Learn more about the faculty and staff of the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center.
Current Director
Amanda White Eagle
Director
Associate Teaching Professor
Degrees
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching and Research Interests
Tribal Law
Federal Indian Law
Tort Law
Biography
Amanda L. White Eagle is the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center Director and Associate Teaching Professor at University of Wisconsin Law School. Before joining UW Law School, White Eagle was the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project Clinical Fellow.
With nearly 20 years of tribal law experience, she has provided advice and counsel to the Ho-Chunk Nation government. She previously served as a judicial officer (an interim chief judge and associate judge), as well as the tribe’s Attorney General and Executive Director for the Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Justice. Additionally, she serves as a tribal court judge or justice to tribal governments throughout the United States, including the Wampanoag Judiciary, Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals, Santee Sioux Nation Judiciary and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
She received her J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law School and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with liberal arts degrees (a B.A. in Anthropology and French and a Certificate in American Indian Studies).
Faculty & Staff
Torey Dolan
Associate Director
Assistant Professor of Law
Degrees
J.D., Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
B.A., University of California at Davis
Constitutional Law
Federal Indian Law
Tribal Law
Election Law
E-mail Professor Dolan
Biography
Torey Dolan is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She was formerly a William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Her scholarship focuses on Tribal Nations, Democracy, and American Indian self-determination and political actualization in the intersections of Federal Indian Law and Election Law. She has co-authored a piece for the Boston University Law Review, has a piece on Indian Citizenship and the Indian Franchise in the University of Idaho Law Review, and has a piece on voting by mail in Indian Country in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
Prior to receiving the Hastie Fellowship, Dolan was a Native Vote Fellow with the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Indian Legal Clinic, where she helped lead the Arizona Native Vote Election Protection Project through the 2020 and 2022 election cycles. She has assisted in litigation on matters pertaining to Tribal sovereignty, the Voting Rights Act, and state election law before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal District Court of Arizona, and the Superior Court of Apache and Pinal Counties in Arizona.
Dolan received her J.D from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, along with a certificate in Federal Indian Law. She received her B.A. from the University of California at Davis. She is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Daniel Cornelius
Outreach Program Manager
Degrees
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
Teaching and Research Interests
Tribal Law and Governance
Agricultural Law and Policy
Business and Economic Development
Biography
Daniel Cornelius is a 2009 alumnus of the Wisconsin Law School and a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. Building upon previous work for the Intertribal Agriculture Council in partnership with the US Department of Agriculture, food and agricultural law and development have been a major focus of Mr. Cornelius' work with the Center and his joint staff appointment in UW-Madison's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. His work has emphasized partnership with Tribal Nations and their members with the development of Native Nations' agriculture and food systems, promoting improved access to USDA programs, including conservation, value-added production, and infrastructure development, as well as expanding intertribal trade and commerce. Mr. Cornelius also serves as an elected judge of the Oneida Nation's Court of Appeals.
Nico Crocetti
Tribal Land Restoration Fellow
Degrees
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
M.Ed., Carroll University
B.A., Carroll University
Research Interests
Environmental Law & Policy
Climate Justice
Biography
Nico Crocetti, J.D., is the Center’s Tribal Land Restoration Fellow. Last year, they served as the Center’s legal research assistant. During this position, Nico is most proud of their contributions to the Center’s inaugural “Native November Law Symposium" series. This year, they will be focused on the Center’s new initiative, the “Tribal Land Restoration Project: Addressing Legal Barriers to Acquisition in Wisconsin.” Prior to joining the Center, Nico attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, where they dedicated their research and experiential learning to environmental justice, with a specific focus on Indigenous Communities. They also hold a B.A. in Global Studies and Master of Education in Adult, Community, and Professional Education from Carroll University.
Noela Campbell-Perez
Research Fellow
Degrees
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
B.A., University of St. Thomas-MN
Research Interests
Election Law
Administrative Law
State and Local Law & Policy
Biography
Noela Campbell-Perez is GLILC’s Research Fellow. After receiving a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2025, she chose to pursue a role that allowed her to conduct legal research while supporting the local community. As a research fellow, Noela coordinates trainings, events, and meetings, collaborating with indigenous organizations, community members, students, faculty, and fellow staff. She also performs legal research and writing on various topics in Federal Indian Law, in addition to current issues affecting indigenous communities.
Previous Director
Professor Richard Monette
Professor of Law
Degrees
LLM, University of Wisconsin
J.D., University of Oregon
Teaching and Research Interests
Federal Indian Law
Constitutional Law
Water Law
Biography
Professor Richard Monette served as a Staff Attorney with the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, as the Director of the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Professor Monette was twice elected Chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa while on leave from the law school, providing a truly unique perspective and depth of knowledge on the everyday legal issues facing Native Nations. Professor Monette has also served as President of the National Native American Bar Association, on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council's Indigenous Peoples' Subcommittee, as the Chief Judge for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, a Special Judge for Ho Chunk Nation, and as a Special Judge for the Trial Court of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Professor Monette specializes in drafting constitutions, amendments, and implementing codes for Native Nations. In conjunction with the private bar, Professor Monette has drafted or consulted on more constitutions for Native Nations than any other person or organization. Professor Monette teaches in the areas of Federal Indian Law, Conflict of Laws, Water Law, and Constitutional Law. He is the Faculty Director for the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center.
