dakota v. Kenneth Wayne Oliver. Kenneth Wayne Oliver appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence and to dismiss after he was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under suspension, and fleeing a police officer. On appeal, Oliver argues the traffic stop was illegal because the officer did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion to stop him. He argues the stop was pretextual and the evidence found during his arrest should be suppressed. They will hear a second oral argument, State of North Dakota v. Kenneth Albin Jacob, Jr., beginning at 10:10 a.m. Kenneth Albin Jacob Jr. appeals after a jury found him guilty of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, a Class B felony, which carries a maximum penalty of ten years' imprisonment, a fine of ten thousand dollar, or both. In addition to the two oral arguments, the Supreme Court will judge the finals of the law student Moot Court competition beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the Baker Court Room. A panel discussion on problems with the death penalty will be held on Monday, October 9, 2006 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 8 in the UND School of Law. The event, titled "The Ultimate Mistake: Problems of Proof and Inequality with the Death Penalty," will feature, Aundré Herron, a nationally recognized death penalty expert and attorney, and Tim Schuetzle, Warden of the North Dakota State Penitentiary. The program, hosted by the UND Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA), is free and open to the public. Aundré Herron is a staff attorney with the California Appellate Project in San Francisco. She has worked for the last 15 years on behalf of death row clients in California who are appealing their sentence. Herron will discuss the work of her agency, the legal and political issues involved in capital cases, and day-to-day capital appellate practice. She has broad perspective on capital punishment, having begun her legal career as a state prosecutor, and is a surviving family member of a murder victim. Herron has won a national award for her commitment and work surrounding the death penalty. Tim Schuetzle is the Director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Prison Division and is the Warden of the North Dakota State Penitentiary in Bismarck. He will be discussing the history and current status of the death penalty in North Dakota. Schuetzle has worked in the prison system for 30 years and has received national recognition as warden of the year. The event is PILSA's annual First Monday event, which it hosts near the first Monday of October each year in recognition of the U.S. Supreme Court's new term. PILSA chose the death penalty as this year's topic because of its importance and timeliness in light of the Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. trial and current discussion of death penalty cases throughout the state. PILSA is a student-run organization aimed at informing law students and the community on important legal issues and encouraging the legal representation of underserved communities. September 25, 2006 - Dr. Salaheddin Al-Bashir to Give Fode Lecture Dr. Salaheddin Al-Bashir from the Kingdom of Jordan will present the Oscar and Amelia Fode Memorial Law Lecture at the University of North Dakota School of Law. The lecture will be Friday, October 6, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. in the Baker Court Room and is free and open to the public. His presentation is titled Reform, Development and Rule of Law. Al-Bashir is the former Minister of Justice & Minister of Cabinet Affair of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the founder and managing partner of the International Business Legal Associates, which is one of the largest and leading law firms in Jordan, with an integral presence in the Kingdom’s dynamic legal developments and commercial expansion. Al- Bashir holds a Bachelor’s in Law from Jordan University, an LL.M from Harvard University and a Doctorate from McGill University. This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fode lecture. It was created by family members in loving memory of Oscar and Amelia Fode because of their lifelong interest in education and in the young people of North Dakota. The Fodes were prominent in business in Jamestown, ND. They began an automobile business known as Midwest Motors in Jamestown in 1929, subsequently establishing Midwest Credit Co., Midwest Machine Co., Midwest Insurance Co., and Dakota Sales and Service which Oscar continued to operate until his death in 1971. Amelia passed away in 1961. A reception will follow the keynote address. September 8, 2006 - Dean LeBel to Throw First Pitch at Minnesota Twins Game UND Law Dean Paul LeBel will throw out the first pitch at the Minnesota Twins game Sunday, September 10 vs. the Detroit Tigers just prior to the 1:10 p.m. game time. The game he will appear in is one of the biggest series of the year as the Twins try to close the gap on the division leading Tigers. He will appear before an estimated crowd of over 40,000. In addition, a group of current law students will be in attendance to cheer on their Dean. LeBel, a long-time Twins fan, earned the opportunity to throw the first pitch by bidding on the item at the 2005 annual Art Auction. The auction is a traditional fund raiser organized by the third-year law class. Proceeds from last year's auction provided donations to the Randy Lee Memorial Scholarship Endowment and established a scholarship in memory of a former classmate. This year's auction is scheduled for November 17, 2006. July 25, 2006 - Molbert Family Makes Donation to UND School of Law This fall, University of North Dakota law students will be welcomed by a state-of-the-art, newly renovated and comfortable classroom. The project is the result of a significant gift to the UND Foundation from the family of Ralph Molbert, '41, a business and law school graduate. The Molbert Classroom, located in the UND School of Law, is equipped with hi-tech instructional technology and provides a more conducive learning environment for the 80-some first-year law students who will fill the seats this fall. This donation, on behalf of Ralph Molbert, is a gift from his wife Beverly (Steele, ND); son Lauris, '79, '83, and daughter-in-law Jane Grove (Fargo); daughter Karna (Molbert) Kornkven, '81, and son-in-law Richard Kornkven, '74 (Bottineau, ND); son Eric Molbert, '89 (Bismarck); and daughter Kristi (Molbert) Benz and son-in-law Miles Benz (Steele, ND). Though this is a major renovation project, the Molbert Classroom still maintains the historical and distinctive character of the building, which was built in 1899. "The extraordinary generosity of the Molbert family supports a dramatic improvement of the law school facility. As future generations of law students enjoy the benefits of the classroom made possible by this gift, they will have before them a permanent tribute to the professional accomplishments of Ralph Molbert and the generosity of his family," said law school dean, Paul LeBel. Ralph Molbert took pride in his UND education, and was especially proud of his law degree. Ralph was as an attorney and businessman in Steele, N.D., for many years before retiring in the late 1990s. Today Ralph is 91 years old, and while he is unable to communicate due to Alzheimer's disease, Ralph and his family had many conversations about the UND School of Law over the years. "Dad felt like his law degree was the building block for a successful career and his formative experience at UND was essential to that and many other achievements," said his son Lauris, '79, '83, who also graduated from the UND School of Law. Lauris remembers his father often expressing his desire to give back to the place that gave him a great start, and finds it fitting to make a donation in his honor. While the entire Molbert family, Dean LeBel, and law school faculty and staff are thrilled about the renovation, the students may be some of the most appreciative. Third-year law student Liz Pendlay said, "This family is leading by example, reminding us as future alumni that our contributions are important and benefit the students who follow in our shoes. Their commitment to and generosity toward the UND School of Law is exceptional." This donation, on behalf of Ralph Molbert, is a gift from his wife Beverly (Steele, N.D.); son Lauris, '79, '83, and daughter-in-law Jane Grove (Fargo); daughter Karna (Molbert) Kornkven, '81, and son-in-law Richard Kornkven, '74 (Bottineau, N.D.); son Eric Molbert, '89 (Bismarck); and daughter Kristi (Molbert) Benz and son-in-law Miles Benz (Steele, N.D.). The Molbert family hopes future students will benefit from the classroom, and have as positive and rewarding experience as Ralph did. "He is someone who set a great example of the value of a UND education. He had very fond memories of UND and a great deal of gratitude toward the law school," Lauris concluded. The Molbert Classroom will be complete by fall orientation on Aug. 14. A formal dedication will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 6 as part of Homecoming festivities. May 10, 2006 - UND Law Student Dan El-Dweek Wins National Clinic Award University of North Dakota School of Law student Dan El-Dweek was recently selected by the Clinical Legal Educations Association to receive its Outstanding Student Award. "It is nice to be given this honor because being involved in the UND Law Clinic is a source of pride for me," said El-Dweek. UND Law Clinic Director Doug Smith said El-Dweek has been a leader in developing new clinical projects. "It is not typical for students to work in the planning, relationship building or resource acquisition phases of building a clinic," said Smith. "In collaboration with his classmates, El-Dweek has created a truly remarkable clinical program here at UND from the ground up within the space of less than a year." In the past year, El-Dweek has been involved in several projects such as an immigration law project in Fargo, ND, providing Pro Se sessions on several topics in rural North Dakota cities and he helped develop the UND Mobile Law Office concept. He has represented individual clinic clients and worked on situations ranging from innovative law making in landlord/tenant relations to cases involving interpretations of United States laws and the Constitution. El-Dweek is a native of St. Paul, Minnesota and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from UND prior to enrolling in law school. He will complete his law degree this spring and has accepted a position at Dakota Plains Legal Services in Fort Thompson, SD. The award criteria include excellence in the fieldwork and seminar components of the clinical course, as well as the nature and extent of the student's contribution to the law clinic. The award was announced at the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Education Conference in New York. UND Law Clinical Education Program to Host Conference for Small Business Owners Grand Forks, ND (April 10, 2006) - A conference for small business owners will be held April 28, 2006, from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm at the Memorial Union on the UND campus. The cost is $30 for adults and $15 for students, which includes lunch and printed materials. Early registration is encouraged. The speakers include local attorneys John Foster and Tracy Kennedy (financing and collecting accounts), UND Law Professor Bradley Myers (tax concerns), Dean Mann, who works at G.F.A.F.B. (government contracts), Fargo attorneys Pat Monson and Kristi Hourigan (employee relations), Andrew Gleich of the Small Business Development Center, and Eric Giltner of the Small Business Association. JoHanna C. Cox, a third year law student at UND, along with VOICES, the Law School’s Clinical Education Program, the Small Business Development Center of North Dakota, and the Small Business Association, will host the conference for current and prospective small business owners. Cox, who is exploring small business issues as part of a special project at the law school, says the goal of her project is to help expand the range of issues addressed by the Clinical Education Program and the Law School into small business concerns. Small business owners may have limited access to professional resources. For example, the Small Business Association and the Small Business Development Centers are not permitted to have attorneys paid or volunteer at their facilities. Further, in rural parts of North Dakota and Minnesota, access to professionals is limited due to geography. For additional information or questions, contact JoHanna C. Cox at johannaccc@yahoo.com or the Law School’s Clinical Education Program at 701-777-2932. UND Law Women's Caucus presents Helen Hamilton Day, March 31, 2006. This year's conference is titled, "Redefining the Family: A Modern Look at Same-Sex Legal Issues in the United States. This one-day seminar is free and has been approved for 4 Continuing Legal Education hours. Registration will take place at the Baker Courtroom in the UND School of Law beginning at 9:00 a.m. Four guest speakers will address questions such as "Can same-sex couples marry or adopt children?" "What lies in the legal future for gay rights?" and "What does the same-sex marriage debate look like in Indian Country?" The speakers participating and schedule of topics include: Amy Miller, ACLU Nebraska Legal Director, "Marriage Equality v. The Defense of Marriage Acts" at 10:00 a.m. Professor Kathryn Rand, Associate Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy, "From Bowers to Lawrence: Sexual Orientation and the Constitution" at 11:15 a.m. Professor Wenona Singel, Assistant Professor of Law & Fellow, Northern Plains Indian Law Center, "What's Unique About the Same-Sex Marriage Debate in Indian Country" at 1:15 p.m. Camilla Taylor, Staff Counsel for Lambda Legal in Chicago, IL, "Protecting Lesbian and Gay Parents and their Children" at 2:25 p.m. This seminar, lunch and CLE credit is provided free of charge thanks to the support of the American Bar Association Law Student Division and the UND Multi-Cultural Awareness Committee. Additional information and a complete schedule can be obtained from the UND School of Law website. Helen Hamilton is the first woman graduate of the University of North Dakota School of Law. She graduated in 1905. The annual day is hosted by the UND Law Women's Caucus student organization and is in honor of the accomplishments of Hamilton and other women graduates of the law school. A one-day seminar on Restorative Justice will be held on April 6, 2006 in the Memorial Union Ballroom at the University of North Dakota. The program has been approved for 6.25 Continuing Legal Education credits including one hour of ethics. Cost for the program is $65. The seminar features a series of panel discussions and a keynote address by Chief Judge Don Owen Costello. Costello is Chief Judge of the Coquille Indian Tribal Court and Chief Judge of the Tribal Court of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. Other featured speakers include experts from the UND campus, state and region. To register for the program in advance, call the UND Office of Workforce Development at (701) 777-2098, 1-800-342-8230, or send a fax to (701) 777-2140. You can also view and print the seminar brochure and registration form (pdf format). Program registration and check-in is April 6, 2006 from 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. on the 2nd floor of the UND Memorial Union with the first lecture beginning at 8:00 a.m. The Restorative Justice program is part of the 37th Annual UNDIA Time-Out week activities Restorative justice engages individuals, organizations and communities in adopting values and principles to make peace in a court setting. Local governments and Tribal communities in North Dakota and throughout the nation are challenging traditional western approaches to eradicate crime using typical punishment methodologies resulting in a high cost to individuals and society. Restorative Justice is being considered as a viable alternative for working with families, adults and youth versus being subjected to a typical penal court system. This is the first seminar on Restorative Justice held in North Dakota. March 17, 2006 - UND Law School Speaker Series features John Washburn John Washburn, Convener of the American Non-governmental Organizations Coalition of the International Criminal Court (AMICC), will present a lecture entitled “Genocide and Terrorism Attacked - The International Criminal Court at Work: Darfur, Congo, and Uganda” on Tuesday, March 28, at 4:15 pm. in the Baker Courtroom at the UND School of Law. Washburn’s talk is part of the UND Law School speaker series and is free and open to the public. Washburn was a director in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations between January 1988 and April 1993, and thereafter served as a director in the Department of Political Affairs at the United Nations until March 1994. He was a member of the Foreign Service of the United States from 1963 to 1987. His last assignment at the State Department was membership on the Policy Planning Staff responsible for international organizations and multilateral affairs. Washburn held a variety of assignments in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, each covering different aspects of the work of international organizations and a variety of multilateral issues. He also conceived, helped to establish and was Deputy Director of an office in that Bureau to further the coordination of American bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. During his service in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, he was a member of United States delegations to various sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and Committee for Programme and Coordination. He was Night Shift Chairman of the Iran Hostage Task Force in 1979. Washburn’s areas of expertise include: March 16, 2006 - Spring Moot Court Competition to be held March 27 – 30, 2006 UND School of Law students will participate in the spring moot court competition oral arguments from March 27- 30, 2006. The competition finals are scheduled for March 30th at 10am in Baker Courtroom at the UND School of Law. The final argument will be judged by a special panel of federal judges. The finals are free and open to the public. Moot Court competition simulates an argument before an appellate level court. Competitors are given a fictitious record, assigned a side to argue, and two legal issues in which to research and write a legal brief. After the brief-writing process is done, competitors prepare for oral arguments, which are made before local attorneys and judges. As part of her visit, Gilligan will present a keynote address titled “From In a Different Voice to the Birth of Pleasure”: An Intellectual Journey. The lecture will be held Friday, March 24, 2006 at 11:15 a.m. in the Baker Courtroom at the UND School of Law. Gilligan’s lecture is a reflection about her intellectual journey from her path-blazing 1982 book In A Different Voice to her latest, The Birth of Pleasure. The lecture is free and open to the public. Gilligan is one of the United States’ most distinguished writers and teachers in the field of psychology. She is a University Professor at New York University, and is Affiliated Faculty at NYU School of Law. She leads workshops for faculty in the law school’s Lawyering Program, an innovative curriculum designed to encourage first year students to think critically about work in the law. Her pioneering work with gender and relational reasoning has had a profound impact on feminist legal theory. She earned her Ph.D. from Harvard where she was a member of the faculty for 34 years. In conjunction with her visit, a special symposium issue of the North Dakota Law Review will honor Dr. Gilligan’s influence on legal theory. The symposium will feature, along with pieces by noted legal scholars and jurists, a written summary of her keynote address. Gilligan will also participate in the thirty-seventh annual writer’s conference while on campus.The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit will hear three oral arguments at the UND School of Law on Friday, March 24, 2006. A panel of three judges will hear each case, with the first argument beginning Friday at 2:00 p.m. in the Baker Courtroom at the School of Law. The Circuit Judges hearing the arguments are: Judge Bye is an alumni of the University of North Dakota School of Law and Judge Bright is an alumni of the University of Minnesota School of Law. Judges Bye, Riley and Smith will hear the first argument, Judges Riley, Bright and Smith will hear two arguments: The arguments are open to the public. In the past month, University of North Dakota Law Clinic student attorneys have assessed the legal needs of people in rural North Dakota through visits with town officials from Cando, Mohall, Medora, Beach, Manning, Bowman, Mott, Carson, and Dickinson. From these meetings, the student attorneys have realized a pressing legal need in these small communities relating primarily to elder law issues, such as wills, trusts, and power of attorney and family law issues such as divorce, child support, and visitation. A shortage of lawyers and the inability of people to obtain legal assistance, even if it is available, because of their income levels or advanced age are two primary reasons the legal needs are so pressing. In an effort to extend its current mission across the state of North Dakota, the UND Law Clinic is exploring the possibility of establishing a Mobile Law Clinic to meet the legal needs of citizens in rural areas. The Mobile Law Clinic would provide legal assistance in the form of informational workshops along with "Pro Se" advice and consultation. This service would not be in competition with local attorneys because it would serve the people who otherwise would not be able to get legal help. Clinic Director, Doug Smith is encouraging the student attorneys' efforts for expansion of services. In order to establish and maintain a Mobile Law Clinic a source of funding must be identified. Current economic realities facing the Clinic limit its ability to assist the unmet legal needs of those living in rural North Dakota. If a sufficient funding source is identified, the Law Clinic will secure at least one Motor Home to allow groups of student attorneys to travel to the small towns in North Dakota. Upon arrival in a town, student attorneys will provide workshops on relevant local legal issues, hold individual advising sessions, and provide advice and assistance with their specific legal issues. The Mobile Law Clinic concept is modeled after the "Juss-Buss" or "law bus," a mobile law program in Oslo, Norway. This student-run operation has been serving the legal needs of the people of Oslo who are not able to obtain legal assistance, and has been in operation for over 30 years. For further information on the Clinical Education Program, or the establishment of a Mobile Law Clinic, contact the UND School of Law.
CSPAN-2 has announced the lecture taped February 3, 2006, by UND professors Steven Light and Kathryn Rand on their book Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise will air on Book TV. The lecture will be broadcast on Sunday, February 12, 2006, at both 11:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Book TV can be seen locally on CSPAN-2, cable channel 99. For more information about the airing of the lecture, check the Book TV website. February 9, 2006- UND Law students offer free tax assistance University of North Dakota law students will be preparing and electronically filing income tax returns, free of charge, for people who qualify through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The School of Law’s Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA) is sponsoring the effort that will run through April 15, 2006. Tax returns will be prepared at the University of North Dakota School of Law Thormodsgard Law Library every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and one Saturday each month from February 16, 2006 to April 15, 2006. No appointment is necessary as taxpayers will be helped on a first come, first served basis. Taxpayers need to bring identification, 2005 W-2 forms and their 2004 income tax forms. Law students will assist in filing both state and federal income tax returns. VITA is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) program allowing community organizations to assist people who cannot prepare their own taxes or afford professional assistance, particularly families who earn annual incomes less than $36,000 or taxpayers who are disabled, elderly, or non-English speaking. The IRS trains VITA volunteers on assisting individuals file, including training on special credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit, and Credit for the Elderly. The program works in conjunction with the State of North Dakota. This is the first year that PILSA has established the VITA site, which will be the only site in Grand Forks with the capability of electronically filing returns. The IRS estimates that electronically filed returns are processed in half the time of paper returns. For more information about the program, please contact the School of Law at 701-777-2104, or e-mail at vita@und-pilsa.org. North Dakota Bar Foundation honors former law school professor Randy H. Lee The North Dakota Bar Foundation announced it has renamed the North Dakota Bar Foundation Professorship at the UND School of Law to the Randy H. Lee Professor. Lee had held the Bar Foundation Professorship from its establishment in 1999 until his death in March 2005. "Our gift in honor of Randy is a tiny token recognizing his great gift to the lawyers of North Dakota, and expressing our gratitude," said Bar Foundation executive director Bill Neumann, "It's a small recognition of a great person." Lee had served on the faculty of the School of Law for thirty years, and had worked closely with the Bar during that time. Neumann said, "Randy's hard-working dedication to our profession was and is an example to all of us, and a goal to which we all might aspire." The Bar Foundation Board of Directors unanimously agreed it was appropriate to rename the award in honor of Lee. Paul LeBel, Dean of the School of Law, selected Associate Professor Jim Grijalva as the first Lee Professor. Lee was born in 1944. He earned both his bachelor's and law degrees at Washington and Lee University in Virginia and was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1969. His law career began in private practice in Baltimore from 1969-1972. He served as an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Maryland from 1972-1973 and as general counsel of the Maryland Port Authority from 1973-1975. Lee joined the UND School of Law in 1975 as an assistant professor of law. He was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and served as acting dean from 1979-1980. Lee became a full professor in 1985 and had been a member of the North Dakota bar since 1980. "The significance, of our renaming the professor award of course, is the recognition of Randy himself, as a person, as an educator, and as an active contributor to the legal profession," said Neumann. Steven Andrew Light and Kathryn R.L. Rand will present a lecture on their first book, Published in Fall 2005 by the University Press of Kansas, their book provides the clearest and most complete account to date of the laws and politics of Indian gaming. From Connecticut to California, American Indian tribes have entered the gambling business, some making money and nearly all igniting controversy. The image of the "casino Indian" is everywhere. Light and Rand explain how Indian gaming has become one of today's most politically charged phenomena: at stake are a host of competing legal rights and political interests for tribal, state, and federal governments. As Indian gaming grows, policymakers struggle with balancing its economic and social costs and benefits. Light and Rand emphasize that tribal sovereignty is key to understanding Indian gaming law and politics and guiding policy reform. Their book offers a practical approach to policy reform with specific recommendations for tribal, federal, state, and local policymakers. Steven Andrew Light is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Dakota. He received his B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1990 and his Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University in 1999. Kathryn Rand is Floyd B. Sperry Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of North Dakota School of Law. She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1993 and her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of North Dakota in 1990. Together, Light and Rand founded and are co-directors 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 and only university-affiliated research institute dedicated to the study of Indian gaming. They have delivered papers at many national and international conferences and have published numerous articles on tribal gaming and tribal sovereignty. In April 2005, Rand and Light testified on Indian gaming regulation before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. Their second book, Indian Gaming Law and Policy, was published in January 2006 by Carolina Academic Press. January 23, 2006 - UND Law School Diversity and Antiracism Committee to Host Forum on Hate Speech The Diversity and Antiracism Committee of the UND School of Law has organized an educational forum on hate speech for January 27, 2006 beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the UND Memorial Union Lecture Bowl. This forum will bring together scholars from across campus with members of the outside community to explore the definition and the consequences of hate speech. The panel participants will be the following: Civil discourse is one of the hallmarks of a community of scholars and one of the demands of legal professionalism. As members of the legal profession, we have both an opportunity and a responsibility to model the behavior that affirms the dignity of all people. The ability to be a vigorous advocate of a contested position is perfectly consistent with a recognition of the boundary between fully-protected speech and the impermissible verbal abuse that is often referred to as hate speech. Legal scholars also refer to this phenomenon as assaultive speech. Developing an understanding of where the boundary lies and appreciating the consequences of crossing that boundary are important steps in becoming self-aware and critically reflective legal professionals. This forum will address these issues. For more information about the forum, contact Tahira Hashmi at (701) 777-2223 or hashmi@law.und.edu Speaker to Discuss Pharmacists Refusal to Dispense Contraception for Religious Reasons Can pharmacists refuse to dispense birth control based on their religious beliefs? Rachel Vogelstein, Equal Justice Works Fellow, from the National Women's Law Center will address this topic in her lecture on "Religious Refusal Clauses and Women's Health: Pharmacist Refusals to Dispense Contraception." The lecture will be held Monday, November 14 at 5:00 p.m. in the UND School of Law, Baker Courtroom. This event is presented by the Law Women's Caucus and is free and open to the public. According to the National Women's Law Center, North Dakota has not recently addressed this issue; however, increasing reports of pharmacist refusals to fill birth control prescriptions, including the morning after pill, based on religious beliefs and not legitimate medical or professional concerns is increasing close to home. Pharmacist refusals have surfaced in Minnesota, and South Dakota has already passed a pharmacist refusal law allowing pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions because of their personal beliefs. For additional information contact: B. J. Jones to Lecture on Domestic Violence in Indian Country B.J. Jones, director of the Tribal Judicial Institute at the UND School of Law, will give a lecture about domestic violence in Indian Country. The lecture will be held Monday, October 17, 2005 in the Baker Courtroom at the UND law school beginning at 7:00 p.m. Jones will discuss unique issues facing Indian women in domestic violence situations including jurisdictional barriers and the development of tribal courts to address domestic violence in Indian Country. This lecture is sponsored by the UND Law Women’s Caucus, and is free and open to the public. Scott Miller to Speak About Women in Abusive Relationships Scott Miller will give a lecture about why women stay in abusive relationships and why men batter on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 in the Baker Courtroom at the UND School of Law beginning at 5:00 p.m. The lecture is sponsored by the UND Law Women’s Caucus, and is free and open to the public. Miller is a contracted trainer and forensic interviewer for First Witness Child Abuse Resource Center in Duluth. He is responsible for conducting forensically sound interviews of children suspected of being physically or sexually abused as part of a criminal investigation. Miller also conducts training nationally on how to conduct interviews with children and work from a multidisciplinary team approach in the investigatoin of child abuse. He has been working in the women’s movement since 1985. UND Law Library To Host Regional Conference The UND Thormodsgard Law Library will host the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL) 2005 Annual Meeting in Grand Forks on October 6-8, 2005. MAALL is celebrating 30 years as a regional chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries. The theme this year is MAALL: Great Past, Grand Future. Presenters include: Roger Jacobs, Director of the Law Library, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School will provide the MAALL keynote address on October 6 at 6:30pm at the Hilton Garden Inn. North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Dale Sandstrom will speak on "Newer Technologies for Websites" on October 7 at 3:15pm. UND Law Professors Matthew Fletcher and Wenona Singel will present "An Introduction to American Indian Law" on October 8 at 1:15pm. Suzanne Morrison, Branch Librarian, U.S. Courts Library, 8th Circuit, Fargo, will speak on "From Albania to the West Bank: Law Librarians in Emerging Third World Countries" on October 7 at 10:45am. The MAALL programs, with the exception of the keynote address, will be held at the Memorial Union and Swanson Hall on the campus of the University of North Dakota. MAALL member law libraries represent academic, state, county, court, and law firm libraries. States in the MAALL chapter include Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. To register for the conference or for additional information, contact Kaaren Pupino at (701) 777-2486 or on the web at www.unl.edu/lawlib_techser/maall.html UND Law Recent Graduates Pass ND Bar Exam at 94 Percent Rate University of North Dakota School of Law graduates taking the North Dakota Bar Exam for the first time in July 2005 obtained a 94 percent passage rate. The passage rate for all test takers on the July Bar exam was 86 percent. Paul LeBel, Dean of the UND School of Law, was pleased to learn of the results of the recent graduates. "I'll confess to not being surprised," said LeBel, "We have very talented students, and a faculty that is more committed to their success than most law schools with which I'm familiar." A bar passage rate is a short term measure of the success of the education at the law school. "The long-term measure of the quality of a UND legal education is the experience of our graduates throughout their careers, and that remains very positive," LeBel said. UND Law Professor Kirsten Dauphinais to present at National Conference New UND School of Law professor Kirsten Dauphinais will present this month at the Association of Legal Writing Directors (AWLD) 2005 Biennial Conference in Chicago. Her presentation is titled Multiple Intelligences in Legal Education in Theory and in Practice. ALWD is the preeminent organization in the nation for legal writing. This presentation is derived from an article she published last April in the Washington & Lee Race And Ethnic Law Journal based on Harvard educational psychologist Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI). Her presentation proposes that using MI theory to take a new approach to recognizing and evaluating student capabilities could help provide a better and rejuvenated legal education in several arenas. This theory could enable law faculty to recognize students' unique potentials and tailor their legal education to nurture their individual talents. She will also discuss that, due to the interactive nature of legal writing pedagogy, legal writing teachers are well situated among legal educators to put MI theory to work by aiding law students in capitalizing on their personal strengths and giving them tools to ameliorate their weaknesses. Dauphinais joins the law school this fall as director of legal writing and assistant professor. She comes to UND from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she taught legal writing for four years. |
