This series contains articles, book chapters, and other publications authored or co-authored by current and emeritus faculty of the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. To browse content by author, use the links below:
Roger Baron | Gregory Brazeal | David Day | Neil Fulton | Patrick M. Garry | Thomas Geu | Randall Gingiss | Alex Hagen | Hannah Haksgaard | Wendy Hess | Thomas J. Horton | Christine Hutton | Sarah Kammer | Sean Kammer | George Mader | Allen Madison | Shirley Mays | Michael McKey | Robert Miller | Tyler Moore | Tamara Nash | Jo Pasqualucci | Frank Pommersheim | Laura Rose | Chris Schmidt | Thomas Simmons | Charles Thatcher | Marilyn Trefz | Jonathan Van Patten | Barry Vickrey
Submissions from 2025
What Small Law Firms Contribute to Rural Communities, Hannah Haksgaard
Five Prairie Reflections on Reviving Rural America, Hannah Haksgaard, Sean Kammer, and Travis L. Letellier
Submissions from 2024
Indian Country Lawyers: A Rural South Dakota Survey, Bryce Drapeaux and Hannah Haksgaard
Submissions from 2023
John Lewis and the Politics of Love: Book Review, Neil Fulton
Conceptualising Rural Access to Justice as Supply Chains Primed for Transformation, Hannah Haksgaard and Amanda Kool
Making South Dakota History: An Introduction to the Special Impeachment Issue, Hannah Haksgaard, Tyler Moore, and Gabrielle Unruh
Idleness of a Recluse Poet (The Buddha Correspondence, Vol. 4), Frank Pommersheim
"To an Athlete Dying Young": For Tom Horton (May 9, 1955 - November 15, 2022), Frank Pommersheim
"To An Athlete Dying Young": For Tom Horton (May 9, 1955 - November 15, 2022), Frank Pommersheim
Strange Statutory Foundations and Terribly Tricky Treasures in Trust, Thomas Simmons
The Trial of Thomas More - Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 2022
The Merits of Merit: Book Review, Neil Fulton
Healthcare Education Leaves the Hills: Frontier Nursing University’s Move from Appalachia, Hannah Haksgaard
Including Unmarried Women in the Homestead Act of 1862, Hannah Haksgaard
Book Review: 1-2 Peter and Jude, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Coenobium: Reflections on Monastic Community, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Prophetic Witness to Joy: A Theology of the Vowed Life, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Verbum Domini and the Complementarity of Exegesis and Theology, Thomas Simmons
Fraud Reconsidered, Thomas Simmons
Inconceivability, Horror, and the Mercy Seat, Thomas Simmons
Review of Code of Judicial Conduct: Ethical Campaigning (with a Special Emphasis on Inappropriate Political Activity and Canon 5), Thomas Simmons
Statutory Foundations: Let’s Discuss the Fuss, the Nonplus, and the Superfluous, Thomas Simmons
Tax Crushing Trusts, Thomas Simmons
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Superheroes & the Law, Thomas Simmons, Chris DelliCarpini, and Rick Collins
Estate Planning With Electronic and Regulated Assets, Thomas Simmons, Deborah Tedford, Jared Cloud, Shaheen Inami, and Shari Levitan
The Trial of Cinque - Steven Spielberg's Amistad, Jonathan Van Patten
Tribute to Frank Pommersheim (in the Trial of Cinque - Steven Spielberg's Amistad), Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 2021
Aristocratic Excellence, Secular Ecumenism, and the Life of the Modern Law School: Book Review, Neil Fulton
"It is Not Necessary for Eagles to be Crows": Book Review, Neil Fulton
An Estate Plan for Kanye West, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Asteroids, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Christ versus Satan in Our Daily Lives: The Cosmic Struggle Between Good and Evil, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Mercy and the Rule of Law: A Theological Interpretation of Amoris Laetitia, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Teilhard de Chardin on the Eucharist: Envisioning the Body of Christ, Thomas Simmons
Deciding for Others, Thomas Simmons
Jurisliterature in a Humanistic Nutshell, Thomas Simmons
Legal Implications of the Coming Zombie Apocalypse, Thomas Simmons
Reinforcing Autonomy and Displacing Guardianships with SDMs, Thomas Simmons
Trusts From A to Z: Legal Ethics, Thomas Simmons
Restraining the Unsupervised Fiduciary, Thomas Simmons and Andrew Knutson
Dedication to Professor Emeritus Jonathan Van Patten, Jonathan Van Patten
The Trial of John Scopes, Jonathan Van Patten
Tribute to John Hagemann (in The Trial of John Scopes), Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 2020
The Life and Legal Legacy of Justice Steven L. Zinter, Neil Fulton
Court-Appointment Compensation and Rural Access to Justice, Hannah Haksgaard
The Homesteading Rights of Deserted Wives: A History, Hannah Haksgaard
Traveling for Abortion Services and the Rural Women "We Must Not Forget" (review of Abortion Across Borders edited by Christabelle Sethna and Gayle Davis)., Hannah Haksgaard
Buddha Why Buddha (The Buddha Correspondence, Vol. 3), Frank Pommersheim
Book Review: Galatians: Life in the New Creation, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Hell: A Guide, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Resurrecting Justice: Reading Romans for the Life of the World, Thomas Simmons
Christian Purpose Trusts, Thomas Simmons
Medicaid Algorithmic Opacity and a Transparent Solution, Thomas Simmons
Saint Paul’s Trial Narrative in Acts: Imperium Rōmānum vs. Vasileía tou Theoú, Thomas Simmons
The Trial of Breaker Morant, Jonathan Van Patten
The Trial of Jesus, Jonathan Van Patten
Twenty-Five Propositions for the Practice of Law, Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 2019
The Law School Dean Game: "What's It Like To Be a Law School Dean?", Thomas Geu
Blending Surnames at Marriage, Hannah Haksgaard
Rural Practice as Public Interest Work, Hannah Haksgaard
‘I was so much older then/I’m younger than that now’: Valedictory Notes and Collage, Frank Pommersheim
United States v. Gillette: A Tiny Prairie Case Note Opening a Window on the Enveloping Fog Obscuring The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, Frank Pommersheim
Book Review: Supreme Court of India: The Beginnings, Thomas Simmons
Conflict-of-Interest-Infected Virtual Representatives and a Cure, Thomas Simmons
Purpose Trust Cy Pres, Thomas Simmons
Unwinding Irrevocable Trusts, Thomas Simmons
Purpose Trusts as a Planning Tool for the 21st Century, Thomas Simmons and Brad Myers
At the Sturgis Rally: A Story, Jonathan Van Patten
Dedication to Professor Emeritus Christine Hutton, Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 2018
Joint Dedication to Justice Lori S. Wilbur, Neil Fulton
Defining “Home” through Homestead Laws,, Hannah Haksgaard
Legal Deserts: A Multi-State Perspective on Rural Access to Justice, Hannah Haksgaard, Lisa Pruitt, Danielle Conway, Michele Statz, Lauren Sudeall, and Amanda Kool
Whether or Not Special Expertise is Needed: Anti-Intellectualism, the Supreme Court, and the Legitimacy of Law, Sean Kammer
Reserving a Place for Nature on Spaceship Earth: Rethinking the Role of Conservation Easements, Sean Kammer and Sarah Christopherson
A Will for Willa Cather, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Law and Politics of Constitutional Courts: Indonesia and the Search for Judicial Heroes, Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere, Thomas Simmons
Dispensing (With) Electronic Wills, Thomas Simmons
Homestead: A (New) Hope, Thomas Simmons
Privacy and Surveillance in Nursing Homes, Thomas Simmons
Review of Humans and Paragons: Essays on Super-Hero Justice, Thomas Simmons
Unmasked Lex Text: A Review of On Comics and Legal Aesthetics – Multimodality and the Haunted Mask of Knowing, Thomas Simmons
Dedication to Professor Charles M. Thatcher, Jonathan Van Patten
Thinking About the South Dakota Constitution, Jonathan Van Patten
Twenty-Five Ways to Say No, Jonathan Van Patten
Submissions from 2017
Rural Women and Developments in the Undue Burden Analysis: The Effect of Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, Hannah Haksgaard
No-Analogue Future: Challenges for the World of Nature in a World Without Precedent, Sean Kammer
A Chinese Inheritance, Thomas Simmons
Actuarial Soundness, the Meaning of "Commensurate," and a "Sniff Test", Thomas Simmons
Book Review: Shakespeare and Judgment, Thomas Simmons
Future Interests? Meet Chattels!, Thomas Simmons
Income Tax Concerns With Purpose Trusts, Thomas Simmons
Introducing Virtual Representation, Thomas Simmons
Leach v. Hyatt: Recasting Indefiniteness, Thomas Simmons
Post-obit ADA Claims, Thomas Simmons
Prequel to Homestead, Thomas Simmons
To Authorize Sex with Oneself via Proxy or Advance Directive, Thomas Simmons
When Robots Trespass, Thomas Simmons