www.wmitchell.eduAssistant Professor of Law
Sarah Deer
Teaches:
Education
J.D., University of Kansas School of Law
B.A., University of Kansas
Experience
William Mitchell College of Law: Visiting professor of law, 2008-2009, assistant professor of law, 2009-.
Victim advocacy legal specialist, Tribal Law & Policy Institute, St. Paul.
UCLA: Online instructor of tribal legal studies, UCLA Extension; lecturer in law, UCLA Law School.
Grant program specialist, U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, 1999-2002.
Professional Focus
Professor Deer is a Citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She focuses her legal work on violent crime on Indian reservations. She has co-authored two textbooks on tribal law and several academic articles on Native American women.
Leadership and Service
Board Member, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence. Board Member, the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence. Report-writer, Amnesty International's "Maze of Injustice" report; U.S. Department of Justice's "Sexual Assault in Public Law 280 States" report.