Torey Dolan
Hastie Fellow
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Contact
torey.dolan@wisc.edu
608/262-9082
975 Bascom Mall, 7108 Law Building, Madison, WI, USA, 53706-1399
Education
J.D., Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
B.A., University of California at Davis
Biography
Torey Dolan is 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.
Scholarship & Publications
SSRN
Research Interests
- Federal Indian Law
- Tribal Law
- Election Law
- Constitutional Law
Activities
Torey Dolan presented "Citizenship and Voting Rights of Native Americans" at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Federal Bar Association Chicago Chapter on Nov. 20, 2024.
Torey Dolan presented "100 Years After the Indian Citizenship Act: The Continuing Struggle to Guarantee Voting Rights to Native Americans" at the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library on Nov. 19, 2024.
Torey Dolan presented "Reflecting on 100 Years of Indian Citizenship" during Madison Public Library's Teejop and Beyond: Celebrating Native Nations on Oct. 17, 2024.
Torey Dolan published "Where's Mr. Postman? The Struggles of Voting by Mail in Indian Country" in the Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review on June 26, 2024. Read the paper.
Torey Dolan's article, "Congress' Power to Affirm Indian Citizenship through Legislation Protecting Native American Voting Rights," originally published in the Idaho Law Review, was cited in a July 2024 United States House of Representatives Committee on House Administration report entitled "Voting for Native Peoples: Barriers and Policy Solutions." Additionally, an ArcGIS map Dolan created was cited in the report and she was thanked in the acknowledgements.
News & Media
Thursday, Nov 14, 2024Torey Dolan Discusses History, Current Role of Native Americans in Modern Political Landscape
WXPRWednesday, Jun 5, 2024Torey Dolan on Native American Views About Citizenship and Voting
NBC BostonWednesday, Jun 14, 2023Torey Dolan Chosen As 2023 Hastie Fellow