University of South Dakota School of Law
The University of South Dakota School of Law also known as University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law or USD Law in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, is a professional school of the University of South Dakota and the only law school in the state of South Dakota. Established in 1901, by U.S. Ambassador Bartlett Tripp and U.S. Senator Thomas Sterling. The law school is home to approximately 168 students and has more than 3,000 alumni. With 168 J.D. candidates, it is currently the second-smallest law school and smallest public law school student population among the American Bar Association accredited law schools.
U.S. Senator Thomas Sterling
U.S. Ambassador Bartlett Tripp
U.S. congressional delegation from South Dakota for the 87th Congress contained three alumni from the class of 1927: Rep. E.Y. Berry, Sen. Joseph Bottum, and Rep. Harold Lovre.
William Williamson L.L.B. 1905 U.S. Representative from South Dakota
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota, USD is the flagship university for the state of South Dakota and the state's oldest public university. It occupies a 274 acres (1.11 km2) campus located in southeastern South Dakota, approximately 63 miles (101 km) southwest of Sioux Falls, 39 miles (63 km) northwest of Sioux City, Iowa, and north of the Missouri River.
John H. Lawrence American physicist and physician best known for pioneering the field of nuclear medicine.
Tom Brokaw, B.A. 1964 American broadcaster and longtime NBC Nightly News anchor
David Gilbertson, J.D. 1975, Former Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court
John Thune, M.B.A. 1984 current Minority Whip of the U.S. Senate
