Wenona T. Singel
Assistant Professor of Law & Associate Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center
405A Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6915
singel@law.msu.edu
Degrees
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1999; A.B., Social Studies, magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1995
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
Biography
Wenona T. Singel is an Assistant Professor at the Law College as well as the Associate Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center. Professor Singel is the Chief Justice of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and a former member of the tribe’s Economic Development Commission. She is Of Counsel to the law firm of Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, a firm with offices in Ann Arbor and Seattle that specializes in representing tribes in Indian law matters. Professor Singel graduated from Harvard University in 1995 and Harvard Law School in 1999. She has worked at Dickenson Wright PLLC, Kanji & Katzen PLLC and was an Assistant Professor at University of North Dakota School of Law. She is admitted to practice in Michigan and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Singel is an enrolled member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.