Stacey Lara

Co-Director, Tribal Court Clinic
Assistant Teaching Professor

Contact

Phone: (206) 685-3253
Email: slara@uw.edu

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Curriculum Vitae

Recent Courses

LAW E 529

Tribal Court Clinic

Presentations
In the Media

Panelist, "Brackeen v. Haaland: The Indian Child Welfare Act, Tribal Sovereignty and Family Law", with Neoshia Roemer & Wenona Singel, Boston College Law School (April 19, 2023)
Speaker, "Tribal Sovereignty and Child Welfare: A Comparative Law Discussion", Judicial and Court Personnel from Africa and World Affairs Council (September 27, 2019)
Speaker, "Trusting Technological Security: Ethical Quicksand for the Unsuspecting Lawyer", Indian Law Symposium, University of Washington School of Law (September 5, 2019)
Speaker, "Ensuring the Protections of the Indian Child Welfare Act - Tips and Tricks for Dependency Proceedings in Washington State", Northwest Justice Project, Native American Task Force (May 13, 2019)
Speaker, "ICWA: Law, Regulations, Policy, History, and Practice", Dependency Court Practice for Judicial Officers, Court Improvement Training Academy (March 6, 2019)
Speaker, "The Indian Child Welfare Act and Litigating Child Welfare Cases in Tribal Courts", Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (September 25, 2018)
Speaker, "Ethical Issues in Tribal Court Practice", Indian Law Symposium, University of Washington School of Law (September 6, 2018)
Speaker, "Family Law in Tribal Communities", Limited License Legal Technician course, Washington State Bar Association (April 12, 2018)
Speaker, "Indian Child Welfare Act and the 2016 Federal Regulations: The Promises of ICWA Applied", Child Abuse & Neglect Institute (March 8, 2017)
Speaker, "Indian Child Welfare Act and the 2016 Federal Regulations: Fundamentals for Parent Legal Advocates", King County Department of Defense Training, (December 7, 2016)
Speaker, "The New ICWA Regulations: Making the Promise of ICWA a Reality for Native Families", Region X Parent Representation Leadership Forum (November 3, 2016)
Panelist, "Best Practices for Engaging Families in the Child Welfare Court System", Tribal Indian Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Conference, (October 19, 2016)
Speaker, "Access to Justice in Indian Country: Family Law and Child Welfare", Indian Law Symposium, University of Washington School of Law (September 9, 2016)
Speaker, "Qualified Expert Witnesses: How to Get Them, Their Testimony, and Navigate Their Relationship to the Tribe", Capacity Building Center for Courts (June 22, 2016)
Speaker, "The Indian Child Welfare Act Today", Indian Law Class, University of Washington School of Law (May 5, 2016)

University of Washington School of Law Students Visit SRPMIC (Professor Lara quoted)
May 02, 2024 | Source: O'odham Action News
New law is a win for Native children (Professor Lara quoted)
Jun 18, 2023 | Source: Northwest News Radio
Indian Child Welfare Act faces broad constitutional challenges in an unfriendly Supreme Court (Professor Stacey Lara)
Nov 07, 2022 | Source: Indian Country Today

Recent UW Law News

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Stay informed about the latest updates and successes from UW Law's Clinical Law Program, which provides students with real-world legal experience assisting clients and communities.

Three-Minute Legal Talks: The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Brackeen v. Haaland

In three minutes, Stacey Lara, UW Law Assistant Teaching Professor and Co-director of the Tribal Court Public Defense Clinic, covers the Supreme Court ruling and how it will affect Indian Country.

Defending Children and Families

UW Tribal Court Clinic learnings go all the way to the US Supreme Court.