During the 2017-2018 academic year, Melissa Lorentz will teach Introduction to Tribal Law and a portion of the Advanced Indian Law course. Lorentz is a 2015 graduate of William Mitchell College of Law. During law school, she devoted much of her time to the Indian Law Impact Litigation Clinic, where she participated in various stages of treaty rights litigation. She was also active on the board of the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) and participated in the National NALSA moot court competition.
Lorentz has a particular interest in tribal natural and cultural resources, as well as environmental law. As a law student, she published an article in the William Mitchell Law Review discussing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ implementation of the National Historic Preservation Act.
After obtaining her J.D., Lorentz clerked for Justices Wilhelmina M. Wright and Margaret H. Chutich at the Minnesota Supreme Court. She was also an attorney for the law firm of Hogen Adams, where she is still of counsel.
melissa.lorentz@mitchellhamline.edu
651-695-7641
Room 335