The Thormodsgard Law Library technical support staff manages all the School of Law network services and maintains numerous microcomputers for student use. The lab also serves as a training facility for students. 275 high speed ethernet ports have been installed throughout at the library's study tables and carrels. In addition, seamless wireless networking covers all floors.
Students thus have two network options to connect their own laptop computers at any study location.
The law school network services supports a bulletin board system, a web server, an e-mail server, and a list server. These servers can be accessed via modem or through the Internet. In addition to providing access to the enormous legal resources available through the Internet, the School of Law's servers provide access to growing public databases of North Dakota materials and other databases of local interest, such as Career Service files. The law school network permits extensive interaction among and between faculty, staff, and students via electronic mail. Furthermore, innovative utilization of these systems has allowed a rapid exchange of drafts for review and editing within various clusters such as Legal Aid, Central Legal Research, and faculty offices.