Indian Law Program
Tribal Law Journal
The Tribal Law Journal is a unique student edited on-line journal dedicated to further developing and publishing academic works that focus on issues relating to the internal law of tribal nations. Students who wish to work on the Tribal Law Journal must complete Professor Zuni Cruz’s Law of Indigenous Peoples course as a prerequisite starting in the fall of their second year. TLJ is run and operated by law students under the guidance and direction of TLJ editor-in-chief Prof. Zuni-Cruz. Students who work on TLJ, during their 2nd and 3rd years, are given coursework credit (up to 4 units total) towards both their J.D. degree and the Indian Law certificate. Unit credits for TLJ work operate on a Credit/No-Credit basis.
The Tribal Law Journal is an academic, on-line student edited journal with articles exploring the internal law of tribal nations. The Tribal Law Journal provides Native people, legal practitioners, and law students a forum for the discussion of internal indigenous law. Work published in the Tribal Law Journal has included case notes, comments, tribal profiles, and articles dedicated to the development of tribal law. Two issues are published per academic year—at the end of the fall and spring semesters.
A maximum total of four (4) hours credit for work on the Tribal Law Journal may be applied toward both the Indian Law Certificate and the J.D. degree.
