Ariana Meyers
- Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law
Contact Info
- Email: ariana.meyers@ndus.edu
- Office: 701.777.2273
Office Address
Law School Room
215 Centennial Drive Stop 9003
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9003
Biography
Ariana D. Meyers joined the faculty at the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2018. She teaches Family Law to upper-level law students and directs the Family Law Clinic. The Family Law Clinic, launched in spring 2021, offers a year-long, hands-on experience in which students move cases from the initial client interview through judgment, gaining practical skills in litigation, client counseling, file management, court appearances, discovery, and pleadings in matters such as divorce, custody, juvenile guardianship, domestic-violence protection orders, and disorderly-conduct restraining orders.
In addition to her teaching and clinical work, Professor Meyers serves as faculty advisor for the Canadian Law Student Society, and co-advises both the Moot Court Board and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Board. Her previous teaching experience includes Trial Advocacy and Reading, Writing, and Analytical Skills for the Bar Exam.
Professor Meyers is deeply engaged in the legal community. She is the current President of the Randy H. Lee American Inn of Court (since July 1, 2025) and the immediate Past President of the Family Law Section of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, having served in that role through September 2025. She is also a member of the Northeast Inquiry Committee for the North Dakota Supreme Court Disciplinary Process and served as President of the Greater Grand Forks County Bar Association from 2017-2018.
Family Law
Family Law Clinical Practicum I, II, II, and IV
Internal Moot Court/External Moot Court
Divorce and Embryos: A Custody Battle? (2024) (forthcoming).
Ashes to Ashes: The Final Fight, 38 Quinnipiac Prob. L. J. (1) (2024) (forthcoming).
Law School Family Law Clinical Practicum: A Year in Review, The Gavel (Summer 2024).
Co-authored with AnneMarie Studer, The Family Law Practitioner’s Best Child Custody Strategy: Appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem, _ N.D. L. Rev. _ (2025) (forthcoming).
Co-authored with Gabrielle C. Wolf, Policing Morality: The Inconsistent Application of Moral Fitness and Fitness Factor, 44 Child. Legal Rts. J. 1 (2024).
Co-authored with Tammy Oltz, Promises Fulfilled, The Gavel (Winter 2023).
Co-authored with Megan Gordon, Premarital Agreements in North Dakota To Have and To Hold Our Own Property, Area Women Magazine (February 2019).
Presenter, Divorce and Embryos: A Custody Battle?, Family Law Scholars and Teachers Conference, University of Baltimore School of Law, June 2024.
Presenter, Teaching Show & Tell: Divorce Negotiations, Family Law Scholars and Teachers Conference, University of Baltimore School of Law, June 2024.
Moderator, Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel, Alternative Dispute Resolution Student Organization, University of North Dakota School of Law, November 2023.
Presenter, Domestic Violence & Immigration Issues in Family Law, Immigration Law Student Association, University of North Dakota School of Law, October 2023.
Moderator, Parenting Investigator and Guardian Ad Litem Panel, North Dakota Family Law Seminar, Fargo, ND, September 2023.
Panelist, Ashes to Ashes: The Final Fight (Work in Progress), Family Law Workshop: New and Emerging Scholarship, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL, July 2023.
Presenter, Family Law Workshop: Family Law Pedagogy, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Conference, Boca Raton, FL, July 2023.
Moderator & Panelist, Demystifying the Bar Exam, Law Women’s Caucus, April, 2023.
Presenter, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Alternative Dispute Resolution Student Organization, University of North Dakota School of Law, January 2023.
Guest Lecturer, Trial Skills and Cross Examination, FS 400 Forensic Science Capstone, University of North Dakota, December 2022.
Presenter, Limitless Potential for Limited Representation, North Dakota Council on Abused Women’s Services (CAWS) CLE, August 2022.
Guest Lecturer, Trial Skills and Cross Examination, FS 400 Forensic Science Capstone, University of North Dakota, 2022.
Moderator, Personal Violence Panel, Criminal Law Association and Law Women’s Caucus, March 2022.
Presenter, 2021 Family Law Legislative Updates and Limited Representation, CAWS North Dakota, 2021.
Presenter, Courtroom Etiquette, North Dakota 4-H Foundation, February 2020.
Presenter, The Importance of Mentoring, Law Women’s Caucus, University of North Dakota School of Law, 2020.
Co-Presenter with Tammy Oltz, Social Media Evidence in the Courtroom, Legal Services of North Dakota Winter CLE, Bismarck, North Dakota, December 2019.
Presenter, The Importance of Mentoring, Law Women’s Caucus, University of North Dakota School of Law, 2019.
Presenter, Legal Technology Bootcamp: Advising Clients on Social Media Use, University of North Dakota School of Law, December 2019.
Presenter, Mentoring, Law Women’s Caucus, University of North Dakota School of Law, 2018.
Super Lawyers Rising Star, Family Law, 2024
Randy H. Lee Faculty Award, 2023, University of North Dakota School of Law
Randy H. Lee Faculty Award, 2022, University of North Dakota School of Law
Randy H. Lee Faculty Award, 2021, University of North Dakota School of Law
Super Lawyers Rising Star, Family Law, 2018
Professor Meyers received her B.A. in Psychological with a minor in Family Social Sciences from the University of Manitoba. She graduated with her J.D. with distinction from the University of North Dakota School of Law.