Wisconsin ‘trial college’ gives Indigenous advocates the skills to work in tribal courts

Padron and 27 others just graduated with certificates in tribal court legal advocacy from the National Tribal Trial College. They’re now scattered across the country to litigate cases ranging from divorce to domestic violence to child support.

The six-month program that concluded last week at the University of Wisconsin Law School is the only one of its kind in the country, according to National Tribal Trial College dean Hallie Bongar White.