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Law School Calendar

Fall 2007		Spring 2008
August 2007	December 2007	January 2008	May 2008
September 2007		February 2008	June 2008
October 2007		March 2008	July 2008
November 2007		April 2008
Key: Academic Holiday


August 2007
August 15 - 21	First-year Student Orientation - Schedule
August 23	Fall Semester Law School classes begin
August 24	Alumni Golf Tournament - 4 person scramble - King's Walk, Grand Forks - for more info, contact Rob Carolin (701) 777-2856 - registration form (pdf)
September 2007
September 1	Last Day to Pay Fees Without Penalty
September 3	Labor Day Holiday (No Classes)
September 6	ND State Board of Law Examiners - meeting with students - 12:10 - 1:00 p.m., Baker Courtroom (lunch provided)
September 13	SBAND Mentoring Committee - informational meeting with 2L's and 3L's - 12:10 - 1:00 p.m., Baker Courtroom (lunch provided) Fode Lecture - Dr. Salaheddin Al-Bashir - 4:15 p.m., Baker Courtroom
September 13-14	Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown, Sept. 12)
September 15	Malpractice Bowl - Cushman Field - google map directions - Women's game starts at 4:30 p.m. - Men's game starts at 6:00 p.m.
September 17	Constitution Day - UND Press Release Prof. Rand's Constitutional Law I (Law 150) open to the public - 9:05 - 10 a.m., Room 211
September 18	Trial Team Informational Meeting - 2:30 p.m., Baker Courtroom
September 21	United States District Court - Naturalization Ceremony - 1:30 p.m., Baker Courtroom DTP Golf Tournament - Valley Golf Course, East Grand Forks
September 22	Yom Kippur (begins at sundown, Sept. 21)
September 27-29	Law School Homecoming activities
September 27	Distinguished Jurist-In-Residence – The Honorable H. F. “Sparky” Gierke Keynote Address, "Reflections on 40 years of Military Justice: 1967-2006" 4:15 p.m., Baker Court Room, (no charge to attend) Mentoring Program Kickoff & Vogel Scholarship Award Student Trial Lawyer's Association - Sponsored by NDTLA - 6:00 p.m. awards presentation, UND Alumni Center - 6:30 p.m. Mentoring Program Introduction, UND Alumni Center
September 28	Continuing Legal Education Session 9:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m., Alerus Center "Welcome Home" Lunch The Honorable Slavatore R. Martoche Justice, NY Supreme Court Appellate Division - 11:30 a.m., Baker Courtroom Law School Alumni Social - 5:00 to 6:30 - Alerus Center (no charge to attend) Social includes Order of the Coif and scholarship presentations
September 29	Dean’s Council Donor Appreciation Dinner - 5:30 social, 6:30 dinner, Memorial Union, River Valley Room (by invitation only for donors giving at the Dean’s Council level)
October 2007
October 1	Constitutional Law Guest Lecture Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
October 10	Environmental Law Society, informational meeting 12:15 p.m., Room 103
October 10	Domestic Violence Awareness Panel - Jeanne McLean, Law School Assistant Dean for Student Affairs - Meredith Larson, Prosecutor - Jim Brothers, Attorney - Kelsee J. Mcintosh, Attorney 3:15 p.m., Baker Courtroom
October 18	Student Trial Lawyers Association Panel - Daniel E. Phillips - Nicholas B. Hall - Alexander F. Reichert - Rebecca Heigaard McGurran - Jeffery Weikum 4:15 p.m., Baker Courtroom
October 23-25	Moot Court Competition - preliminary rounds
October 26	Moot Court Competition - semi-final rounds
October 29-31	North Dakota Supreme Court visit - information
October 29	North Dakota Supreme Court 8:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast 9:05 a.m. - Class Visits 10:10 a.m. - Oral Arguments - State v. Hurt - Baker Courtroom 1:00 p.m. - Class Visits 2:05 p.m. - Moot Court Competition - Final Round, Baker Courtroom - Results 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Moot Court reception
October 30	North Dakota Supreme Court 9:05 a.m.- Oral Arguments - Niemann v. Niemann- Baker Courtroom 11:15 a.m. - Class visits 1:15 p.m. - Oral Arguments - Teigen v. State - Baker Courtroom 2:15 p.m.- Panel on Appellate Advocacy
October 31	North Dakota Supreme Court 9:05 a.m. - Oral Arguments - Matter of Midgett - Baker Courtroom 10:10 a.m. - Class Visits 10:40 p.m. - Panel on Appellate Advocacy
November 2007
November 1	Law Clinic Information Meeting 12:15 p.m., Room 8
November 2	Last Day to Drop a Course or Withdraw
November 2	A Debate on Immigration - Sponsored by Federalist Society - Samuel H. Myers - David Chapman 2:15 p.m., Baker Courtroom
November 5	NALSA Speaker - Cheryl Long Feather "Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians, Native Americans, American Indians 'Us' But Were Afraid to Ask" - 10:00 a.m., Baker Courtroom Faculty Brownbag - Exams & Grading 11:15 a.m., Room 103
November 12	Veteran's Day - No Class
November 13	Trial Law Across the Border - sponsored by STLA - Duane LIllehaug 4:00 p.m., Room 103
November 16	Law School Art Auction @ Ramada Inn Making a Difference in Your Community: The Creation and Operation of Non-Profit Organizations - A. L. "Sid" Overton & Karen Overton 12:00 p.m., Baker Courtroom, Sponsored by SBA
November 19	Career Services Orientation 10:15 a.m., Room 211
November 22 - 23	Thanksgiving Recess - No Class
November 28	Benjamin Butler, Minnesota Public Defenders Office 11:30 a.m., Career as a Public Defender, Room 103 1:00 to 2:40 p.m. - Advanced Appellate Advocacy
November 28	Last Day of Classes
November 29-30	Reading & Review Days
December 2007
December 1-2	Reading & Review Days
December 5-12	Hanukkah (begins at sundown, Dec. 4)
December 3-13	Final Exams
December 14	UND Commencement
January 2008
January 14	Spring Semester Law School classes begin
January 20	Last Day to Pay Fees Without Penalty
January 21	Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No Class
January 30	LWC - Resume / Cover Letter 10:15 a.m., Room 212
January 31	Law School Forum on Tuition: Dean LeBel will discuss a long-term tuition plan for the law school All students, staff, and faculty are invited 3:15 p.m., Room 8
February 2008
February 6	Summer 2008 Federal Externship Informational Meeting - flyer in pdf format 10:10 p.m., Room 211 Application Deadline - February 15
February 8	Faculty Brownbag Assessment: What is it, Why should we care, and How to implement it. 12:55 - 1:10 p.m., Room 103
February 15	Deans' Forum, 2:25 p.m., Room 8
February 18	President's Day - No Class
February 19	Hot Topics in Juvenile Law B. J. Jones, Joseph Morsette 6:00 p.m., Baker Courtroom
February 21	Faculty Seminar Series on Curriculum Reform 3:45 - 5:00 p.m., Room 103
February 25	Townhall on Long-Term Tuition Plan - Faculty and Staff 3:25 p.m., Room 212 CANCELLED - Washburn Faculty Exchange - to be rescheduled Fall 2008 "Incorporating Indian Law into Legal Writing" Professor Tonya Kowalski
February 26	Townhall on Long-Term Tuition Plan - Students (offered twice) 12:15 p.m., Room 212 1:15 p.m., Room 211 Law School Speaker Series "Reflections from the bench. What does the world look like through the judge's spectacles?" Judge Knut Petterson, Oslo, Norway 4:15 p.m., Baker Courtroom
February 27	UND Faculty Lecture Series Of Wrongs and Rights and Writers: A Wistful Memory of When I Had a Life Dean Paul LeBel 4:00 p.m. Reception, 4:30 p.m. Speech, North Dakota Museum of Art Intramural Hockey Playoffs - Law School Men's team - 11:15 p.m., Olympic Ice (REA)
February 28	STLA Social 5:30 p.m., Blue Moose, East Grand Forks
March 2008
March 3 - 7	Spring Break - No Classes
March 13	Trivia Challenge 6:00 p.m. prelims, 7:00 p.m. finals, Baker Courtroom
March 17	Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians Native Americans American Indians 'Us' But Were Afraid to Ask Cheryl Long Feather 10:00 a.m., Baker Courtroom - Sponsored by NALSA
March 18	Faculty Brownbag - Taking Teaching Risks 12:15-1:10 p.m., Room 103 People's Law School - Wills & Estates, Family Law 5:30 - 9:00 p.m., Grand Forks Public Library - sponsored by PILSA
March 21	Good Friday - No Class
March 24	Easter - No Class
March 25	People's Law School - Landlord Tenant, Employee Rights 5:30 - 9:00 p.m., Grand Forks Public Library - sponsored by PILSA
March 26	Distinguished Jurist in Residence Judge Myron Bright Intelligent Design on Trial The Landmark Case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District Stephen G. Harvey March 26, 2008, 4:00 p.m., Baker Courtroom
March 27	Distinguished Jurist in Residence Judge Myron Bright ABA's National Mental Health Day
March 28	"In the Limelight or Lost in It? The Victim and the Victim's Family During a High Profile Trial." Linda Walker & Drew Wrigley March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m., Baker Courtroom - Sponsored by STLA
March 28	Last Day to Drop a Course or Withdraw
March 31	Deans' Forum - All law school students, staff, and faculty are welcome. 3:30 p.m., Room 212
April 2008
April 3	Vogel Lecture - on Professional and Legal Ethics Exporting American Legal Ethics James Moliterno, Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law, William & Mary 3:30 p.m., Baker Courtroom Law Review informational meeting for 1L & 2L students 12:45-1:15 p.m., Room 211
April 5	Carrigan Cup - Preliminary Round Baker Courtroom & Ronald N. Davies Federal Courthouse in Grand Forks
April 6	Carrigan Cup - Preliminary Round Baker Courtroom & Ronald N. Davies Federal Courthouse in Grand Forks
April 7	Law Clinic Information Session - for 1L & 2L students 12:20 p.m., Baker Courtroom Faculty seminar on curriculum reform 3:45 p.m., Room 103
April 8	Conference on the Rights of the Child 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Baker Courtroom
April 10	UND Law Mentorship Program & Reception 3:30 p.m., Baker Courtroom
April 11	"Town Hall" Meeting on ABA Accreditation 3:15 p.m., Room 211 All law school students, staff, and faculty are invited! North Dakota Law Review Workshop 2:15 - 3:00 p.m., Room 8
April 14-16	Inaugural Practitioner in Residence - Peter Pantaleo
April 16	Recycling: Is It Just a Bunch of Junk? Panel Discussion, Moderated by Prof.Grijalva 10:10 a.m., Room 8 - Sponsored by Environmental Law Society
April 17	Carrigan Cup - Final Round Baker Courtroom
April 18	NPILC Lecture - 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Rethinking Tribal Constitutionalism: The Turtle Mountain Experience Keith Richotte, NPILC Fellow
April 19	North Dakota State Bar Association Board of Governors Meeting, School of Law
April 20	Passover (begins at sundown, April 19)
April 21	Helen Hamilton Day Speaker How the American Legal and Constitutional Culture Has Placed Women and Children at Risk - Marci Hamilton 10:00 a.m. & 1:10 p.m., Baker Courtroom
April 24	Last Day of Classes
April 25-28	Reading & Review Days
April 29 - May 9	Final Exams
May 2008
May 1-9	Final Exams
May 10	Spring Commencement - 9:00 am Chester Fritz Auditorium
May 26	Memorial Day - No Class
June 2008
June 10	Law School CLE
June 11-13	State Bar Association of North Dakota Annual Meeting
June 12	Law School Luncheon
June 16	UND Law School Alumni Social - Minnesota State Bar Association Convention 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Board Room, Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Duluth, MN All UND School of Law alumni and friends are welcome to attend this free social.
July 2008
July 4	Independence Day - No Class