by promoting community-wide understanding of the laws protecting the rights of tenants and employees .
Our faculty also model professional and public service for our students at the local , state , and national levels . Here are just a few examples of UND Law faculty ’ s current service :
• Brad Myers serves on the North Dakota Uniform Law Commission , is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation , and serves on the SBAND Editorial Board for The Gavel .
• Mike McGinniss serves on the Joint Committee on Attorney Standards and provides educational training to support the Disciplinary Board .
• Jim Grijalva serves on the Minority Justice Implementation Committee and has assisted the national Environmental Protection Agency in programming related to tribal environmental issues .
• Margaret Jackson serves on the Joint Procedure Committee , as well as the SBAND Volunteer Lawyer Program Committee . She also serves as President of , and helped to found , the High Plains Fair Housing Center , which assists both home-seekers and housing providers .
• Steve Morrison holds a leadership position on the Academics Committee of the ABA ’ s Criminal Justice Section , and Alex Sickler co-chairs a task force on defining the competencies of a business lawyer within the ABA ’ s Business Law Section .
• Tammy Pettinato serves on the North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations ’ Working Group on Principles and Practices .
UND Law faculty also serve in leadership roles in legal education . Professors Kirsten Dauphinais and Anne Mullins both hold leadership roles within the Association of Legal Writing Directors , as well as other national organizations dedicated to legal writing and research education . Professor Jackson is involved in planning for the 2017 national Conference on Clinical Legal Education . And Professor Kit Johnson serves as president of the Central States Law Schools Association and coordinated the CSLSA annual conference held at UND Law in September 2016 .
Our professional staff similarly are engaged in service . Trish Hodny , our director of career development , was reappointed by the governor to the Administrative Committee on Veterans Affairs ( ACOVA ). Trish was elected as chairman for the ACOVA Legislative Subcommittee and serves as an advisor for the UND American Legion Post . In the Law Library , Laurie McHenry serves as North Dakota ’ s councilor on the American Library Association Council , and Anne Mostad-Jensen serves on several national and international committees related to legal information services . I , too , have
been grateful for opportunities to serve our state and our profession , including on the SBAND Board of Governors , the North Dakota Bar Foundation Board of Directors , and the Judicial Branch Education Commission , as well as a leadership role on the Gaming Law Committee within the ABA Business Law Section .
These professional and public service opportunities not only fulfill our obligations under the Rules of Professional Conduct , but give our faculty , staff , and students a chance to learn more about our profession , to work directly to improve the law and legal services , to better connect law practice to legal education , and to be actively engaged with the bench and bar . North Dakota ’ s law school is strengthened through the public and professional service of our faculty , staff , and students . We are grateful for these opportunities to serve .
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