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Big Sky Poll: Montanans Share Favored Political Candidates

The University of Montana Big Sky Poll recently asked 517 registered Montana voters, if the election were held today, how would they vote? In a series of head-to-head matchups, participants were asked to pick their preferred candidate. “Many voters are still undecided for key races across the state, indicating tough races this November,” said Sara Rinfret, co-director of UM’s Big Sky Poll. Read more

Q&A with Associate Professor Cathay Y. N. Smith

Cathay Smith is an associate professor teaching intellectual property law, property law, and art and cultural property law. Prior to joining the faculty at the Blewett School of Law, Professor Smith taught at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law as a teaching fellow and was an intellectual property attorney with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, representing multinational technology, fashion, and entertainment and media corporations in intellectual property disputes. Read more

Professor Jordan Gross Receives Fulbright

University of Montana law Professor Jordan Gross has earned a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to serve as a research chair in Indigenous Public Policy and Criminal Justice at the University of Guelph, Ontario. Gross, who teaches in UM’s Blewett School of Law, is one of over 800 U.S. citizens who will teach, conduct research and provide expertise abroad for the 2020-21 academic year through the Fulbright Program. Read more

Alexander Blewett III School of Law

Mission

The Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana prepares students for the people-oriented practice of law by integrating theory and practice in a competency-based curriculum; serves as the academic legal center in Montana; and contributes to the development of national, state, and tribal law and legal institutions through teaching, scholarship, and service.