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Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor of Law at the <a href="https://law.asu.edu/">Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law</a>, <a href="https://www.asu.edu/">Arizona State University</a>. She is a scholar of Indigenous law and policy and an experienced leader in law, higher education, economic development and conflict resolution. She holds law degrees from <a href="http://law.wisc.edu/">University of Wisconsin</a> (LL.M.) and <a href="http://www.utulsa.edu/law">University of Tulsa</a> (J.D.), a business degree from <a href="http://www.utk.edu/">University of Tennessee</a> (M.B.A)., and an undergraduate degree in history from <a href="http://www.wustl.edu/">Washington University in St. Louis</a> (B.A.).</p> <p>Leeds was the first Indigenous woman to serve as a law school dean. She served as dean of University of Arkansas School of Law (2011-2018) and as the inaugural Vice Chancellor for Economic Development, University of Arkansas (2017-2020). She has been a professor and administrator at University of Kansas and University of North Dakota, and a William H. Hastie Fellow at University of Wisconsin. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the American Philosophical Society. She is a recipient of the American Bar Association’s Spirit of Excellence Award and the Cherokee National Statesmanship Award.</p> <p>Leeds prioritizes public service at the national and local level. She is a former Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Justice and currently serves as a founding board member for the Foundation for America’s Public Lands, a congressionally-chartered non-profit benefitting the Bureau of Land Management. </p> <p>Leeds is passionate about food, agriculture and wellness. She co-founded the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative and now serves as President of the Board of Trustees for the <a href="https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/">Native American Agriculture Fund</a> (a private, charitable trust serving Native farmers and ranchers created from the historic <em>Keepseagle v. Vilsack</em> settlement).</p> <p>Leeds is a Muskogee Athletic Hall of Fame inductee in her hometown in Oklahoma. She was a two-sport NCAA athlete and still enjoys pickup basketball and running slow full and half marathons. She is a former <a href="https://remembertheremoval.cherokee.org/">Cherokee Nation Remember the Removal</a> cyclist and enjoys travel, hiking and scuba diving. </p></div> </div> <div class="user__field-profile-education mb-3"> <div class="field__label fw-bold"> Education </div> <div class="field__item"><p>LL.M., University of Wisconsin, School of Law, 2000 </p> <p>J.D., University of Tulsa, College of Law, 1997</p> <p>M.B.A., University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, 2010</p> <p>B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, College of Arts & Sciences, 1994</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-profile-cv field--type-entity-reference field--label-above mb-3"> <div class="field__label fw-bold">CV</div> <div class="field__item"> <div> <span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"><a href="/profile/3529882/cv" type="application/pdf">Curriculum Vitae</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tab-pane pane-width-700 fade " id="nav-group-research" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-group-research-tab"> <div class="user__field-profile-research-website mb-3"> <div class="field__label fw-bold"> Research Website URL </div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://apps.law.asu.edu/apps/repository/Default.aspx">https://apps.law.asu.edu/apps/repository/Default.aspx</a></div> </div> <div class="user__field-profile-google-scholar mb-3"> <div class="field__label fw-bold"> Google Scholar URL </div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=w_zLhgQAAAAJ&hl=en">https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=w_zLhgQAAAAJ&hl=en</a></div> </div> <div class="user__field-profile-publications mb-3"> <div class="field__label fw-bold"> Publications </div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>RECENT ARTICLES</strong></p> <p><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3780116"><em>A Familiar Crossroads: McGirt v. Oklahoma and the Future of the Federal Indian Law Canon,</em></a><em> </em>51 N.M. L. Rev. ___ (2021) (forthcoming with Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely)</p> <p><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3779603">A Wealth of Sovereign Choices: Tax Implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma and the Promise of Tribal Economic Development, </a><a href="http://stacyleeds.com/media/2021/2/4/new-draft-article-a-wealth-of-sovereign-choices-tax-implications-of-mcgirt-v-oklahoma-and-the-promise-of-tribal-economic-development-stacy-l-leeds-and-lonnie-r-beard">56 Tulsa L. Rev. ___ (2021)</a> (forthcoming with Lonnie Beard in McGirt v. Oklahoma symposium issue)</p> <p><strong>BOOKS</strong></p> <p><a href="https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611638967/Mastering-American-Indian-Law-Second-Edition">Mastering American Indian Law 2nd Edition</a> (with Angelique EagleWoman 2019)</p> <p><a href="http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781594603297/Mastering-American-Indian-Law">Mastering American Indian Law</a> (with Angelique EagleWoman 2013)</p> <p><strong>BOOK CHAPTERS + CONTRIBUTIONS</strong></p> <p>Commentary on <em>Johnson v. M’Intosh </em>as contributing author as advisory panel member to <a href="https://law.unlv.edu/us-feminist-judgments/series-projects/property-opinions-rewritten">Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions</a> (Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod and Elena Maria Marty-Nelson ed.)(Cambridge University Press forthcoming 2020)</p> <p><a href="http://store.westacademic.com/Schneider_and_Wildmans_Women_and_the_Law_Stories_Stories_Series_9781599415895.html">Women and the Law Stories</a> (Chapter 13: <em>A Tribal Court Domestic Violence Case: The Story of an Unknown Victim, an Unreported Decision, and an All Too Common Injustice)</em>(Schneider & Wildman ed. 2011)</p> <p><a href="http://www.abc-clio.com/products/overview.aspx?productid=108805">Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts and Sovereignty</a> (Fixico 2007)(contributing author, treaties essay)</p> <p><a href="http://www.cqpress.com/product/Encyclopedia-of-United-States-Indian.html">Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law</a> (Finkelman and Garrison 2005)(editorial advisory board and contributing author)</p> <p><a href="http://www.lexisnexis.com/store/catalog/booktemplate/productdetail.jsp;jsessionid=8F07A7975D2140D20F6B3FEDF46BA135.psc1705_lnstore_001?pageName=relatedProducts&catId=&prodId=57318">Felix S. Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law</a> (Newton 3rd ed. 2005)(contributing author, property law sections)</p> <p><a href="http://www.cqpress.com/product/Native-Americans.html">A Political History of Native Americans</a> (Grinde 2003)(contributing author, tribal land essay)</p> <p><strong>OTHER ARTICLES</strong></p> <p><a href="https://law.ku.edu/sites/law.drupal.ku.edu/files/docs/law_review/v67/Leeds%20-%20Final%20Proof.pdf"><em>Beyond an Emergency Declaration: Tribal Governments and the Opioid Crisis</em></a><em>, </em>67 Kan. L. Rev. 1013 (2019)</p> <p><a href="https://heinonline-org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/HOL/Page?public=true&handle=hein.journals/huri42&div=36&start_page=20&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=12&men_tab=srchresults">[Dis]Respecting the Role of Tribal Courts</a>, 42 <em>Hum. Rts</em>. 20 (2017).</p> <p><a href="http://arizonastatelawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Leeds_Final.pdf">Whose Sovereignty? Tribal Citizenship, Federal Indian Law, and Globalization</a><em>, </em>2014 Arizona State L. Journal 89 (2014)(with Erin Shirl)</p> <p><a href="http://wisconsinlawreview.org/wp-content/files/6-Leeds.pdf"><em>Coming Full Circle: A Tribute to Professor Jim Jones</em></a>, 2013 Wisconsin Law Review 733 (2013)</p> <p><a href="http://www.tjeffersonlrev.org/sites/tjeffersonlrev.org/files/34-02-303.Leeds_.Gunsaulis.pdf"><em>Resistance, Resilience, and Reconciliation: Reflections on Native American Women and the Law</em></a><em> (34 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 303 (2012))(with Elizabeth Mashie Gunsaulis)</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.law.ku.edu/sites/law.drupal.ku.edu/files/docs/law_review/v59/1-Leeds_FINAL.pdf"><em>Reassessing Concurrent Tribal-State-Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Kansas </em></a><em>(</em>59 Kansas Law Review 949 (2011))(with John Francis, Aliza Organick and Jelani Jefferson Exum)</p> <p><a href="https://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2598&context=tlr">Defeat or Mixed Blessing: Tribal Sovereignty and the State of Sequoyah</a> (Tulsa Law Review 2007)</p> <p><a href="https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1279&context=nrj">Moving Toward Exclusive Tribal Autonomy Over Lands and Natural Resources </a>(Natural Resources Journal 2006)</p> <p><a href="http://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2526&amp;context=tlr">By Eminent Domain or Some Other Name: A Tribal Perspective on Taking Land</a> (Tulsa Law Review 2005)</p> <p><a href="http://www.abanet.org/women/perspectives/voices_tribalcourt.pdf">Tribal Court Stature and the Protection of Indian Women</a> (American Bar Association Perspectives, Spring 2005) </p> <p><a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=1026666">Borrowing from Blackacre: Expanding Tribal Land Bases Through the Creation of Future Interests and Joint Tenancies</a> (North Dakota Law Review, 2004)</p> <p><a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=1026638">The More Things Stay the Same: Waiting on Indian Law's Brown v. Board of Education</a> (Tulsa Law Review 2002)</p> <p><a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=1026636">The Burning of Blackacre: A Step Toward Reclaiming Tribal Property Law</a> (Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy 2001)</p> <p><a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=1020117">Cross-Jurisdictional Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments: A Tribal Court Perspective</a> (North Dakota Law Review 2000)</p> <p><a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=1019655">Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Amoco Production Company: Judicial Construction of Coalbed Methane Gas Ownership</a> (Energy Law Journal 1996)</p> <p><strong>MAJOR REPORT</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/migrated/cobell/commission/upload/FinaltoGTfromLeeds-GT-Edits-2013-12-09.pdf">Report of the Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform to the United States Department of Interior</a> (submitted to the Secretary of Interior December 10, 2013)(commissioner and co-author)</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="tab-pane pane-width-700 fade " id="nav-group-teaching" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-group-teaching-tab"> <h5>Courses</h5> <h5>2025 Spring</h5> <table class="webdir-profile-courses responsive-enabled table" data-striping="1"> <thead> <tr> <th>Course Number</th> <th>Course Title</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td>LAW 781</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=11128&term=2251">Independent Study</a></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td>LAW 718</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=21962&term=2251">Econ Dev in Indian Country</a></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td>LAW 791</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=38276&term=2251">Seminar</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h5>2024 Spring</h5> <table class="webdir-profile-courses responsive-enabled table" data-striping="1"> <thead> <tr> <th>Course Number</th> <th>Course Title</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td>LAW 781</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=11174&term=2241">Independent Study</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h5>2023 Spring</h5> <table class="webdir-profile-courses responsive-enabled table" data-striping="1"> <thead> <tr> <th>Course Number</th> <th>Course Title</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td>LAW 781</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=11245&term=2231">Independent Study</a></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td>LAW 791</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=36650&term=2231">Seminar</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h5>2022 Spring</h5> <table class="webdir-profile-courses responsive-enabled table" data-striping="1"> <thead> <tr> <th>Course Number</th> <th>Course Title</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td>LAW 781</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=11315&term=2221">Independent Study</a></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td>LAW 704</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=12791&term=2221">Federal Indian Law II</a></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td>LAW 791</td> <td><a href="https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes/classlist?searchType=all&collapse=Y&keywords=15885&term=2221">Seminar</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="tab-pane pane-width-700 fade " id="nav-group-public-work" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-group-public-work-tab"> <div class="user__field-profile-honors-award mb-3"> <div class="field__label fw-bold"> Honors / Awards </div> <div class="field__item"><p>American Law Institute, Member, 2013-present (by member election)</p> <p>American Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2015- present (by member election)</p> <p>American Bar Association, Spirit of Excellence Award, 2013</p> <p>Cherokee National Statesmanship Award, 2014</p> <p>Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship, 2008</p> <p>Cherokee National Historical Society, Contemporary Achievement Award, 2013</p> <p>Nat’l American Indian Court Judges’ Assoc., Inaugural Outstanding Service Award, 2013</p> <p>National Leaders in Law School Diversity, The National Jurist, 2015</p> <p>Association of American Law Schools, Clyde Ferguson, Jr. Award, 2006</p> <p>Howard M. and Susan Immel Award for Teaching Excellence at University of Kansas, 2005</p> <p>Higher Education Diversity Lifetime Achievement Award, NWA Dem. Black Caucus, 2017</p> <p>Alumna of the Year, National Native American Law Student Association, 2003</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-3"> <div class="expertise-view-container"> <h5>Expertise Areas</h5> <div><a href="https://search.asu.edu/webdir/profiles-in-expertise-areas/2321">Indian Law</a></div> <div><a href="https://search.asu.edu/webdir/profiles-in-expertise-areas/2500">Economic Development</a></div> <div><a href="https://search.asu.edu/webdir/profiles-in-expertise-areas/3451">Indigenous Governance</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="page__footer" id="asu-footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="block block--webdir-asufooter"> <div class="wrapper" id="wrapper-footer-innovation"> <div class="container" id="footer-innovation"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <div class="d-flex footer-innovation-links"> <nav class="nav" aria-label="University Services"> <a class="nav-link" 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