Faculty
IPLP Faculty are leaders in both academia and in the community. In addition to producing cutting edge scholarship in all three areas of the field (the International law relating to Indigenous peoples, Federal Indian Law, and Tribal Law), IPLP faculty also work "on the ground," using their expertise to work with and for Indigenous people in the United States and around the world.
S. James Anaya is the author of the landmark book Indigenous Peoples in International Law (Oxford University Press) and currently serves as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous peoples. more info...
Dr. Ray Austin is the author of Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law (University of Minnesota Press) and served on the Navajo Supreme Court for 16 years. more info...
Robert A. Hershey writes about globalization and preservation of culture, and his four decades of legal experience in Indian law make him uniquely suited to run the Indigenous Law clinic. more info...
James C. Hopkins writes and teaches in the area of tribal economic development and currently serves as Chief Judge for the Pascua Yaqui tribe. more info...
Melissa L. Tatum is a contributing author to Felix Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law (LexisNexis), regularly teaches training sessions across the U.S. for law enforcement, judges, and victim advocates on domestic violence and protection orders, and developed a system of indexing and publishing tribal court options. more info...
Robert A. Williams, Jr. is the author of Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America (University of Minnesota Press) and co-author of Federal Indian Law: Cases and Materials (West). He currently serves as lead counsel on a case pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, representing a group of First Nations in British Columbia. more info...
