AM IND 238ATribal Legal Development Clinic
American Indian Studies · 3 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Course 238A is enforced requisite to 238B. Students provide nonlitigation legal assistance to Indian nations. Projects include development and modification of tribal legal codes and constitutional provisions, creation of tribal dispute resolution processes, and drafting of intergovernmental agreements. Legislative drafting and cross-cultural representation skills emphasized. Faculty members meet with tribal leaders to inform them of availability of clinic services and determine whether clinic could assist them with their legal development needs. Once students are assigned to particular projects, they meet with relevant tribal officials and community groups with travel funds supplied. Students learn about tribal governments and legal systems, including federal constraints on activities of tribal legal institutions, and culture of tribe they are representing to be able to craft legislation and other documents that meet tribal intentions and needs. Concurrently scheduled with Law 728. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 238B).
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
AM IND 238A
- AM IND 238BTribal Legal Development Clinic
- AM IND 267Federal Indian Law II
- AM IND M267AFederal Indian Law II
- AM IND 267BFederal Indian Law II
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 6 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.