The South Dakota Law Review is a journal of critical commentary on current legal issues with a state, national, and international circulation. Published three times per year, the South Dakota Law Review contains articles by leading members of the legal profession and student notes and comments. The South Dakota Law Review was first published in the spring of 1956 and is published three times a year by students at The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. For over sixty years, the South Dakota Law Review has provided a forum to publish materials presenting views on subjects of interest to the legal profession. With nearly 600 subscribers a year, the South Dakota Law Review reaches all fifty states and many foreign universities and institutions.
Current Issue: Volume 71, Issue 3 (2026)
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South Dakota Law Review
Essay
The Tribal Wills at USD's Knudson School of Law: A Study in Mutuality, Nimbleness, and Persistence
Thomas E. Simmons
Articles
Innovative Sovereignty: California Tribes' Use of the Nonprofit Corporation
Stephen F. Diamond and Jennifer W. Kuan
Increasing Access to Justice Through the Use of Indigenous Restorative Justice and Trauma Informed Practices
Carrie E. Garrow, Danielle J. Mayberry, and Micaelee Horn
Criminal Incidence in Indian Country: Evidence from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program
K. Aleks Schaeffer and Brian E. Whitacre
A Two-Pronged Approach to Addressing Unmet Legal Needs on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Elaine Yellow Horse and Jillian Yellow Horse
Access to Justice in Indian Country: Empowering Pro Se Criminal Defendants Through Holistic Defense and Resource Creation
Ilse Turner and Johanna Farmer
Freedom of Tribal Association
Andrea Nishi
Filling the Tribal Court Attorney Need Through Tribes Licensing Their Own Attorneys
Nicholas James Stamates
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