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Jo Carrillo

Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Indigenous Law Center

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Jo Carrillo JD/JSD is Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Indigenous Law Center (ILC) at UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings). For over three decades, Carrillo has taught and written extensively in property and property-related subjects, including Federal Indian Law. Carrillo earned her BA from Stanford University, her JD from the University of New Mexico, and her JSD from Stanford Law School. She is a member of the Order of the Coif, the American Law Institute and a former Trustee of the Law & Society Association; she was a Visiting Scholar at The Center for the Study of Law & Society at UC Berkeley Law, and a Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School. As Faculty Director of the UC Law Indigenous Law Center, in addition to other responsibilities, Carrillo facilitates a seminar series called Law &. This series brings lawyers, students, and California Tribal leaders into the law school classroom to discuss land back and land stewardship issues. To date Law & Seminars have covered such topics as Tribal Law, International Indigenous Peoples Rights Law (a seminar that includes instructors from all common law countries), Indigenous Land Acknowledgments (with Jonathan Cordero, Metush (Chair) of the Ramaytush Tribe and Executive Director of the Association of Ramaytush Oholone) and Enhancing Access to Land and Stewardship (with Curtis Berkey of Berkey Williams and supported by a grant from the Resources Legacy Fund). Recently, again with assistance from the Resources Legacy Fund, Carrillo has undertaken to study land back transfer documents. As a faculty member, Carrillo has served on the UC Law SF Legacy Committee. She now serves on the UC Law SF Restorative Justice Advisory Board, which counsels UC Law SF Chancellor and Dean David Faigman on decanal initiated restorative justice efforts for Indigenous communities in California. As a long-term project, Carrillo is co-editing a volume, with UCLA Professor of History Benjamin Madley, on redressing 19th century state sponsored harms against California Indigenous Peoples.

Education

  • Stanford Law School
    J.S.D., Law

  • University of New Mexico
    J.D., Law

  • Stanford University
    B.A., Undergraduate Studies

Accomplishments

  • Chip Robertson Scholarly Publications Fund Award
    Awarded by UC Law SF College of the Law.     2010

  • Outstanding Mentor Award to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students
    Awarded by Stanford University.     2010

  • Roger J. Traynor Scholarly Publication Award
    Awarded for outstanding scholarly achievement by UC Law SF College of the Law.     2010

  • Mediator Certification
    Conferred by the Center for Mediation in Law.     2010

  • Outstanding Service & Achievement Award
    Awarded by UC Law SF 1066 Faculty Foundation.     2010

  • Hastings Research Chair
    Awarded by UC Law SF College of the Law.     2015

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