Clinical Faculty
Jill E. Tompkins
 |
 |
 |
 |
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.
Forthcoming
| Walking in Two Worlds: Tribal Judicial Ethics, Tribal Customs and Traditions, in 22nd Ann. W. Regional Indian L. Symp. Materials (U. Wash. School of Law) (forthcoming 2009). |
Published Books
| Tompkins (with Massey Mayo Case), A Guide for Tribal Court Law Clerks and Judges, (Univ. of Colo. Law School) (2007). |
Other Publications
| Video Presentation: Sovereignty Redefined: A Retrospective on the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claim Settlement, (Maine Dept. Educ.) (2009). |
Book Chapters
| 30 Years of Breathing: Emerging Issues under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, in 34th Ann. Fed. Bar Ass’n Indian L. Conf. Registration Materials (2009). |
| Applicability of ICWA to Colorado Non-Parent Allocation of Parental Responsibilities Action, in Indian Family Law Continuing Legal Education Seminar Materials (North American Indian Legal Services) (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 |
