Education |
Yale Law School, J.D. (1993) Editor-in-Chief, Yale Journal on Regulation; Arnold & Porter Scholar |
Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law, (1991) American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts, Civil Procedure |
University of Oklahoma, B.A. (Economics) (1989) Graduated with Honors |
Admitted to Practice |
Minnesota |
New Mexico |
Personal Work Experience |
Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor of Law, Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Ariz., 2008 |
Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, 2007 - 2008 |
Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School. , 2002 - 2008 |
General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2000 - July 2002 |
Assistant United States Attorney, Albuquerque, N.M., 1997 - 2000 |
Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1994 - 1997 |
Law Clerk, Hon William C. Canby, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Phoenix, Ariz., 1993 - 1994 |
Representative Publications
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| The Legacy of Bryan v. Itasca County: How an Erroneous $147 County Tax Notice Helped Bring Tribes $200 Billion in Indian Gaming Revenue, 92 Minn. L. Rev. 919 (2008). |
| Restoring the Grand Jury, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2333 (2008). |
| American Indians, Crime, and the Law, 104 Mich. L. Rev. 709 (2006). |
| Federal Criminal Justice and Tribal Self-Determination, 84 N.C. L. Rev. 779 (2006). |
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Complete List of Publications |
Presentations
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Presenter (and Co-Organizer), Tribal Leadership Development Conference (Univ. Minn. Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dec. 14, 2007).
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Presenter, Reconsidering the Grand Jury (Faculty Workshop, Harvard Law School, Dec. 10, 2007).
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Presenter and Discussion Member, Indian Gaming: Its Origins, Evolution, and Place in Tribes' Struggle for Self-Determination (Harvard Law School, Nov. 26, 2007).
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Roundtable Discussion Member American Indians, Crime and the Law: Recent Scholarship on Criminal Justice in Indian Country (Harvard Law School, Nov. 9, 2007)..
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| Complete List of Presentations |
Public Service |
National Conference of Bar Examiners Member, Criminal Law and Procedure Drafting Committee, 2006 - 1010 |
Law School Admission Council Trustee, 2006 to present. Member or Liaison to Minority Affairs Committee, 2003 - 2007; Test Development and Research Committee, 2007 - present |
Consultant on Curriculum, Center for Civic Education 2004 - 2006 |
Member, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Native American Sentencing Issues, United States Sentencing Commission 2002 - 2004 |
Member, Scholarship Committee, Minnesota American Indian Bar Association 2002 - 2004 |
Member, Board of Directors, Innocence Project of Minnesota 2002 - 2003 |
Member, Board of Directors, Yale Law School Fund 1998 - 2004 |
New Mexico Bar Association Indian Law Section Member of Board of Directors, 1998 to 2002, and Chair, Indian Law Writing Competition, 1998 to 2003 |
Awards |
| Fesler Research Fellowship, University of Minnesota Law School 2006 - 2007 |
| Bronze Medal For Commendable Service, Environmental Protection Agency 2000 |
| Award for Sustained Superior Performance, United States Attorneys Office 1999 |
| Special Commendation for Outstanding Service, United States Department of Justice 1998 |
| Special Commendation for Outstanding Service, United States Department of Justice 1997 |
Biography |
| Prof. Washburn's SSRN page is here.
Congressional Testimony
Prepared Statement (and live testimony), Oversight Hearing on the Department of the Interior's New Guidance on Land-Into-Trust for Indian Tribes, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources (Nick. J. Rahall, Jr., Chairman), 110th Congress, 2d Session (February 27, 2008).
Prepared Statement (and live testimony), Oversight Hearing on Law Enforcement In Indian Country, United States Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs (Byron Dorgan, Chairman), 110th Congress, 1st Session (June 21, 2007).
Prepared Statement (and live testimony), Oversight Hearing on the Minimum Internal Control Standards in Indian Gaming, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Resources (Richard Pombo, Chairman), 109th Congress, 2d Session (May 11, 2006).
Prepared Statement (and live testimony), Oversight Hearing on the Regulation of Class III Indian Gaming following the Decision by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Colorado River Indian Tribe v. NIGC, United States Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs (John McCain, Chairman), 109th Congress, 1st Session (September 21, 2005).
Prepared Statement (and live testimony), Oversight Hearing on the Regulation of Indian Gaming, United States Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs (John McCain, Chairman), 109th Congress, 1st Session (April 27, 2005).
Major Grants
Co-Principal Investigator, 2006-2008 National Institute of Justice Grant of approximately $1.45 million for "A Study of the Administration of Criminal Justice in Indian Country" with Carole Goldberg (UCLA School of Law) and Duane Champagne (UCLA Sociology Department), a qualitative empirical study involving interviews of more than 400 people, primarily tribal criminal justice officials, on twelve Indian reservations nationwide and a broader survey of fifty additional reservations. |
Updated:
09/29/2011
Criminal Law