UND School of Law Student Wins Shannon Bybee Award for Indian Gaming Paper

One of the students in Kathryn's Indian Gaming Law course at the University of North Dakota School of Law recently won a national award for his paper on Indian gaming. Current 3L student Chris Rausch won the Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award, awarded to the two best research papers in the area of gaming law written by law students.

The award is sponsored by the International Association of Gaming Advisors.

Chris's paper, "The Problem with Good Faith: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act a Decade after Seminole," was published in the Gaming Law Review. See 11 Gaming L. Rev. 423 (2007).

Great job, Chris! We’re glad to see more students having the opportunities to learn about the burgeoning area of gambling law, including Indian gaming. Back in 2001, Kathryn was one of the first to offer a course on Indian gaming law; others have followed suit. At the time, she had to put together her own materials to teach the course.

Now, we’re pleased to announce that we’re just finishing up our casebook, Indian Gaming Law: Cases and Materials with Carolina Academic Press. Click here for info and the chance to preorder the book with the publisher's web discount. It’ll be out this January, and should be an indispensable reference tool for teachers--indeed, we've written an accompanying Instructor's Manual, too--and those practicing in the field.