Wenona T. Singel
Associate Professor of Law & Associate Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center
Law College Building
648 N. Shaw Lane Rm 405A
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517-432-6915
singel@law.msu.edu
Degrees
J.D., Harvard Law School; A.B., Social Studies, magna cum laude, Harvard College
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Bar Admissions
State Bar of Michigan, United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Courses
Advanced Topics in Indian Law, Federal Law and Indian Tribes, Indigenous Law and Policy Center, Indigenous Law and Policy Center II, Natural Resources Law, Property
Biography
Wenona T. Singel is an Associate Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law and the Associate Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center. She teaches courses in the fields of federal Indian law and natural resources law, and her research and publications address the development of tribal legal systems and tribal accountability for human rights.
In addition to teaching, Ms. Singel’s professional activities include serving as the Chief Appellate Justice for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and former service as the Chief Appellate Judge for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. From 2006 – 2009, she served as President and Board Member of the Michigan Indian Judicial Association. On March 29, 2012, the United States Senate passed by unanimous consent President Barack Obama's nomination of her to serve as a member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Ms. Singel is also an elected member of the American Law Institute, where she is the Co-Reporter for the project to develop a Restatement of the Law of American Indians.
Prior to joining MSU College of Law, Ms. Singel was an Assistant Professor at the University of North Dakota School of Law and a Fellow with the Northern Plains Indian Law Center. Before teaching, she worked in private practice with firms that included Kanji & Katzen, P.L.L.C. in Ann Arbor, MI, and Dickinson Wright in Bloomfield Hills, MI. She served as a member of the Economic Development Commission of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and as General Counsel for the Grand Traverse Resort, a tribally-owned resort in northern Michigan. She is also a citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Ms. Singel received an A.B. from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.