Angela R. Riley, JD, BA
Tribal Affiliation and
Ethnic/Racial Background:
Citizen
Potawatomi Nation and Irish
Current Position:
Professor
of Law, University of California-Los Angeles
Director,
UCLA Native Nations Law and Policy Center
Degree(s):
B.A.-University
of Oklahoma
J.D.-Harvard
Law School
Area of Focus:
American
Indian Law
Tribal
Law
Indigenous
Rights
Cultural
Property
Native Governance
Biography:
Angela R. Riley is Professor of Law
at UCLA School of Law and Director of UCLA's Native Nations Law and Policy
Center. She directs the J.D./M.A. joint degree program in Law and American
Indian Studies and is the UCLA campus representative on issues related to
repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA). Professor Riley's research focuses on indigenous peoples’
rights, with a particular emphasis on cultural property and Native governance.
Her work has been published in the Yale Law Journal, Columbia
Law Review, California Law Review, Georgetown Law
Journal and numerous others. She received her undergraduate
degree at the University of Oklahoma and her law degree from Harvard Law
School.
Professor Riley began her career clerking for Chief Judge T. Kern of the Northern District of Oklahoma. She then worked as a litigator at Quinn Emanuel in Los Angeles, specializing in intellectual property litigation. In 2003 she was selected to serve on her tribe’s Supreme Court, becoming the first woman and youngest Justice of the Supreme Court of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma. In 2010 and again in 2016 she was elected by her tribe's General Council to serve as Chief Justice. She is the Co-Chair for the United Nations - Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership Policy Board, which is a commitment to the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She is also an Evidentiary Hearing Officer for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Professor Riley is a member of the American Law Institute and a co-editor of the Cohen's Handbook on Federal Indian Law. She served as the Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in Fall 2015. You can visit her website at www.angelarriley.com.
Professor Riley began her career clerking for Chief Judge T. Kern of the Northern District of Oklahoma. She then worked as a litigator at Quinn Emanuel in Los Angeles, specializing in intellectual property litigation. In 2003 she was selected to serve on her tribe’s Supreme Court, becoming the first woman and youngest Justice of the Supreme Court of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma. In 2010 and again in 2016 she was elected by her tribe's General Council to serve as Chief Justice. She is the Co-Chair for the United Nations - Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership Policy Board, which is a commitment to the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She is also an Evidentiary Hearing Officer for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Professor Riley is a member of the American Law Institute and a co-editor of the Cohen's Handbook on Federal Indian Law. She served as the Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in Fall 2015. You can visit her website at www.angelarriley.com.
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