Indian Gaming and Tribal Self-Governance
ASU Law is supporting tribal-driven initiatives by developing advanced degrees focused on Indian gaming and tribal-self governance for professionals who desire an advanced, concentrated curriculum in these areas. These degree programs build on ASU’s world-class Indian Legal Program and experienced faculty to offer degrees with the first of their kind emphasis and the real-world experience that employers value.
1st
Law school to offer an MLS focused on Indian Gaming and Tribal Self-Governance
30
Total credit hours to complete the MLS degree
50+
Years of faculty experience in Indian Country
The Indian gaming and tribal self-governance emphasis programs will equip professionals with a background in federal Indian law and comprehensive courses designed to help graduates seamlessly integrate into the job of their choice. Graduates may serve as senior or mid-level executives for tribes or tribal entities, tribal elected officials responsible for overseeing these aspects of their tribal operations, and other professionals with careers such as congressional staff and federal, state and local employees.
Choose where you want to study with ASU Law
Expertise
Kate Rosier
Comanche
Executive Director, Indian Legal Program
Patty Ferguson-Bohnee
Pointe-au-Chien
Faculty Director, ILP
Clinical Professor of Law
Robert J. Miller
Eastern Shawnee
Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar
Faculty Director, Rosette LLP American Indian Economic Development Program
Professor of Law
Trevor Reed
Hopi
Associate Professor of Law
Jay Spaan
Cherokee
Michael Hoenig
Faculty Associate
Lawrence S. Roberts*
Oneida
Professor of Practice
Paul Spruhan
Faculty Associate
Derrick Beetso
Navajo
Director,
Indian Gaming and Tribal Self-Governance Programs
Ann Marie Bledsoe-Downes*
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Professor of Practice and Director,
Indian Gaming and Tribal Self-Governance Programs
Helen Burtis
Faculty Associate
Stacy L. Leeds
Cherokee
Willard H. Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor of Law