Heather D Whiteman Runs Him
- Associate Scholar, Law
- Director, IPLP Tribal Justice Clinic
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-1373
- College of Law Building, Rm. 118B
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- whitemanrunshim@arizona.edu
Degrees
- J.D. Law
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- B.A. Fine Arts
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- A.A. Fine Arts
- Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- National Native American Law Students Association, Spring 2024
Licensure & Certification
- license to practice law, State Bar of New Mexico (2002)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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AJELP
LAW 624B (Spring 2025) -
Tribal Courts+Tribal Law
LAW 631B (Spring 2025) -
AJELP
LAW 624B (Fall 2024) -
Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
LAW 699 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Spring 2024) -
Tribal Water Law
LAW 656W (Spring 2024) -
Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Spring 2023) -
Tribal Courts+Tribal Law
LAW 631B (Spring 2023) -
Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Spring 2022) -
Tribal Water Law
LAW 656W (Spring 2022) -
Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Spring 2021) -
Tribal Water Law
LAW 656W (Spring 2021) -
Clinical Practice
LAW 674 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Clinical Practice
LAW 696C (Spring 2020) -
Tribal Water Law
LAW 656W (Spring 2020) -
Clinical Practice
LAW 696C (Fall 2019)
Scholarly Contributions
Presentations
- Whiteman Runs Him, H. D. (2024, April). Supreme Court Review Panel. Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference. Albuquerque, NM: Federal Bar Association.More infoPanelist discussing recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court related to interests of Tribal Nations.
- Whiteman Runs Him, H. D. (2024, February). U.S. Indian Boarding Schools Policy: the Ongoing Search for Truth and Justice. Red Rising: the Shifting Legal Landscape of Tribal Sovereignty. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Law Review.
- Whiteman Runs Him, H. D. (2024, July). "Indigenous Environmental Law: The Impacts of Arizona et al. v. Navajo Nation on Tribal Water Rights". ABA-SEER Webinar. Online: American Bar Association Section on Energy and Environmental Resources.More infoPanelist in webinar examining the impacts of decision on tribal water rights and water access.
- Whiteman Runs Him, H. D. (2024, July). Intergenerational Impacts of Indian Boarding Schools in the United States: In search of answers and healing. Side event in the margins of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 17th Annual Session. Geneva, Switzerland: U of Arizona Tribal Justice Clinic; NARF-CU Law Implementation Project; International Indian Treaty Council; National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
- Whiteman Runs Him, H. D. (2023, November). The Federal Government in Indian Country: Homelands and Permanent Homes for Citizens and Families of Tribal Nations. Native American Heritage Month Featured Speaker. presented online: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Whiteman Runs Him, H. D. (2023, November). The Federal Government in Indian Country. Foundation on Natural Resource and Environmental Law Indian Resources Institute. Chandler, AZ: Foundation on Natural Resource and Environmental Law.
- Whiteman Runs Him, H. D. (2023, October).
Indian Law Cases: Update
. Yosemite Conference on Environmental Law. Fish Camp, CA: California Environmental Lawyers Association.More infoPanelist on Supreme Court update panel. - Whiteman Runs Him, H. D. (2023, September). Arizona Tribal Leaders' Forum on Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions. Arizona Tribal Leaders' Forum on Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions. Tucson, AZ: Haury Foundation, University of Arizona Office of Native American Initiatives, and Arizona Law Tribal Justice Clinic.More infoModerator and speaker/content coordinator for inaugural event to provide information and collaboration on SCOTUS activity for leaders of Tribal Nations in Arizona and beyond.