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Fostering Future Indigenous Attorneys

The renamed Northwest Center for Indigenous Law launches a plan focused on greater access.

June 12, 2025

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Bree Black Horse ’13 named 2024 Woman of the Year

Bree Black Horse '13, the first Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington, was named Seattle U Law's 2024 Woman of the Year.

March 22, 2024 | Events

Seattle U Law hires first Alaska Native professor

Seattle University School of Law has selected Professor Nazune Menka to become the next faculty director of the the Northwest Center for Indigenous Law. Menka, who will also serve as a tenure-track assistant professor of law, is Seattle U Law’s first Alaska Native faculty member.

February 8, 2024 | Announcements

Student sees Native American legal history in the making as Udall intern

Jessica Pouley is one of only 11 students nationally who were selected for the prestigious Native American Congressional Internship, a program run by the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation and the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy.

July 22, 2022