University of South Dakota School of Law

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University of South Dakota
Knudson School of Law
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MottoVeritas
Parent school University of South Dakota
Established1901;123 years ago (1901)
School type Public law school
Parent endowment$401.5 million [1]
Dean Neil Fulton [2] [3]
Location Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.
42°47′11″N96°55′39″W / 42.78639°N 96.92750°W / 42.78639; -96.92750
Enrollment168 J.D. candidates [4]
Faculty20
USNWR ranking122nd (2024) [5]
Bar pass rate82.8%
Website www.usd.edu/law
ABA profile University of South Dakota School of Law Profile
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The University of South Dakota School of Law also known as University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law or USD Law in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, is a professional school of the University of South Dakota and the only law school in the state of South Dakota. Established in 1901, by U.S. Ambassador Bartlett Tripp and U.S. Senator Thomas Sterling. The law school is home to approximately 168 students and has more than 3,000 alumni. With 168 J.D. candidates, it is currently the second-smallest law school and smallest public law school student population among the American Bar Association accredited law schools. [4]

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The University of South Dakota School of Law has produced 8 Governors of South Dakota including as well as other key figures important to the development of the state, many judges of the South Dakota Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, 13 members of the U.S. Congress, 19 Attorneys General of South Dakota, and 14 U.S. Attorneys for the District of South Dakota, earning it the nickname "the Alma Mater of the State."

History

Law School Founders
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U.S. Senator
Thomas Sterling
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U.S. Ambassador
Bartlett Tripp
Sterling served as school's first dean from 1901-1911. Tripp served as the first professor until his death in 1911.

1901-1911 (The Sterling Years)

The University of South Dakota College of Law was founded in 1901. Thomas Sterling served as the law school's first dean until 1911 when he left to become the third U.S. Senator from South Dakota. During the Sterling years, the law school proved successful in developing attorneys for the new state. In fact, by the time Sterling was in Congress, two of his earliest graduates William Williamson and Royal C. Johnson were Congressmen themselves. Before Sterling and the College of Law, the few lawyers there were, came from eastern states or read law for admission into the bar.

Along with Sterling, U.S. Ambassador to Austria Bartlett Tripp, was an integral part of establishing the school. Tripp was returning to South Dakota from his diplomatic post in Austria at the turn of the century. Tripp had been initially considered to be the running mate of President William McKinley, his friend and Albany Law School classmate, but was overlooked in lieu of then-Governor of New York Teddy Roosevelt. With no other political opportunities left to him, Tripp devoted his full attention to establishing the College of Law. He played many roles in the law school, not only was he the school's first taxation and constitutional law professor but he had served as President of the first bar association, the Constitutional Convention of South Dakota & the commission to codify South Dakota's laws, as well as the last Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court. Tripp and his son-in-law Charles Hall Dillon, a fellow professor, provided much of the law library's contents and upon Tripp's death donated much of his estate to the College of Law. It is speculated that had William McKinley not overlooked him for Vice President of the United States the College of Law may not have been founded as soon as it was. Thomas Sterling's 1911 departure was partly led by the death of his friend and colleague Bartlett Tripp.

1911-1984

U.S. congressional delegation from South Dakota for the 87th Congress contained three alumni from the class of 1927: Rep. E.Y. Berry, Sen. Joseph Bottum, and Rep. Harold Lovre. South Dakota Congressional Delegation 87th Congress 1961-1963.jpg
U.S. congressional delegation from South Dakota for the 87th Congress contained three alumni from the class of 1927: Rep. E.Y. Berry, Sen. Joseph Bottum, and Rep. Harold Lovre.

In 1911, Marshall McKusick became the school's second and subsequent longest-serving dean, serving until his death in 1950. The 1927 class proved to be one of the strongest classes in USD Law history, producing Frank Biegelmeier, George T. Mickelson, E.Y. Berry, Joseph Bottum, and Harold Lovre. A stronger class did not come until 1975, when USD Law produced Steven L. Zinter, David Gilbertson, Glen A. Severson, Steve T. Kirby, and Tim Johnson. In 1982, the College of Law moved from its then-82-year-old building to a new building and was renamed the 'School of Law'. During this period the law school was led by the 11th Deputy Attorney General of the United States from the Nixon Administration, Ralph E. Erickson.

1984-2016

In 1984, South Dakota Supreme Court abolished the nearly century old practice of diploma privilege, which previously admitted School of Law graduates into South Dakota bar without examination. [6] Also in 1984, Camden 28 member and Indian Law scholar Frank Pommersheim joined the faculty. From 1993 until 2011 Barry Vickrey, a Vanderbilt law alumnus, served as Dean of the School of Law. During Vickrey's tenure, noted federalist professor Patrick Garry joined the faculty in 2003. Former CEO of the Mayo Clinic, Mike Myers served on the faculty as an elder law professor. Myers, known for his eccentric behavior, resigned in 2012 and ran for Governor of South Dakota in the next election. In 2013, Thomas Earl Geu a Nebraska law alumnus, was hired from his previous position of interim dean into full dean. [7]

2016-present

In June 2017, George "Mark" Mickelson, son and grandson of alumnus George S. Mickelson and George T. Mickelson chaired the USD Law Task Force to determine if the location of the School of Law should be moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. [8] The USD Law Task Force voted 8–5 to keep the School of Law in Vermilion, South Dakota, but would develop non-degree programs there. On March 20, 2018, Thomas Geu announced his intentions to resign as dean of the School of Law. [9] Neil Fulton, the Federal Public Defender for the District of South Dakota and District of North Dakota, became the new dean of the School of Law. [10]

On May 15, 2020, the council of the American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar met remotely and determined this school and nine others had significant noncompliance with Standard 316. [11] This Standard was revised in 2019 to provide that at least 75% of an accredited law school's graduates who took a bar exam must pass one within two years of graduation. [11] The school was asked to submit a report by Feb. 1, 2021; and, if the council did not find the report demonstrated compliance, the school would be asked to appear before the council at its May, 2021 meeting. [11] On February 26, 2021, the ABA’s council posted that the school was now in compliance with the standard. [12]

Demographics and rankings

Admission is competitive; for the class entering in the fall of 2010, 220 out of 449 J.D. applicants were offered admission (48.9%), with 75 matriculating. They came from 46 colleges and 14 states. 58% percent were South Dakota residents, 42% were female, and 9% minorities. The 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT scores and GPAs for the class were 150/153/156 and 3.18/3.44/3.73 respectively. [13] The U.S. News & World Report law school rankings placed South Dakota at 65th of the law schools in the U.S. in 2010. [14] In 2013, The National Jurist listed South Dakota Law in the top 5 schools for "Best Value." [15] In 2013, The National Law Journal listed South Dakota Law #5 for employment in the government and Public Interest sector, [16] as the law school alumni populates many of the prominent government positions within the state.

The U.S. News & World Report placed South Dakota at 128 of 215 law schools in the U.S. in 2018 and in 2019. [17] For the 2020 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings placed South Dakota as the 39th best public law school. [18] University of South Dakota School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. According to South Dakota's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 60.6% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, making it the best in the region with the exception of the University of Minnesota Law School. [19] Within the state of South Dakota, it is widely regarded as the most historically significant and venerable educational institution due to its long-time role of producing most of the lawyers of the state. [8]

Notable faculty

Current

Former

Notable alumni

The University of South Dakota School of Law has historically produced a number of noted alumni among which include eight governors, thirteen members of the U.S. congressional delegation from South Dakota, nineteen state attorneys general, thirteen U.S. Attorneys, twenty-eight state supreme court justices, and twelve federal judges including the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Roger Leland Wollman and the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, Jeffrey L. Viken.

Academia

James W. Abbott J.D. 1974President of the University of South Dakota 1997–present.
Harvey Jewett J.D. 1973President of South Dakota Board of Regents 1997-2017

Attorneys General

Royal Johnson L.L.B. 19068th Attorney General of South Dakota
Clarence C. Caldwell L.L.B. 19069th Attorney General of South Dakota.
Buell F. Jones L.L.B.11th Attorney General of South Dakota.
Merrel Sharpe L.L.B. 191412th Attorney General of South Dakota.
D. Walter Conway L.L.B.13th Attorney General of South Dakota.
George Mickelson L.L.B. 192716th Attorney General of South Dakota.
Sigurd Anderson L.L.B. 193717th Attorney General of South Dakota.
Parnell J. Donahue L.L.B. 193820th Attorney General of South Dakota.
Albert C. Miller L.L.B.21st Attorney General of South Dakota.
Frank Farrar L.L.B. 195322nd Attorney General of South Dakota.
Gordon Mydland L.L.B. 194823rd Attorney General of South Dakota.
Kermit Sande J.D. 196824th Attorney General of South Dakota.
William Janklow J.D. 196625th Attorney General of South Dakota and petitioner in South Dakota v. Opperman and Reeves, Inc. v. Stake.
Mark V. Meierhenry J.D. 197026th Attorney General of South Dakota and petitioner in Solem v. Helm and Solem v. Bartlett.
Roger Tellinghuisen J.D. 197827th Attorney General of South Dakota and petitioner in South Dakota v. Dole.
Mark Barnett J.D. 197828th Attorney General of South Dakota and petitioner in South Dakota v. Bourland.
Larry Long J.D. 197229th Attorney General of South Dakota, Judge of 2nd Circuit Court of South Dakota.
Marty Jackley J.D. 199530th Attorney General of South Dakota and petitioner in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.
Jason Ravnsborg J.D. 200131st Attorney General of South Dakota.

Business

Roswell Bottum L.L.B. 1924chief counsel to Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Joe Robbie L.L.B. 1946founder-owner of the Miami Dolphins, 1966–1990.
Frank Farrar L.L.B. 1953founder, owner, and chairman of First Savings Bank.
Mike Myers J.D. 1967CEO of Mayo Clinic and board director of Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield
Harvey C. Jewett IV J.D. 1973CEO of Super 8 Motels
John Porter J.D. 1974CEO of Avera Health.
Steve T. Kirby J.D. 1975co-founder of Bluestem Capital.
Ross Dupper J.D. 1982President & CEO of Porsche North America, Inc.

Governors and Lieutenant Governors

John T. Grigsby L.L.B 1903 Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and member of the prominent Kingsbury family.
Leslie Jensen L.L.B. 192115th Governor of South Dakota
Merrell Q. Sharpe L.L.B. 191417th Governor of South Dakota.
George T. Mickelson L.L.B. 192718th Governor of South Dakota and 1952 U.S. Presidential Candidate
Albert C. Miller L.L.B. 192422nd Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
Joseph H. Bottum L.L.B. 192727th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, and presiding Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of South Dakota.
Lem Overpeck L.L.B. 193629th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.
Sigurd Anderson L.L.B. 193719th Governor of South Dakota.
Frank L. Farrar L.L.B. 195324th Governor of South Dakota.
George S. Mickelson J.D. 196528th Governor of South Dakota.
William J. Janklow J.D. 196627th and 30th Governor of South Dakota.
Steve Kirby J.D. 197535th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.
Matt Michels J.D. 198538th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.

State Court of Appeals Judges

Daryl Hecht J.D. 1977Judge, Iowa Court of Appeals.

State Supreme Court Justices

Charles R. Hayes L.L.B.Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Charles R. Hanson L.L.B.Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
James M. Doyle L.L.B.Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Fred R. Winans L.L.B.Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Jon Fosheim L.L.B. 1943Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Frank Biegelmeier L.L.B. 1927Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Alex Rentto L.L.B. 1933Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Francis G. Dunn L.L.B. 1937Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Fred J. Homeyer L.L.B. 1942Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Donald J. Porter L.L.B. 1943Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
George W. Wuest L.L.B. 1949Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Robert E. Morgan L.L.B. 1950Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Oren P. Coler L.L.B. 1952Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Frank Henderson L.L.B. 1952Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Boyd Leedom L.L.B. 1955Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Roger L. Wollman J.D. 1962Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Richard W. Sabers J.D. 1963Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Robert A. Miller J.D. 1963Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Laurence J. Zastrow J.D. 1970Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
John K. Konenkamp J.D. 1974Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Steven L. Zinter J.D. 1975current Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
David Gilbertson J.D. 1975current Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Glen A. Severson J.D. 1975Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Lori S. Wilbur J.D. 1977Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Judith Meierhenry J.D. 1977Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Daryl Hecht J.D. 1977Justice, Iowa Supreme Court.
Steven R. Jensen J.D. 1988current Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.
Mark Salter J.D. 1993current Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court.

United States District Attorneys

George Barnes Grigsby L.L.B. U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska under the T. Roosevelt Administration.
Leo P. Flynn L.L.B. 193427th U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota under the Truman Administration.
Clinton G. Richards L.L.B. 192828th U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota under the Eisenhower Administration.
Harold C. Doyle L.L.B. 195129th U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota under the Kennedy Administration.
William F. Clayton L.L.B. 195130th U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota under the Nixon Administration.
David V. Vrooman L.L.B. 195631st U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota under the Carter Administration.
Robert D. Hiaring J.D. 196832nd U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota.
Jeff Viken J.D. 197733rd U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota.
Philip N. Hogen J.D. 197034th U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota, Commissioner of National Indian Gaming Commission.
Ted McBride J.D. 197837th U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota under the Clinton Administration.
James E. McMahon J.D. 197738th U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota under the Bush Administration.
Marty Jackley J.D. 199539th U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota.
Randy Seiler J.D. 198041st U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota under the Obama Administration and Trump Administration.
Ron A. Parsons Jr. J.D. 199742nd U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota under the Trump Administration.

United States District Court

George Theodore Mickelson L.L.B. 1927Judge, United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Fred Joseph Nichol L.L.B. 1936Judge, U.S. District Court of for the District of South Dakota
Donald James Porter L.L.B. 1943Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Andrew Wendell Bogue L.L.B. 1947Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.
John Bailey Jones L.L.B. 1953Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Richard Battey L.L.B. 1953Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, presiding judge of 'Sue' Dinosaur Case.
Lawrence Leroy Piersol J.D. 1965Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Jeffrey Lynn Viken J.D. 1977Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.
William D. Gerdes J.D. 1979Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Daneta Wollmann J.D. 2003Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.

United States Court of Appeals

Roger Leland Wollman J.D. 1962Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States House of Representatives

U.S. congressional delegation from South Dakota for the 87th United States Congress contained three alumni from the class of 1927: E.Y. Berry, Joseph H. Bottum, and Harold Lovre. South Dakota Congressional Delegation 87th Congress 1961-1963.jpg
U.S. congressional delegation from South Dakota for the 87th United States Congress contained three alumni from the class of 1927: E.Y. Berry, Joseph H. Bottum, and Harold Lovre.
George Barnes Grigsby L.L.B. U.S. Delegate from territory of Alaska.
William Williamson L.L.B. 1905 U.S. Representative from South Dakota.
Royal Cleaves Johnson L.L.B. 1906U.S. Representative from South Dakota, and highly decorated WWI veteran while he was a member of Congress.
Ellis Yarnal Berry L.L.B. 1927U.S. Representative from South Dakota.
Harold Lovre L.L.B. 1927U.S. Representative from South Dakota.
Frank E. Denholm L.L.B. 1959U.S. Representative from South Dakota.
Bill Janklow J.D. 1966U.S. Representative from South Dakota.
James Abourezk J.D. 1966U.S. Representative, author of the Indian Child Welfare Act, and first Lebanese-American member of Congress.
Tim Johnson J.D. 1975U.S. Representative from South Dakota.

United States Tax Court

Diane Kroupa J.D. 1981Judge, United States Tax Court and Chief Judge, Minnesota Tax Court

United States Senate

Joseph H. Bottum L.L.B. 1927 U.S. Senator from South Dakota
James Abourezk J.D. 1966U.S. Senator from South Dakota and first Arab-American member of Congress.
Tim Johnson J.D. 1975U.S. Senator from South Dakota.

United States Military

Royal C. Johnson L.L.B. 1906U.S. Lieutenant, Distinguished Service Cross recipient and Croix de Guerre with gold star from the Republic of France.
Leslie Jensen L.L.B. 1921U.S. Colonel in Pacific Theater of WWII
George E. "Bud" Day L.L.B. 1949U.S. Brigadier General, Medal of Honor recipient, most highly decorated military officer since Douglas MacArthur, and POW cell-mate with John McCain
Gregory J. Stoltenburg J.D. 1995U.S. Lt. Colonel and current Presiding Judge of the Third Circuit Court of South Dakota, 2015–present.
Jason Ravnsborg J.D. 2001U.S. Lt. Colonel, Bronze Star recipient and current and 31st Attorney General of South Dakota.

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