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Email: ee23@uw.edu
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Prof. Eric D. Eberhard is a Professor from Practice and the Associate Director of the Native American Law Center at the 红桃视频. He began practicing federal Indian law in 1973, with employment in legal services on the Navajo, Hopi and White Mountain Apache reservations. He served as the Deputy Attorney General of the Navajo Nation and Executive Director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office from 1983 to 1987, and Staff Director and General Counsel to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs from 1989 to 1995.
From 1995 to 2009 Professor Eberhard was a Partner in the Indian Law Practice Group in the Seattle office of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. His practice involved the representation of Indian tribes, tribal organizations and entities doing business with Indian tribes in federal, state and tribal judicial, legislative and administrative forums. Prof. Eberhard's work included the areas of: fee-to-trust transfers, water rights, leasing of land and natural resources, federal contracting, gaming, federal recognition, the formation of Tribal corporations, environmental law, administrative law, jurisdiction, the development of tribal law, self-governance, cultural resource protection and the federal trust responsibility.聽From 2009 to 2016 he was a Distinguished Indian Law Practitioner at the Seattle University School of Law.
He is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America and Chambers. At Dorsey & Whitney, he was recognized as the Partner of the Year, the Diversity Partner of the Year and the Pro Bono Partner of the Year. He has been honored by the United South and Eastern Tribes, the Navajo Nation and its courts, the National Indian Gaming Association, the National Association of Indian Legal Services Programs, the Intertribal Timber Council, the American Indian Religious Freedom Coalition for outstanding service and contributions. He is the recipient of the lifetime achievement awards from the Northwest Indian Bar Association and the Indian law section of the Federal Bar Association.聽 He was recognized as the Professor of the Year in the Sustainable International Development Law Program for 2017-2018. In 2021-2022 he was awarded the Dean鈥檚 Medal for service to the Law School.聽 In 2022-2023 he received the Richard O. Kummert Outstanding Contribution Award from the Washington Law Review.
Prof. Eberhard holds a B.A. from Western Reserve University. A J.D. from the University of Cincinnati and an LL.M from George Washington University.
Fifty years ago, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington issued one of the most consequential legal rulings in modern case law. The Boldt Decision marked the culmination of seven decades of protests, arrests, and violence in the infamous ‘Fish Wars.’ Eric Eberhard, affiliate assistant professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
The landmark 1974 case ordered Washington to uphold its treaties, affirm Indigenous salmon fishing rights and recognize Native nations’ sovereignty. Eric Eberhard, affiliate assistant professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
More than 5,000 miles separate Deming in Whatcom County, where the Nooksack River rushes out of the North Cascades, and the Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the United Nations Human Rights Council is headquartered. But a long-running dispute over Indigenous heritage and property in this remote part of Washington has, nonetheless, captured the attention of experts assigned by the U.N. to monitor international human rights. Again. Eric Eberhard, affiliate assistant professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Eric Eberhard, professor and associate director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington Law School, says, “At bottom, (the legal challenge to ICWA) is an attack on the act, but also an attack on the status of tribes as sovereigns within the federal system which was recognized by the colonists and has been recognized in the United States since independence.”
“I think Indian law is unique in the sense that you have to understand the historical basis of the law,” Eberhard said. “Indian law is living and it is connected to the history of Native people in the United States.”
Native leaders and Indigenous rights lawyers in the Puget Sound region and beyond are raising the alarm about a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, saying it threatens tribal sovereignty with regard to criminal prosecutions and beyond. Eric Eberhard, affiliate assistant professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
For the first time in history, the National Native American Law Association (National NALSA) has recognized NALSA at UW as Chapter of the Year.
The UW was an early leader in education and expertise in Native American law, and the Native American Law Center continues that work.
As the 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision approaches, we review the legacy of pioneering 红桃视频 professor Ralph Johnson and his impact on the most complex case in Native American law history.
红桃视频 will host the 36th annual Indian Law Symposium on Sept. 7 & 8, 2023, in person at William H. Gates Hall and available on Zoom.
An in-person film screening of 鈥淪tewart Udall and The Politics of Beauty鈥 will be held April 7, followed by a distinguished panel discussion including director John de Graaf, Senator Mark Udall and 红桃视频 faculty.