School of Law Records, 1901-1997

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Administrative

This series contains correspondence, financial documents, policies, reports and other administrative material. The correspondence mainly consists of letters between the Dean of the Law School and other university officials, while the financial records include budgetary, scholarship, and financial aid documents. Also included are files on the construction of a new law building, annual and biennial reports, and policy statements.

Box 1

Folder 1: Admission Statistics, 1944-1950

Folder 2: Bar Exam Review, 1963-1971

Folder 3: Correspondence - President Thomas Kane, December 5, 1928

Folder 4: Correspondence - President John C. West, 1933-1951

Folder 5: Correspondence - President George W. Starcher, 1954-1965

Folder 6: Correspondence - J.W. Wilkerson, Business Manager, 1932-1946

Folder 7: Correspondence - E.W. Olson, Business Manager, 1933-1957

Folder 8: Correspondence - R.O. Wilson, 1943-1944

Folder 9: Correspondence - Registrar's Office, June-December 1962

Folder 10: Correspondence - Interpretations of North Dakota Law by Lay School Faculty, 1932-1943

Folder 11: Financial - Financial Aid and Scholarship Information, 1941-1966

Folder 12: Financial - Florence Yonaka Loan Fund, 1954-1957

Folder 13: Financial - Harry Lashkowitz Memorial Trust Fund, 1964-1970

Folder 14: Financial - Law School Budget, 1940-1968

Folder 15: Law Library, December 7, 1956

Folder 16: Law School Alumni, 1937-1964

Folder 17: Law School Banquet, 1934-1963

Folder 18: Law School Faculty Meeting Minutes, October 10, 1967

Folder 19: Law School Honors Day, 1963-1964

Folder 20: Law School Law Day, 1963-1969

Folder 21: Law School Law Day - Moot Court Competition, 1965-1971

Folder 22: Law School Radio Commercial, undated

Folder 23: Legal Aid Association, 1971-1973

Folder 24: New Law Building, 1959-1965

Folder 25: New Law Building, 1966-1972

Folder 26: News Releases, 1964-1965

Folder 27: North Dakota Law Review, 1954-1962

Folder 28: Policies - Admissions, 1962-1973

Folder 29: Policies - Assorted, 1920 and undated

Folder 30: Reports - Annual, 1955-1956

Folder 31: Reports - Biennial, 1921-1952

Folder 32: ROTC Credits, November 18, 1968

Folder 33: Selective Service and the Law Student, October-November 1967

Folder 50: Correspondence by John Blair to Board of Trustees, ca. 1901

Series 2: Degrees

This series contains various documents regarding the Law School's change from the Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree to the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. Also included is material regarding the Honorary Degree bestowed upon United States District Court Judge Edward Devitt.

Box 1

Folder 34: Honorary Degree for Judge Edward Devitt, 1962-1965

Folder 35: Retroactive Granting of the Juris Doctor Degree, 1964-1968

Folder 36: Special Commencement - Juris Doctor, September-October 1969

Series 3: Programs

The third series contains documents regarding the Rural Apprenticeship Program, in which ten to fifteen students would spend a summer interning at a rural law firm.

Box 1

Folder 37: Rural Apprenticeship Program, 1963-1964

Folder 38: Rural Apprenticeship Program, 1965-1971

Series 4: Seminars and Speakers

The fourth series pertains to seminars and speakers sponsored by the Law School. The largest portion of the series deals with Continuing Legal Education, a program for already practicing attorneys. The remaining folders deal with other seminars, as well as general correspondence with speakers, and the Law Forum on Leading Legal Issues.

Box 1

Folder 39: American Academy of Judicial Education, August-December 1973

Folder 40: Censorship and the Arts Panel, March-June 1967

Folder 41: Continuing Legal Education - Annual Meeting Seminar, April-July 1974

Folder 42: Continuing Legal Education - Comparative Negligence Seminar, July-October 1973

Folder 43: Continuing Legal Education Program, 1973-1975

Folder 44: Continuing Legal Education - General Correspondence, 1967-1976

Folder 45: Continuing Legal Education - Winter Seminar, 1972-1975

Folder 46: Continuing Legal Education - Law Office Management Seminar, 1975-1976

Folder 47: Continuing Legal Education - Uniform Probate Code Seminar, 1973-1974

Folder 48: Continuing Legal Education - Young Lawyers Seminar, March-April 1976

Folder 49: General Correspondence - Speakers, 1967-1970

Box 2

Folder 1: International Symposium, 1967-1971

Folder 2: International Symposium on the Leading Rights of Indians - Transcripts, March 7-8, 1969

Folder 3: Indian Court Judges Annual Training Course, 1963-1967

Folder 4: Law for the Farmer Program, 1963-1967

Folder 5: Law Forum on Leading Legal Issues - Sperry & Hutchinson Company, 1963-1967

Folder 6: Legislative Staff Development Seminar, August 26, 1968

Folder 7: Oliver Wendell Homes Lecture, 1965-1967

Box 4

Folder 7: "Telemedicine: The Intersection of Law, Medicine, and Technology. A Symposium Presented by the North Dakota Law Review." (folder 1 of 2), 1997

Folder 8: "Telemedicine: The Intersection of Law, Medicine, and Technology. A Symposium Presented by the North Dakota Law Review." (folder 2 of 2), 1997

Series 5: University of North Dakota

The prominent topic in this series is the Jackson Committee, which consisted of seven faculty members and seven students whose responsibility was to study the conduct of the Dean of Men, Ronald Jackson, and to the study the dispute on who should control various aspects of the dormitories. The documents contain correspondence between committee members and witnesses, the reports distributed by the committee and a resolution signed by many students. The Jackson Committee was chaired by Law School Dean Jerrold Walden. Other topics in the series include correspondence between the School of Science, Literature, and the Arts, the University College, and Veteran's Housing and Administration.

Box 2

Folder 8: Jackson Committee, March-October 1965

Folder 9: Jackson Committee - Student Petitions, undated

Folder 10: Science, Literature and Arts, School of, 1948-1962

Folder 11: University College, 1957-1960

Folder 12: University of North Dakota Placement Service, 1971-1972

Folder 13: University Seal, 1956

Folder 14: Veteran's Housing and Administration, 1945-1951

Series 6: Organizations

Materials in the sixth series mainly regard the State Bar Association of North Dakota, the American Bar Association, the Association of American Law Schools, and the Order of the Coif. Documents in this series include correspondence, budgetary information, historical and administrative documents, and questionnaires.

Box 2

Folder 15: State Bar Association of North Dakota, 1964-1967

Folder 16: State Bar Association of North Dakota - Law School Improvement Committee, 1964-1966

Folder 17: State Bar Association of North Dakota - Law School Liaison Committee, September 10, 1969

Folder 18: American Bar Association, 1960-1965

Folder 19: American Bar Association - Questionnaire, 1949

Folder 20: American Bar Association - Junior Bar Conference, 1935-1962

Folder 21: Association of American Law Schools, 1932-1969

Folder 22: Association of American Law Schools - Questionnaires, 1933-1957

Folder 23: Association of American Law Schools - Visit by Dean Lockhart, 1963-1965

Folder 24: American Law Student Association, 1963-1965

Folder 25: Highway Research Program, 1962-1964

Folder 26: Legislative Research Committee, 1952-1966

Folder 27: Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1958-1962

Folder 28: Order of the Coif - Correspondence, 1936

Folder 29: Order of the Coif - Correspondence, 1936-1937

Folder 30: Order of the Coif - Correspondence, 1938

Folder 31: Order of the Coif - Correspondence, 1939

Folder 32: Order of the Coif - Correspondence, 1947-1948

Folder 33: Order of the Coif - Correspondence, 1949

Folder 34: Order of the Coif - Correspondence, 1950-1962

Folder 35: Order of the Coif - Minutes, 1928-1948

Folder 36: Order of the Coif - Historical & Organization, 1945-1958

Folder 37: Order of the Coif - Treasurer, 1949-1962

Series 7: Faculty Files

The final series are the Faculty Files, which are arranged in alphabetical order by last name. The documents included in the folders are correspondence, course documents, bar briefs, scholarly publications, and any other documents pertaining to the faculty member.

Box 3

Folder 1: Beck, Robert, 1962-1969

Folder 2: Beck, Robert, 1970-1976

Folder 3: Buckley, Thomas, 1964-1966

Folder 4: Crabb, John H., 1956-1967

Folder 5: Cunningham, Harold D., 1957-1970

Folder 6: Davidow, Robert P., 1966-1972

Folder 7: Fisch, William, 1965-1969

Folder 8: Goldberg, Joseph, 1968-1975

Folder 9: Heckman, Charles A., 1969-1971

Folder 10: Karabus, Alan, 1965-1975

Folder 11: Kuhns, Richard B., 1969-1974

Folder 12: Margulies, Martin B., 1966-1977

Folder 13: Matthews, Paul C., 1952-1967

Folder 14: McLaughlin, B. E., July 8, 1965

Folder 15: Pace, Thomas, S. 1970-1971

Folder 16: Partan, Daniel, April-November 1964

Folder 17: Partan, Daniel, 1965-1966

Folder 18: Phillips, Walter R., 1962-1969

Folder 19: Schwabacher, Christopher, 1966-1968

Folder 20: Simet, Donald, 1965-1967

Folder 21: Teitelbaum, Lee, 1968-1970

Folder 22: Thormodsgard, Olaf H., 1970-1972

Folder 23: Tibbles, Lance, 1971-1973

Folder 24: Tibbles, Lance, 1974-1975

Folder 25: Tisdale, Ross, 1933-1974

Box 4

Folder 1: Vance, John, 1958-1970

Folder 2: Verdun-Jones, Simon, 1972

Folder 3: Walden, Jerrold, 1963-1969

Folder 4: Ward, Edward, 1973-1976

Folder 5: White, James, 1959-1963

Folder 6: White, James, 1965-1973