Jeanne McLean

Assistant Dean for Student Life
mclean@law.und.edu

Assistant Dean McLean received her J.D. from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1985. Prior to joining the law faculty in 2001, Assistant Dean McLean was the Staff Attorney for the North Dakota Department of Transportation. She also served as the State’s Attorney for Bottineau County for 12 years. In addition, she was in private practice in Bottineau and Minot for 10 years, focusing mainly on family law, tribal law, and probate.

McLean is a member of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, the Grand Forks County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. She currently serves on the Board for the Northern Plains Indian Law Center, the Supreme Court Joint Procedures Committee and the Board of Directors for Legal Services of North Dakota. She is the past president of the North Dakota State’s Attorney’s Association, and a past member of the State Gaming Advisory Board.

Assistant Dean McLean currently supervises the Externship Program and teaches an Externship Seminar and Family Law at the law school. She also has taught Administrative Law and Clinical Legal Education. She has presented on landlord/tenant issues, family law, domestic violence, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and juvenile law. She is currently acting as a consultant to the North Dakota Supreme Court in authoring the North Dakota Domestic Violence Benchbook - a Guide for the North Dakota Judiciary and providing training on domestic violence to the North Dakota Judiciary.