Education
J.D., University of Kansas School of Law
B.A., University of Kansas
Experience
William Mitchell College of Law: Visiting professor of law, 2008-2009, assistant professor of law, 2009-.
Victim advocacy legal specialist, Tribal Law & Policy Institute, St. Paul.
UCLA: Online instructor of tribal legal studies, UCLA Extension; lecturer in law, UCLA Law School.
Grant program specialist, U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, 1999-2002.
Professional Focus
Professor Deer is a Citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She focuses her legal work on violent crime on Indian reservations. She has co-authored two textbooks on tribal law and several academic articles on Native American women.
Leadership and Service
Board Member, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence. Board Member, the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence. Report-writer, Amnesty International’s “Maze of Injustice” report; U.S. Department of Justice’s “Sexual Assault in Public Law 280 States” report.
Professor Deer in the news
http://web.wmitchell.edu/newsTwo Mitchell students picked for national group executive board
William Mitchell will be well represented in the National Native American Law Students Association in 2012-2013. Two second-year students, Matt Elias and Veronica Newcomer, were elected to leadership positions at the organization’s recent national conference. Newcomer was elected Area 8 representative. Area 8 includes Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. “I feel…
New Mitchell exhibit explores history and cause of Dakota War
An exhibit featuring photographs, paintings, and historical documents related to the Dakota War is now on display at William Mitchell College of Law.
Watch Professor Sarah Deer at the Amnesty International human rights conference Thursday, Nov. 17
William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer will participate in a panel discussion entitled Violence Against Women: Reforming Global Attitudes and Stemming the Tide from 9:20 to 10:40 am during The XX Factor: Advance Women’s Rights. Change the World, a human rights conference presented by Amnesty International and the Ford Foundation Thursday, Nov. 17. The discussion will…
William Mitchell presents Second Annual Indian Law CLE
The Indian Law Program at William Mitchell College of Law is hosting the Second Annual Indian Law CLE: Hot Topics in Federal Indian Law on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 8:30 am to 5 pm at William Mitchell. The event will feature presentations by scholars and practitioners dedicated to Indian law. The agenda for the day…
William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer selected to join the national Defending Childhood Task Force
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention announced today that William Mitchell College of Law Professor Sarah Deer was selected to be a member of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence. The task force will identify promising practices, programming, and community strategies used to prevent…
Professor Sarah Deer testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
On Thursday, July 14, William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer, testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. In advance of her testimony, Deer, a Native women’s advocate and member of Amnesty International USA’s Native American and Alaska Native Advisory Council, released the following statement//
Professor Sarah Deer receives Sheila Wellstone Award
Deer’s advocacy for Native women’s issues contributed to passage of Tribal Order Act Sarah Deer, an advocate for Native crime victims and a professor at the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn., received the National Sheila Wellstone Award in Washington, D.C., at a Sept. 29 event attended by Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar…
Professor Deer to join President Obama at bill signing ceremony
William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer will join President Obama at a Bill Signing Ceremony for The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 on Thursday, July 29 at the White House.