Ferguson-Bohnee named to permanent faculty

08/29/2008

Ferguson-Bohnee named to permanent faculty 

 Patty Ferguson-Bohnee
 Patty Ferguson-Bohnee
     Last year, as a visiting clinical professor and director of the Indian Legal Clinic at the College of Law, Patty Ferguson-Bohnee taught students, drafted an amicus brief on behalf of the Navajo Nation in the U.S. Supreme Court and testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about the federal acknowledgment process.
     This year, no longer a visitor, but a permanent faculty member, Ferguson-Bohnee will be working with students on Native Vote Election Protection and supporting the petition to add Indian Law as a subject matter on the Arizona Bar Examination.
     "I am honored to work with the distinguished faculty of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law," said Ferguson-Bohnee, director of the Indian Legal Clinic. "This position gives me the opportunity to combine my passion for serving tribal communities on matters that positively impact tribal and federal Indian law with teaching."
     Ferguson-Bohnee is a former associate in the Indian Law and Tribal Relations Practice Group at Sacks Tierney P.A. in Scottsdale. She also clerked for Judge Betty Binns Fletcher of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She has a bachelor's degree in Native American Studies with an Emphasis in Policy and Law from Stanford University and a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law with a certificate in Foreign and Comparative Law.
     Ferguson-Bohnee has substantial experience in Indian law and policy matters, and has assisted four Louisiana tribes in obtaining state recognition. She has represented tribal clients in administrative, state, federal, and tribal courts, as well as before state and local governing bodies and has proposed revisions to the Real Estate Disclosure Reports to include tribal provisions.
     She also serves as the Native Vote Election Protection Coordinator for the state of Arizona.
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