Tribal Lawyer Certificate Program Requirements
Core Courses (3 of the following):
- Federal Indian Law
- Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and the Indigenous Nations
- Native Averican Natural Resources
- Economic Development and Indigenous Nations
- Indian Gaming
Elective Coursework: (3 of the following)
- Federal Courts and the Federal System
- Comparative Law
- Legislation
- Legislative Clinic
- Public International Law
- International Law Seminar
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Business Associations I
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Water Law
- Local Government
- International Human Rights
- Oil and Gas
Internship and/or Clinical Experience: Students must intern with an approved tribal legal department, court, government office, private law firm or public interest law firm specializing in Indian law. In the event that a student cannot secure an internship, the Tribal Judicial Support Clinic may be substituted for the internship.
Students in the certificate program have interned with the Colville Reservation Tribal Court, the Cheyenne-Arapahoe Tribe Attorney General's Office, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians legal department, Kickapoo Nation Tribal Court, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court, the Turtle Mountain Chippewa District Court, the Kaw Nation of Oklahoma, the Southwest Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals, the Cherokee Nation Drug Court, the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri Judicial System, and other tribes or tribal organizations.
