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Faculty Profile
Melissa L. Tatum
Academic Title: Research Professor of Law & Associate Director, Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program
E-mail:
Melissa L. Tatum
Office Number: RH 309
Office Phone: (520) 626-9762
Office Fax: (520) 626-1819
Courses Taught:
Conflicts of Law 
IPLP Colloquium Series
Curriculum Vitae
SSRN Published Papers
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| Education |
University of Michigan Law School, J.D. (1992) |
Trinity University, B.A. (1989) |
| Personal Work Experience |
Research Professor of Law & Associate Dirrector, Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program, James E. Rogers College of Law, 2009 |
Professor of Law (previously Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, & Visiting Assistant Professor) , University of Tulsa College of Law, 1995 - 2009 |
Director, Dublin Study Abroad Program, University of Tulsa College of Law, Summer 2007; Summer 2008 |
Director, LL.M. Program in American Indian and Indigenous Law (previously Co-Director), University of Tulsa College of Law, 2002 - 2006 |
Co-Director, the Native American Law Center, University of Tulsa College of Law, 2000 - 2008 |
Judge, Southwest Intertribal Court of Appeals, 1999 - 2006 |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School, 1999 - 2000 |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law, 1998 - 1999 |
Law Clerk to Judge Cornelia Kennedy, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1994 - 1995 |
Law Clerk to Judge James Ryan, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1993 - 1994 |
Law Clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven D. Pepe, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1992 - 1993 |
Representative Publications
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| Does Gender Influence Attitudes Toward Copyright in the Filk Community?, 18 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. ___ (forthcoming 2010) (co-author, with Robert E. Spoo & Benjamin Pope). |
| Contributing Author, Best Practices for Enhancing Enforcement of Protection Orders in New Mexico (2009). |
| General Editor, Navajo Law Reporter, Vol. 8 (2008). |
| Tribal Courts: Tensions Between Efforts to Develop Tribal Common Law and Pressures to Harmonize with State and Federal Courts, in Harmonizing Law in an Era of Globalization: Convergence, Divergence and Resistance 81 (Larry Catá Backer ed., 2007). |
| Contributing Author, Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law (2005). |
| A Jurisdictional Quandary: Challenges Facing Tribal Governments in Implementing the Full Faith and Credit Provisions of the Violence Against Women Acts, 90 Ky. L.J. 123 (2001 - 2002). |
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Complete List of Publications |
Presentations
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Speaker, Why Everyone Needs to Know a Little Indian Law - It's Not Just for Specialists (Univ. Ariz. Faculty Enrichment Series, Tucson, Ariz., June 18, 2009).
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Speaker, Does Gender Influence Attitudes Toward Copyright in the Filk Community (6th Conf.on IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., Apr. 25, 2009).
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Speaker, Best Practices for Issuing and Enforcing Orders of Protection in New Mexico (Workshops, New Mexico Attorney General, various locations in N.M., Apr. - June 2009).
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Speaker, Inter-tribal Disputes: Who Has Jurisdiction (23rd Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conf., Univ. Wisc., Madison, Wisc., Mar. 27, 2009) (with Skip Durocher).
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Speaker, The Day the Universe Changed: Gideon, the Right to Counsel, & Tribal Jurisdiction (Mich. State Univ. Fifth Annual Indian Law Conference: 40 Years of the Indian Civil Rights Act, East Lansing, Mich., Oct. 2008).
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| Complete List of Presentations |
| Public Service |
Consultant, New Mexico Attorney General's Office Taskforce on Enforcement of Protection Orders 2007 - present |
Consultant, Navajo Nation Rules Harmonization Project 2007 - 2008 |
Secretary, AALS Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples 2002 - 2005 |
Chair, AALS Section on Women in Legal Education 2004 - 2005 |
Secretary, AALS Section on Women in Legal Education 2003 - 2004 |
Judge, American Indian Law Review's Law Student Writing Competition 2003 |
Treasurer, AALS Section on Women in Legal Education 2002 - 2003 |
Member, Executive Committee, AALS Section on Criminal Justice 2001 - 2003 |
Program Chair, AALS Section on Indigenous Nations and Peoples 2001 - 2002 |
Chair, AALS Section on Indigenous Nations and Peoples 2001 - 2002 |
Member, Michigan joint federal/state/tribal task force to implement full faith and credit provisions of Violence Against Women Act 2000 - 2001 (co-chair, subcommittee on tribal jurisdictional issues |
| Awards |
| Honoree, Fourth Annual Native Justice Powwow 2009 |
| University of Tulsa College of Law Nominee for University Outstanding Teacher Award 2007 |
| NALSA Faculty Sponsor of the Year Award 2005 |
| University of Tulsa College of Law Upper Class Professor of the Year 2002 - 2003 |
| University of Tulsa College of Law Nominee for University Outstanding Teacher Award 2002 - 2003 |
| University of Tulsa College of Law Upper Class Professor of the Year 2001 - 2002 |
| Personal Statement |
Prof. Tatum manages ndnlawprof, an email discussion group for law faculty who teach and write in the area of Indian and Indigenous Peoples law. |
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