Law School Calendar

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 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 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 1

Law Clinic Information Meeting
12:15 p.m., Room 8

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 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 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

December 5-12

Hanukkah (begins at sundown, Dec. 4)

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 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 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 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 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 31

Deans' Forum - All law school students, staff, and faculty are welcome.
3:30 p.m., Room 212

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

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.