Indian Law Program
Tribal Law Journal
The Tribal Law Journal is a unique student edited on-line journal dedicated to developing and publishing academic works that focus on issues relating to the internal law of tribal nations.
The Tribal Law Journal (TLJ) provides Native people, legal practitioners and law students a forum for the discussion of internal indigenous law. Work published in the journal has included case notes, comments, tribal profiles and articles dedicated to the development of tribal law. Two issues are published every academic year, at the end of the fall and spring semesters.
Students who wish to work on the TLJ must complete the Law of Indigenous Peoples course. The journal is operated by law students under the guidance of Professor Christine Zuni Cruz, who serves as editor-in-chief. Students who work on TLJ during their second and third years are given coursework credit (up to four units total) toward both their J.D. degree and the Indian Law certificate. Unit credits for TLJ work operate on a credit/no-credit basis.
