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Jill E. Tompkins

Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Indian Law Clinic
Indian Law

University of Colorado Law School
105T Wolf Law Building
404 UCB
Boulder, CO  80309-0404
Phone: (303) 735-2194
E-mail: jill.tompkins@colorado.edu

Curriculum Vitae:  View (PDF format)

Educational Background:
J.D.   University of Maine School of Law   1989  
B.A.   The King's College   1985   magna cum laude

Bio:
Appointed December 1, 2001, Jill Tompkins brings a wealth of experience to the position of Director of the Indian Law Clinic. A graduate of the University of Maine Law School, she is admitted to practice in the States of Maine, Connecticut, and Colorado and three tribal courts. She has more than eleven years of experience with federal Indian and tribal law garnered through her legal practice, service as a Chief Judge with the Mashantucket Pequot and Passamoquoddy Tribal Courts, and as Appellate Justice with the Mashantucket Pequot, Passamaquoddy, and Pokagon Band of Potawatoni courts of appeal. Professor Tompkins taught at the National Judicial College, and for six years successfully organized and taught in the annual National Tribal Judicial Conference sponsored by the National American Indian Court Judges Association. Professor Tompkins comes to the CU Law School from the National Tribal Justice Resource Center, where she was the Executive Director.


Published Books

Tompkins (with Massey Mayo Case), A Guide for Tribal Court Law Clerks and Judges, (Univ. of Colo. Law School) (2007).

Courses:

Spring 2010 American Indian Law Clinic LAWS 7309-801
Fall 2009 American Indian Law Clinic LAWS 7309-001
Spring 2009 American Indian Law Clinic LAWS 7309-801
Fall 2008 American Indian Law Clinic LAWS 7309-001
Spring 2008 American Indian Law Clinic LAWS 7309-801
Spring 2008 Trial Competition LAWS 7509-804
Fall 2007 American Indian Law Clinic LAWS 7309-001
Spring 2007 American Indian Law Clinic LAWS 7309-801
Spring 2007 Trial Competition LAWS 7509-800
Fall 2006 American Indian Law Clinic LAWS 7309-003