Wade’s research focuses on indigenous sovereignty and economic development. Wade received an L.L.M in European and International Human Rights Law from Leiden University where she wrote her Master’s Thesis “Protection of Indigenous Peoples Rights in the Commodification of their Intangible Cultural Heritage: Approaches and Best Practices for the Inter-American System.” Ms. Wade lives on the Morongo Indian Reservation with her family.
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Wade went into private practice in 2018 at Klinedinst PC eventually returning to public interest in 2020 joining Legal Aid Society of San Diego-all while continuing her pro bono work with indigenous peoples. She was a board member of UCI’s Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) and in that capacity organized legal symposiums from 2016 - 2017 focusing on indigenous and international issues, growing her international network of other indigenous advocates and lawyers. Wade was a legal intern for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and interned in UCI’s International Human Rights Litigation Clinic. While attending the University of California, she co-founded the UCSD Inter-tribal Resource Center before becoming the President of the Native American Student Alliance.
She has worked in Native American spaces since age 18. Wade has ancestry in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. A woman of Black-Native American heritage, Ms. She holds a Juris Doctor from UC Irvine Law, an L.L.M in European and International Human Rights at Leiden University, and has been licensed to practice in the State of California since 2019. Wade (Vice President) is a human rights attorney and indigenous rights consultant. He later joined a national Indian law firm in Sacramento where he litigated a broad range of cases for tribal clients.Ĭurrent Term: 2020-2023 (appointed Octoto fill vacancy). Simon began practicing law in Colorado, where he represented tribes in water rights litigation throughout the Southwest. Simon completed his final semester of law school studying indigenous law at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division, Indian Resources Section in Washington, D.C. Outside of his Indian law classes, Simon gained experience working for the Indian Law Resource Center in Montana, an Indian law firm in Alaska, and the U.S. Berkeley led him to pursue a law degree from the Indian Legal Program at Arizona State University. Simon’s undergraduate coursework in Native American Studies at U.C. Before returning to his hometown of Oakland, CA to join MPKGC, Simon worked in Indian law across Turtle Island. Simon Gertler (President) is an associate attorney at Maier Pfeffer Kim Geary & Cohen, LLP, where he provides general and litigation counsel to tribal clients.
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