Volume 48, Issue 3 (2022)

In 2022, the Mitchell Hamline Law Review and the AALS Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples partnered to publish a series of three articles on the theme of “The Native American Experience in Legal Academia: Striving for Academic Freedom and Equality to Realize The Common Good.” The first article is a compilation of seven narrative short essays by Native Americans in the legal field sharing their firsthand experiences. The second article by Professor Scott Franks, Métis, provides reflections on Indigenous legal education in Canada. The third article in the series by Professor Jaime Lavallee, Cree, explores her perspective as an early career academic teaching a large first-year mandatory course on Indigenous legal relations, told through traditional Indigenous storytelling. These articles provide a much needed perspective on legal education as experienced and taught by Native Americans.