Jackie Johnson, NALSA Co-Chair 

Jackie serves as NALSA Co-Chair this year after also serving as Co-Chair last year. She is a third-year law student from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in northwest Montana. She attended Dartmouth College and majored in Native American Studies modified with Environmental Studies. After her first year of law school, Jackie clerked for Quarles & Brady in Phoenix, AZ and for the Navajo Housing Authority in Window Rock, AZ. Last summer, Jackie returned to Quarles & Brady and also worked for Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker in Washington, DC. She is also a contributing editor for the Michigan Journal of Race and Law.                 

Valerie Clark, NALSA Co-Chair 

Valerie is a second-year law student and a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. She received her B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and prior to attending law school, worked as a policy analyst in the Indian Law practice group at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, DC. Last summer, she interned for a U.S. District Court judge in Dallas, TX, and currently serves as an associate editor on the Michigan Journal of Race and Law.                    

C. Eric Davis, Social & Outreach Co-Chair     

Eric, a third-year student at Michigan, is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2005. In college, Eric minored in American Indian Studies and focused his Senior Thesis on the incorporation of traditional justice systems in Oklahoma’s tribal courts. Eric has worked at Oklahoma Indian Legal Services in Oklahoma City, and at Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP in Washington, DC. He currently serves as the Managing Editor for the Michigan Journal of Race & Law.                        

Michelle Gomez, Social & Outreach Co-Chair

Michelle Gomez is a third-year law student from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Michelle received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Rice University and took three years off before coming to University of Michigan Law School, working as a paralegal invarious law firms and going to culinary school. Michelle worked at Rodey, Dickason,Sloan, Akin & Robb after her first year in Albuquerque, and was a summer associate atHolme, Roberts & Owen in Denver this past summer. Michelle is also a contributing editor on the Michigan Journal of International Law, a member of the Latino Law Students Association, and a research desk assistant in the law library. In her free time she is training for the Disney marathon in Orlando this coming January!                            

Rich Mullen, Treasurer

Rich Mullen is a second-year law student from Columbus, Ohio. Rich earned his bachelor’s degree in Management and Finance from Case Western Reserve University. While at Case, he was actively involved in varsity basketball, baseball, and Big Brother Big Sister. Currently, Rich is also a member of the Business Law Association and an associate editor for the Michigan Journal of Race & Law.  

Greg Yankee, Service Chair

Greg Yankee is a third-year law student from Trenton, Michigan. Greg majored in Comparative Humanities and Political Science at Bucknell University. He spent his first summer during law school at Legal Services in Ann Arbor, Michigan and his second summer at a large law firm in Denver, Colorado. Greg serves as an articles editor for the Michigan Journal of International Law and is involved with the Law School’s Food Stamp Advocacy Project.  

Joshua Clause, Speakers Chair

Joshua Clause is a first-year law student and a member of the Mohawk Nation. He is from Niagara Falls, NY. Josh attended undergrad at Dartmouth College where he was a double major in Native American Studies and Geography.