Ashley Dawn Anderson joined NARF in September 2024 as an inaugural Tribal Water Institute Fellow based in the Boulder office. As a Tribal Water Institute Fellow, Ashley will work on a variety of Tribal water issues including the Klamath Basin Adjudication.

During law school, Ashley’s studies focused on both Tribal Nations Law and Environmental Law. During her two semesters with UCLA’s Tribal Legal Development Clinic, she worked on the Tribal Intangible Property Toolkit and supported the Hualapai Nation Court of Appeals. She also developed policy recommendations for California’s 30×30 initiative in UCLA’s California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic. Ashley spent her first summer with the Natural Resource Defense Council’s litigation team and her second summer with the Environmental Law Institute. In the spring of her third year, Ashley externed with Judge Joseph J. Wiseman of the Hoopa Valley Tribal Court.

Ashley is from Tahlequah, Oklahoma. In her free time, Ashley enjoys traveling, yoga, and birdwatching.

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Tribal Affiliation

• Cherokee Nation

Education

• UCLA School of Law, J.D.,
  • Graton Scholarship
  • Pro Bono Distinction
  • Specializations in Native Nations Law and Environmental Law
• Harvard University, B.A.  Honors Concentration in History and Literature

Admissions to Practice

• District of Columbia (pending swearing-in ceremony)

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