2022 University of North Dakota School of Law Commencement

Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 7, 2022 Chester Fritz Auditorium 10:00 a.m.

Prelude Music Brent Hermans Pianist Processional “Pomp and Circumstance,”

by Edward Elgar Welcome Michael S. McGinniss Dean, School of Law

Dr. Casey Ryan Chair, North Dakota State Board of Higher Education

Commencement Alexandra Sickler Address Archie Unterseher Professor of Law

Conferring of Academic Degrees

Andrew P. Armacost President, University of North Dakota

Proctor Bradley W. Parrish Assistant Dean for Student Services

Hooders Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich

Rodney & Betty Webb Associate Professor of Law Alexandra Sickler Archie Unterseher Professor of Law

President’s Remarks Andrew P. Armacost

Closing Remarks Michael S. McGinniss

Recessional Piano Concerto in F Major (No. 19),

by Mozart

Commencement Speaker

Alexandra Sickler

Archie Unterseher Professor of Law

Alex Sickler is a Professor at the University of North Dakota School of Law, where she teaches contracts, bankruptcy, and commercial law courses. She was named the Archie Unterseher Endowed Professor of Law in the spring of 2022.

Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of consumer finance and bankruptcy laws. Before joining UND, Professor Sickler was a trial attorney with the U.S. Trustee Program in Washington, D.C., While there, she litigated civil enforcement matters arising in consumer bankruptcy cases and participated in the U.S. Trustee Program’s initiatives to monitor mortgage creditor conduct. Before that, she practiced bankruptcy and complex commercial litigation in the Washington, D.C. office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP and clerked for the Honorable S. Martin Teel, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Columbia.

Professor Sickler earned her B.A. from the College of William and Mary and her J.D. with high honors from The George Washington University Law School, where she was named to the Order of the Coif and was an Articles Editor for The George Washington International Law Review.

Professor Sickler, her husband Jonathan (UND ’99), and their three children have enjoyed being part of the UND and Grand Forks communities for the last decade.

UNIVERSITY MARSHALS The Marshals escort the degree candidates and platform personnel during the ceremony. They have been selected from the second- and third-year students on the basis of academic excellence.

Grand Marshal

Faculty Marshal

Charter Marshal

Platform Marshal - Registrar

Cassandra Molivigny Amy Clayton Lauren Dub

Flag Marshal

Platform Marshals - Hooder

Lobby Host Marshals

Candidates Marshal

Inside Host Marshals

Dixie Holland

Keaton Zaback

Keaton Ostir

Charles Steinberger

Caitlin Baker

Jade Solvason

Patrick Fylling Edi Planincic

AnneMarie Studer Erica Solberg

Entrance Marshals

Jack Blotsky Nicholas Johnson

University of North Dakota School of Law

Class of 2022

Ryan Walker Ames

Wahpeton, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021

Paul William Anderson Grafton, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021

Gagandeep S. Bains

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba

Luah Beah

Monrovia, Liberia North Dakota State University

Sydney R. Beck

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Minnesota State University Moorhead

Daniel W. Beierwaltes

Billings, Montana Carroll College Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Certificate

Logan C. Benson

Tacoma, Washington University of Washington

Noelle C. Berkelman Duluth, Minnesota Bemidji State University

Rebecca M. Binzen

Conway, South Carolina The Citadel December 2021

Haylee A. Borgen

Perley, Minnesota Concordia College - Moorhead

Justin Tyler Borgen

Grand Forks, North Dakota North Dakota State University

Joshua Breeze

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba

Kylee Margaret Carlin

McIntosh, Minnesota Minnesota State University Moorhead

Yiwei Chen

Jinan, Shandong Province, China University of Alberta

Krista Lyn Christopherson Mandan, North Dakota University of North Dakota

Anthony G. Cole

Los Angeles, California Howard University

Nicholas Dacquisto

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba

Dominic Jerald Davis

Bismarck, North Dakota North Dakota State University Aviation Law Certificate

Connor P. Delaney Clear Lake, Iowa Luther College

Dierra Danae Diegel

Valley City, North Dakota Valley City State University

Alexander Matthew Dillabough Crookston, Minnesota University of North Dakota

Bailey Claire Dumea

Brownwood, Texas Howard Payne University Indian & Tribal Law Certificate December 2021

Gabriel S. Dumea

Hollywood, Florida University of Florida Indian & Tribal Law Certificate December 2021

Allisha A. Dworshak

Dickinson, North Dakota Dickinson State University December 2021

Dylan McQueen Evans

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Brandon University

Michael C. Ewen

Mayville, North Dakota North Dakota State University

Tiffany Jean Findlay

Herman, Minnesota University of North Dakota

Grant Gramlow Geffre

Fargo, North Dakota Minnesota State University Moorhead

Thomas George

Fargo, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021

Ria Marie Gomes

Fairbanks, Alaska San Francisco State University December 2021

Sarah M. Green

Phoenix, Arizona Arizona State University Masters of Business Administration

Crystal A. Gumieny

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada The University of Winnipeg

Abraham David Hankey

Park River, North Dakota North Dakota State University December 2021

Colin Roy Hennessy

Grand Forks, North Dakota University of North Dakota

Zachary Heyne

Phoenix, Arizona Grand Canyon University

Elizabeth Hill

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada University of Saskatchewan

Megan M. Hogue

Minot, North Dakota University of Northwestern St. Paul

Wenjuan Huang

Guilin, Guangxi Province, China China University of Political Science and Law

Alexandra Huitron

El Paso, Texas University of Texas at El Paso

Anna Mae Ingersoll

Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota State University

Ethan Johnson

Roseau, Minnesota University of Minnesota Crookston

Nicholas J. Kasprowicz Roseau, Minnesota Bemidji State University December 2021

Calen E. King

Missoula, Montana University of Montana December 2021

Erik Wendell King

Bismarck, North Dakota Minot State University

Seth Ronald Kreft

Bismarck, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021

Bennett Allen Lystad

Ambrose, North Dakota North Dakota State University

Alexandria Maashio Dallas, Texas Texas Tech University

Alexis Lorraine Madlom

Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota State University

Sonya Kaur Mann

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba

Jakob Karl Manska

Benson, Minnesota Saint Cloud State University

Ericka Muller Moran

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Ryerson University

Cameron Daniel Pedersen Eau Claire, Wisconsin North Dakota State University

Morghan Suzanne Piper

Mandan, North Dakota North Dakota State University

Kayla M. Ring

Bellevue, Nebraska Bellevue University

David A. Rodriguez

Nogales, Arizona Northern Arizona University

Samantha Schmidt

Harwood, North Dakota Concordia College - Moorhead

Rainey Catherine Selvig

Jamestown, North Dakota North Dakota State University

Mariya Sergeevna Semikhatova San Francisco, California Irkurtskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet

Sunpreet K. Sidhu

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba

Noah Lane Skavhaug

Park River, North Dakota University of North Dakota

Grant K. Skoog

Menahga, Minnesota University of North Dakota December 2021

Kylie J. Sollie

Fosston, Minnesota Concordia College - Moorhead

Chandler J. St Michel

Crookston, Minnesota University of North Dakota

Sheldon Cheynne Standish New Town, North Dakota Minot State University Indian & Tribal Law Certificate

Erica Sue Stoffer

Hudson, Wisconsin Iowa State University

Jacob Thomas Strinden Fargo, North Dakota University of Minnesota

Claire Irene Thompson Grand Forks, North Dakota St. Catherine University

Kelsey Marie Thorpe

Grand Forks, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021

Robert Togni

Colorado Springs, Colorado Dickinson State University

Zachary Stephen Tomczik Saint Cloud, Minnesota University of North Dakota

Mary H. Tran

Duluth, Minnesota College of St. Scholastica December 2021

Priscila A. Ulloa

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba

Erik Jeffrey Wallevand

Byron, Minnesota Concordia College - Moorhead

Alex Daniel Wegner

Bismarck, North Dakota North Dakota State University

Zachary Daniel Weiler

Sartell, Minnesota University of North Dakota

Jeffrey Anton Wencl

Grand Forks, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021

Nicholas J. Winbauer

Bismarck, North Dakota University of North Dakota

Isaac J. Winter

Cottage Grove, Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth

David William Wischer

Grand Forks, North Dakota University of North Dakota

Katherine K. Wong

Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota State University

OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY University of North Dakota

Andrew P. Armacost UND President

Andrew P. Armacost, President Eric Link, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Beth Hellwig, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Meloney Linder, Vice President for Marketing & Communications John Mihelich, Interim Vice President for Research & Economic Development Jed Shivers, Vice President for Finance & Operations Dr. Joshua Wynne, Vice President for Health Affairs Scott Correll, Registrar

North Dakota State Board of Higher Education Dr. Casey Ryan, Chair, Grand Forks, ND Jill Louters, Vice Chair, New Rockford, ND Danita Bye, Stanley, ND Nick Hacker, Bismarck, ND Tim Mihalick, Minot, ND Jeffry Volk, West Fargo, ND Dr. John Warford, Bismarck, ND Gracie Lian, Student Member, University of North Dakota Retha Mattern, Staff Adviser, Bismarck State College Elizabeth Legerski, Faculty Adviser, University of North Dakota

SCHOOL OF LAW DEANS

Michael S. McGinniss Dean & Professor of Law

Bradley Myers

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Administration and Randy H. Lee Professor of Law

Julia L. Ernst

Associate Dean for Teaching and Engagement and Professor of Law

Bradley W. Parrish

Assistant Dean for Student Services

Tammy R. P. Oltz

Assistant Dean for Law Library and Information Services & Assistant Professor of Law

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

Jennifer Cook

Assistant Professor of Law

John Cook

Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

Nikola Datzov

Assistant Professor of Law

Kirsten Dauphinais

Law School Builders of the Profession Professor of Law

James Grijalva

Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich

Margaret Moore Jackson

Ariana Meyers

Steven R. Morrison

Kathryn R.L. Rand

Jenny Samarzja

Alexandra Sickler

Lloyd & Ruth Friedman Professor of Law

Assistant Professor of Law

Assistant Professor of Law

Rodney & Betty Webb Associate Professor of Law

Professor of Law

Archie Unterseher Professor of Law

Kenneth & Frances Swenson Professor of Law

Floyd B. Sperry Professor of Law

Paul Traynor

Assistant Professor of Law

FACULTY LECTURERS Owen Anderson Michael Dodge Mark Friese David Haberman

Patricia Hodny B.J. Jones Christopher Jung Michelle Rivard Parks

Michelle Phillips Rachel Prudhomme Bruce Quick Anne Sim

Joseph J. Vacek Brett D. Venhuizen Ryan Younggren

SCHOOL OF LAW STAFF

LeeIla Drees

Sheri Evans

Janet Foerster

Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant

BJ Jones

Beth Moe

Lynnette Morin

Patricia "Trish" Hodny

Director, Field Placements and Externships

Renee Nilsen

Director, Tribal Judicial Institute

Director, Alumni & Public Relations

Project Coordinator, Tribal Judicial Institute

Director, Career Development

Michelle Rivard Parks

Michelle Schumacher

Pam Shea

Julie Simon

Associate Director, Tribal Judicial Institute

Administrative Assistant

Director, Student Life

Laureen Johnson

Admissions and Records Officer

Karmen Otto

Faculty Administrative Assistant

Director, Finance and Administration

Cheri Tretter

Finance & Administrative Assistant

THORMOSGARD LAW LIBRARY STAFF

David Haberman

Head of Student Services

Michael J. Hanson

Law Information Technology Coordinator

Laurie McHenry

Head of Technical Services

Jane Oakland

Circulation & Interlibrary Loan Manager

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF LAW Founded in 1899 and steeped in rich tradition, the School of Law is among the oldest degree-granting units of the University of North Dakota. It was the first of UND’s professional schools to begin operations. Its first dean was Guy H. Corliss, who had served as the inaugural Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.

Despite its meager resources, the law school grew quickly in popularity. The occupation had considerable prestige, and there was much demand for lawyers in the new state. In his history of UND, University of the Northern Plains, Louis Geiger observed, “perhaps no other college paid off so quickly in broadening the University’s influences in North Dakota.”

Since 1911, UND Law has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The School of Law was approved in 1923 by the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar and has been continuously reaccredited since.

The law school was located in downtown Grand Forks until it was moved to the UND campus during World War I. It shared a building constructed in 1922 on the corner of University Avenue and Centennial Drive with other campus departments for many years. The Law School continued to grow and ultimately took over the entire building, becoming what is known today as the School of Law. In 1973, the law school received its first major addition of a new law library, which was attached to the west side of the 1922 building.

More than 40 years later, in the 2015 fall semester, the UND School of Law took another historic step forward by completing and dedicating a $14.4 million renovation and building addition. As a result of the project, the educational space improved significantly as additional classrooms were added, featuring a state-of-the-art teaching courtroom, deliberation room and a high-tech “case study” classroom. Additional student study, collaboration and gathering space can be found throughout the addition and the renovated law library. This project has had a dramatic effect on the delivery of the education, and it has enhanced the unique spirit of community among the students.

As the state’s only law school, the UND School of Law produces well-rounded legal professionals with the necessary skill set to serve as effective, innovative, and ethical leaders in North Dakota, our region, and our nation. The UND School of Law has a proud tradition of success of its graduates. A sense of pride among our alumni creates a strong alumni network that spreads across the country and around the world.

We, the Class of 2022,

would like to recognize and thank our family members and friends for the support and encouragement they have given us throughout our law school careers. Without that support and understanding, this would not have been possible.

The Class of 2022 in front of the law school during orientation in August 2019.

This commencement program was printed in May 2022. Student photos by Behl's Photography in Grand Forks, and the law building photos by Chad Ziemendorf, Watford City, North Dakota.

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