Cultivating Kīpuka: Policy Advocacy as a Path Towards Improving the Juvenile Justice System

Wednesday, February 5, 12–1:15 p.m.
James E. Rogers College of Law, Room 156

Join the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program to meet, learn from, and network with some of IPLP’s most distinguished and professionally accomplished alumni.

IPLP alumna Professor Lorinda Riley will discuss the connection between the juvenile justice system, intergenerational historical trauma, and indigenous dispute resolution methods that center around healing.

*All IPLP speaker series events are free and open to the public and take place at the James E. Rogers College of Law. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to law-iplp@email.arizona.edu.

Speaker Bio

Lorinda Riley is professor of Public Administration at the University of Hawai‘i, West O‘ahu where she teaches indigenous governance and justice administration.

Before returning home to Hawai‘i, Lorinda worked as the National Tribal Liaison for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and Program Analyst for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security. Lorinda also served as a Regulatory Manager for the Departments of the Interior and Transportation. Prior to her career in public service, Lorinda practiced law for a boutique Indian Law firm in Washington, DC where she led the administrative and environmental law practices.