Samantha Bohrman
EDUCATION
University of MinnesotaLawSchool, Minneapolis, MN
JD, 2007
Journal of Law and Inequality, outside articles editor
Environmental Law Society
HubertHumphreySchool of Public Policy, Minneapolis, MN
MS in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy,expected 2007
- Full tuition scholarship from the Humphrey Institute (2003)
MontanaStateUniversity, Bozeman, MT
BA, summa cum laude, 2001
- Graduate of the University Honors Program
EMPLOYMENT
Morgan Holcomb, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of MinnesotaLawSchool
Research Assistant (May 2007- )
- Research the dormant Commerce Clause with respect to recent anti-corporate farming litigation.
- Co-authoring a paper with Professor Holcomb proposing changes to the judiciary’s current dormant Commerce Clause analysis.
MinnesotaCenter for Environmental Advocacy
Legal Intern(May 2006- )
- Provide research and writing support for environmental litigation, including the challenge to the Big Stone II power plant and transmission lines.
- Have drafted portions of appellate briefs, prepared cross-examination questions and written research memos.
Mary Rumsey, International Law Librarian, University of Minnesota Law Library
Research Assistant (June 2006-February 2007)
- Provided research support for professors studying international legal topics.
- Became proficient ininternational legal research using Westlaw, LexisNexis, the university libraries and international legal databases.
Farmer’s Legal Action Group
Minnesota Justice Foundation Clerk (May 2005-April 2006)
- Provided litigation support forCampaign for Family Farmers v. Veneman, the pork Check Off case.
- Drafted educational materials for small farmers explaining federal loan programs, including:
- Is Your Farm “EQIPed” For Conservation: A Farmers’ Guide to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program,and
- Community Wind: A Review of Select State and Federal Policy Incentives.
Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment, University of Minnesota
Research Assistant(Sept. 2004-May 2005)
- Researched and reported on issues relevant to the Initiative’s success in renewable energy development.
Peters and Peters, PLC, Alexandria, MN
Summer Associate(May 2004-Aug. 2004)
- Assisted Jim and Karna Peters with researching and drafting court documents for several environmental review cases including, Citizens Advocating Responsible Development v. Kandiyohi County Bd. of Com’rs andSave
Lantern Bay v. Cass County et al.
Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry, MontanaStateUniversity, Bozeman, MT
General Chemistry Teaching Assistant (2001-2003)
- Taught two to three general chemistry labs per semester.
Prof. Mary Cloninger, associate professor, Department of Chemistry, Bozeman, MT
Organic Chemistry Researcher (2001-2003)
- Worked in organic chemistry research. In particular, synthesized simple organic compounds and conducted rate of reaction studies using nuclear magnetic resonance.
OTHER AWARDS
$1,000 scholarship from the Izaak Walton League (2005 and 2006)
PUBLICATIONS
Groundwater Conservation and Coalbed Methane Development in the PowderRiver Basin, 24 Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 181 (2006).
Gregory Young, Teaching Students to Perform from Memory, 52 NACWAPI J., Fall 2003, at 14 (assisted Greg Young in research and writing) (reprinted twice in German).
Syllabax and Parallax: Bloom’s Navigational Aids, 5 Apropros: A Journal of the
Humanities, September 2001, at 24.
Contributor to the Following Publications
Jill Krueger,Is Your Farm “EQIPed” For Conservation: A Farmers’ Guide to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program(June 2007), available at .
Jessica Shoemaker,Community Wind: A Review of Select State and Federal Policy Incentives(July 2007), available at .
Working Paper
Saving Family Farmers from the Framers’ Intent
Online Activities
Contributor to:
Agricultural Law: The Official Blog of the AALS Section on Agricultural Law, at
Guest Contributor to:
Scitizen, at (an open science news source for the general public with peer review by scientists and journalists)