Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Sarah Collins is a Tribal attorney serving Paiute Shoshone clients across Nevada. Collins has taught for over 10 years, with several at the doctoral level. She was awarded the Battle Born Racial Justice Fellow of Nevada Legal Services where she led research, data analysis, and evidence building for the Civil Gideon Project, culminating in a seminar for legal scholars on systemic racism in Nevada civil courts. She is co-chair of the CLE Subcommittee for the State Bar of Nevada’s Tribal Law Section.
Her practice areas include civil, criminal, and Tribal business matters. She specializes in Tribal jurisdiction and Tribal courts, VAWA’s special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction, the ICWA, and the relationship between Tribal, state, and federal courts. Her interests include natural resources and mining laws.
Collins earned her J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Master of Laws in Indigenous Peoples’ Law and Policy from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
Teaching
Civil Dispute Resolution
Criminal Law: Statutory Interpretation
Introduction to Business Organizations
