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Winners Announced in 21st National NALSA Writing Competition
Two papers explored sovereignty in association with the COVID-19 pandemic; a third paper explored solutions to Tulsa’s post-McGirtwhite-collar crime.
2022 Summer Law Classes Showcase Diverse Content
Globally accessible and in-person options through the summer.
Study Indian Law Remotely This Summer
Indian law experts lead two intensive remote summer courses examining Federal Indian Law in the context of their impact on traditional subsistence hunting and fishing of Alaska Natives, and crime, punishment and ultimately, justice for Native Americans.
Dr. Carma Corcoran named Native Hope Fellow
Dr. Corcoran’s fellowship will focus on bringing hope and healing to tribal communities impacted by incarceration.
Alum and Professor Receive ABA Award for Commitment to Diversity in the Law
Román D. Hernández ’00, and adjunct professor Barbara Creel received the Spirit of Excellence award from the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.
Take a Summer Course at Lewis & Clark Law - From your Home
Lewis & Clark Law School is offering summer courses via distance learning for 2021!
Study Indian Law Remotely This Summer at Lewis & Clark Law School
The Indian Law Program at Lewis & Clark Law School will be offering summer courses via remote learning for the first time during Summer 2021.
Lewis & Clark Law School Co-Hosts International Peacemaking Colloquium
Lewis & Clark Law School co-hosted with the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) the international 2020 Peacemaking Colloquium which highlighted Tribal/Indigenious/State dispute resolutions with participants from the United States, Ireland, Columbia, England, and Scotland.
Carma Corcoran Selected for Fellowship to Advance Democratic Values
Carma Corcoran, Lewis & Clark Law School’s Indian Law Summer Program Coordinator, has received a two-year fellowship by the Kettering Foundation’s Deliberative Democracy Institute (DDI). The fellowship is aimed at improving civil society by fostering a learning exchange between people from diverse nations.
Corin Aitchison ’17 receives National Native American Bar Association bar prep scholarship
The National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) Foundation selected third-year Lewis & Clark law student Corin La Point-Aitchison as a recipient of its 2017 Bar Review Scholarship.
Quinault Allottees annually provide the Nelson D. Terry Scholarship to Native American law students
This scholarship is awarded annually and is funded by the Quinault Indian Allottees Association. The scholarship is available to all incoming students, however, preference is given first to Quinault Allottees, then to Native American regional and national applicants with a connection to their culture and heritage.
Visiting Indian Law Professor Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks
Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that it will host Professor Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks as the third Walter R. Echo-Hawk Distinguished Visiting Professor in the spring of 2017.Fluent english speakers needed!
Volunteer to be paired with (an) international student(s) and meet with them bi-weekly to help improve their english while bonding with people from all over the world!
Professor Pommersheim Has a Web Component for His Forthcoming Book
Professor Pommersheim has joined the digital age!
IWOK Coordinator works to protect Tribal citizens, strengthen sovereignty
Se-ah-dom Edmo works with Tribal leaders to address critical issues and strengthen sovereignty. - EVENTS
Past Events
Tribal Checkpoints: A Case Study of Tribal-State Relations in Pandemic South Dakota
Please join us for an Evening with Frank Pommersheim, Professor Emeritus, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law .
Professor Pommersheim will be discussing a case study on Tribal-State relations during the pandemic.
Two Tribes, Two Judges, One Goal TRIBAL JUSTICE Film Screening
Two Tribes, Two Judges, One Goal TRIBAL JUSTICE
Film Screening & Panel Discussion
ICWA and Peace Circles Colloquium
ICWA and Peace Circles Colloquium
