Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center
405B Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6909
matthew.fletcher@law.msu.edu
Notes: Indigenous Law Program
Turtle Talk: The Indigenous Law and Policy Center Blog
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Bar Admissions: Arizona, Michigan, Washington
Courses: Advanced Topics in Indian Law, Constitutional Law I, Federal Law and Indian Tribes
Biography: Matthew L.M. Fletcher is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University College of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center. He also sits as an appellate judge for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and is a consultant to the Seneca Nation of Indians Court of Appeals. Professor Fletcher is an enrolled member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, located in Peshawbestown, Michigan.
Professor Fletcher will be co-author of the sixth edition of Cases on Federal Indian Law (Thomson West) with David Getches, Charles Wilkinson, and Robert Williams. He recently published American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law with Routledge. Professor Fletcher recently has published articles with Harvard Journal on Legislation, Houston Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, and Tulane Law Review. He is currently writing a book on the history of the Grand Traverse Band.
Professor Fletcher graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1997 and the University of Michigan in 1994. He has worked as a staff attorney for four Indian Tribes - the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, the Suquamish Tribe, and the Grand Traverse Band. He has litigated over 20 tribal court cases. He is married to Wenona Singel and they have a son named Owen.