{"id":16544,"date":"2025-09-05T22:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/?p=16544"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:54:13","slug":"student-attorneys-sworn-into-tribal-court-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/2025\/09\/05\/student-attorneys-sworn-into-tribal-court-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Student attorneys sworn into Tribal Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16544\" class=\"elementor elementor-16544\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-109367d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"109367d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ff1d1f9\" data-id=\"1ff1d1f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-697ca43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"697ca43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 29, <strong>Professor Patty Ferguson-Bohnee<\/strong>,<strong> Maya Araujo<\/strong>, <strong>Danielle Williams<\/strong> and the Indian Legal Clinic students <strong>Mikaela Bledsoe Downes<\/strong>, <strong>Colten Fredericks<\/strong>, <strong>Hunter Mallinger<\/strong>, <strong>Cillian McDonagh<\/strong>, <strong>Sam Phillips<\/strong> and <strong>Ronnie Strode<\/strong> traveled to the Gila River Indian Community in Sacaton, Arizona. The ILC student attorneys were sworn in to the Gila River Indian Community Court by\u00a0<strong>Chief Judge Anthony Hill\u00a0<\/strong>(\u201906). Students received an informative tour of the courthouse, observed live court proceedings and met court personnel.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ca9222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ca9222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/ILC-GRIC-Dustin_Lynn_impact-1024x512.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/ILC-GRIC-Dustin_Lynn_impact-1024x512.png 1024w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/ILC-GRIC-Dustin_Lynn_impact-300x150.png 300w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/ILC-GRIC-Dustin_Lynn_impact-768x384.png 768w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/ILC-GRIC-Dustin_Lynn_impact-500x250.png 500w, http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/ILC-GRIC-Dustin_Lynn_impact.png 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-397f015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"397f015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before visiting the courthouse, the student attorneys met with members of the Gila River Prosecutor\u2019s Office, including Chief Prosecutor Lynn Arouh and\u00a0<b>Prosecutor Dustin Rector<\/b>\u00a0(\u201921). They shared how their own law careers led them to serve at Gila River, offering students valuable insight on the pathways and responsibilities of practicing law in Indian Country. These conversations provided a deeper understanding that will guide the student attorneys in their own roles prosecuting civil traffic trials with the Gila River Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The Indian Legal Clinic deeply appreciates the Gila River and Ak-Chin Indian Communities for their continued support and providing clinic students formative career experiences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 29, Professor Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Maya Araujo, Danielle Williams and the Indian Legal Clinic students Mikaela Bledsoe Downes, Colten Fredericks, Hunter Mallinger, Cillian McDonagh, Sam Phillips and Ronnie Strode traveled to the Gila River Indian Community in Sacaton, Arizona. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/2025\/09\/05\/student-attorneys-sworn-into-tribal-court-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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