Program Staff

Who will be teaching the courses?

Bradley Myers, Program Director

Randy H. Lee Associate Professor of Law
Instructor for Norwegian Law and Legal Systems
myers@law.und.edu

Professor Myers received both a B.S. and a M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, a J.D. from the University of Oregon and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. While in law school Professor Myers served on the editorial staff of the Oregon law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

After law school Professor Myers practiced for three years with Hale Lane Peek Dennison and Howard in Reno, Nevada and for three years with Weiss, Jensen, Ellis and Howard in Portland, Oregon. His practice focused primarily in business and estate planning with a special focus on the issues surrounding the development of low-income housing. Professor Myers joined the faculty at the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2001 and teaches trusts and estates, income taxation, taxation of business entities, and estate planning.

Professor Myers is admitted to the State Bar of North Dakota, the State Bar of Nevada and the State Bar of California and is an inactive member of the Oregon State Bar. Professor Myers serves as one of North Dakota's commissioners to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform States Laws.

For more information, contact:

Associate Professor Bradley K. Myers
Faculty Offices
University of North Dakota
Law School Room 305
215 Centennial Drive Stop 9003
Grand Forks ND 58202-9003
701-777-2228
myers@law.und.edu

 

Julia Ernst
Assistant Professor of Law
Instructor for Selected Topics in International and Comparative Law
gordon@law.und.edu

Professor Ernst earned her Master of Laws and Certificate in International Human Rights Law from Georgetown in 2010, her Juris Doctorate (cum laude) and Master of Arts in world politics from the University of Michigan in 1994, and her Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) in political science from Yale University in 1991.

After law school Professor Ernst Professor practiced environmental law in Detroit, Michigan, with the law firm of Dickinson Wright, PLLC, worked as Legislative Counsel with the Washington, DC office of a non-governmental organization and served as Legislative Counsel for Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, directing the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues.

Julia L. Ernst joined the University of North Dakota School of Law in July 2011. Her courses include Constitutional Law I, Legislation, Health Law, and Gender and the Law. Professor Ernst's legal research explores the intersections between religious and cultural rights with women's human rights under the international human rights system.