Dr. Andrea M. Seielstad

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Andrea M. Seielstad, Associate Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs, University of Dayton School of Law.

Dr. Seielstad graduated with an A.B. in Anthropology (summa cum laude) from Princeton University in 1988, and obtained her J.D. degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1991.Before joining the UD Law School faculty in 1996, she was a Visiting Lecturer/Clinical Fellow at the University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, NM (1995-1996).During the 1999-2000 academic year, she was Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the University of Idaho College of Law, Moscow, ID (1999-2000), where she worked also within the judicial system of the Nez Perce Tribe.Her professional experience includes working as a Legal Consultant for the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, Columbus, OH, a volunteer Mediator with the City of Dayton's Mediation Center, a Staff Attorney with DNA-People's Legal Services Inc., Crowpoint, NM, which represents low-income individuals residing in the Navajo and Hopi Reservations, and a Legal Intern with the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund.She also has an extensive dossier of continuing community service and outreach.Dr. Seielstad's current research and scholarship lie in two broad areas: (a) clinical legal education, which involves developing methods of teaching upper-level law students to become skilled, ethical, and reflective lawyers through the representation of real low-income clients, and (b) indigenous sovereignty & jurisprudence.Her works have been published in the technical literature and presented in many national and international conferences.Dr. Seielstad is married to a Libyan, Mohamed B. Ali, who is on the faculty of the Computer Information Systems at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH; and is an active contributing member of the Libyan community.

Andrea M. Seielstad , University of Dayton

Andrea Seielstad

Andrea Seielstad is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, USA, where she teaches in the law clinic.She is currently visiting at the University of Idaho College of Law (USA), where she is supervising student interns in a criminal defense public defender program with the Nez Perce Tribe.She has worked as a staff attorney for a legal services organization that provides legal representation to indigent members of the Navajo Nation.Her research and scholarly interests are in indigenous sovereignty and jurisdiction, as well as clinical education, community lawyering, and inter-cultural communication and studies.

Facilitators: Martin Bohmer, Judith Dickson, Beth Lyon, Poonam Puri, Poonam Saxena, Andrea Seielstad

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Andrea M. Seielstad, Associate Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs, University of Dayton School of Law.

Dr. Seielstad graduated with an A.B. in Anthropology (summa cum laude) from Princeton University in 1988, and obtained her J.D. degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1991.Before joining the UD Law School faculty in 1996, she was a Visiting Lecturer/Clinical Fellow at the University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, NM (1995-1996).During the 1999-2000 academic year, she was Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the University of Idaho College of Law, Moscow, ID (1999-2000), where she worked also within the judicial system of the Nez Perce Tribe.Her professional experience includes working as a Legal Consultant for the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, Columbus, OH, a volunteer Mediator with the City of Dayton's Mediation Center, a Staff Attorney with DNA-People's Legal Services Inc., Crowpoint, NM, which represents low-income individuals residing in the Navajo and Hopi Reservations, and a Legal Intern with the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund.She also has an extensive dossier of continuing community service and outreach.Dr. Seielstad's current research and scholarship lie in two broad areas: (a) clinical legal education, which involves developing methods of teaching upper-level law students to become skilled, ethical, and reflective lawyers through the representation of real low-income clients, and (b) indigenous sovereignty & jurisprudence.Her works have been published in the technical literature and presented in many national and international conferences.Dr. Seielstad is married to a Libyan, Mohamed B. Ali, who is on the faculty of the Computer Information Systems at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH; and is an active contributing member of the Libyan community.

Andrea M. Seielstad, University of Dayton