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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
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

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)

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Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • AJELP
    LAW 624B (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • AJELP
    LAW 624B (Spring 2025)
  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Spring 2025)
  • Independent Study
    LAW 699 (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

  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Spring 2024)
  • Tribal Water Law
    LAW 656W (Spring 2024)
  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Spring 2023)
  • Tribal Courts+Tribal Law
    LAW 631B (Spring 2023)
  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Spring 2022)
  • Tribal Water Law
    LAW 656W (Spring 2022)
  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Spring 2021)
  • Tribal Water Law
    LAW 656W (Spring 2021)
  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 674 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 696C (Spring 2020)
  • Tribal Water Law
    LAW 656W (Spring 2020)
  • Clinical Practice
    LAW 696C (Fall 2019)

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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.
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    Panelist 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.
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    Panelist 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.
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    Panelist 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.
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    Moderator and speaker/content coordinator for inaugural event to provide information and collaboration on SCOTUS activity for leaders of Tribal Nations in Arizona and beyond. 

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