Jacqueline P. Hand
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Emeritus Professor of Law
Degrees
- J.D. Wayne State University
- M.S.J. Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism
- B.A. St. Mary's College, University of Notre Dame
Biography
Jacquline P. Hand joined Detroit Mercy Law in 1980 as an Assistant Professor. In 1983, she was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1989 she received Professor status. She focuses on connecting her teaching and research interests in environmental, international and American Indian law. In 1996, she founded the American Indian Law Center at Detroit Mercy and continues to serve as the Center’s director. She is also active in numerous organizations in her field, including the Academy of the IUCN (World Conservation Union) and the Environmental and Indian Law sections of the State Bar of Michigan. She previously served as chair of the Environmental, Property and Agricultural Law sections of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). In addition, she serves as the secretary and member of the board of directors of the Ecology Center Ann Arbor and as co-chair of the Southeast Michigan Fulbright Association.
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Courses Taught
American Indian Law
Environmental Law
International Environmental Law
Land Use
Property
Trusts and Estates
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Selected Publications
“Indigenous private Legal Actions Against Climate Change in the Arctic, Current Developments in Arctic Law, Vol. 3., (2015)
History Explains the Need for VAWA’s New Protections for American Indian Women, 18 Domestic Violence Report” 85 (2013)
“Co-operating to Protect the Shining Big Sea Water and its Siblings: Consultation with Native Peoples in Protecting the Great Lakes,” Tribes, Land and Environment, Eds. Sarah Krakoff and Ezra Rosser, (2012)
“Michigan Law,” Waters and Water Rights, Ed. Robert Beck, (2d.ed) (2011).
Shared Experiences, Divergent Outcomes: American Indian and Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, 25 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society 185 (co-author Koelsch, D.) (2010)
Indian Tribes and Global Climate Disruption: Impacts and Adaptation, 38 Environmental Law Reporter, p.10329 (2008)
Protecting the World’s Largest Body of Fresh Water: The Often Overlooked Role of Indian Tribes’ Co-Management of the Great Lakes, 47 Natural Resources Law Journal 818 (2007)
Surrogacy in Israel: A Model of Comprehensive Regulation of New Technologies, 4 Santa Clara J. of Intl. Law, 111 (2006) (joint issue with 7 UTS Law Rev. 2005 Sydney Australia).
SCJIL Symposium: Government Corruption and Exploitation Of Indigenous People 3 Santa Clara J. Intl. L. 262, (2005)
SCJIL Symposium 2003: Disaster Prevention Presentation, 1 Santa Clara J. of Int’l L. 147, (2003)
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Selected Presentations
The Duty to Consult Indigenous People: A Comparison of United States and Canadian Implementation, Workshop on "La Consulta Previa, Libre E Informada: Estado del Arte en Law Americas”, Universidad International del Ecuador, October 2016.
The Right to Prior Consultation and Natural Resources, Universidad de Los Andes, November 2016.
Urban Agriculture In a Legal Vacuum, Harvard Just Food Forum on Land Use, Rights and Ecology, (with Amanda Gregory) Cambridge, Massachusetts (March 25-26, 2016)
Attacking Climate Change Through Strategic Public Trust Litigation, Academy of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) (June 20-25, 2016)
Unintended Consequences of Intestacy: The Experience of Indian Tribes and Detroiters, Association for Law, Society and Property,” Annual Meeting Belfast, UK (May 20-21, 2016)
The Duty to Consult Indigenous Peoples: Creating Sustainable Relationships Annual Meeting, Association for the Study of Law, Culture and Humanities, Hartford, Connecticut (April 1-2, 2016)
The U.S. Government-to Government Relation with Indian Tribes and the Possible Insights it Provides for Relations with the Sami People The Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Ravaniemi, Finland (June 2015).
Regulating Livestock in an Urban Environment, Detroit Food Summit, (March 31 –April 2, 2015) (With Kathryn Underwood Detroit City Planning Department and Amanda Gregory of Eastern Market Corporation)
Blight to Broccoli: Urban Agriculture as a Motor City Economic Engine, with Amanda Gregory and Topfirah Rushdan) Detroit Michigan, Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference, Detroit, (May 19- 21, 2015.)
Urban Agriculture: A Mechanism for Sustainability in Detroit and Other Struggling Cities, Sustainable Conference of American Legal Educators, Arizona State University (May 7-8, 2015.)
The Duty to Consult as a Tool for Better Decision-making, Panel on Indigenous Rights, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Natural Resource Teachers Conference (May 27 – 29, 2015).
The Duty to Consult Indigenous People in the Face of Climate Change in the Arctic, Arctic Encounters Symposium, Seattle Law School (February 7-8, 2014)
A Tomato Grows in Detroit, Vacant Acres Symposium at the New School in New York City, (April 22- 24, 2014)
Urban Agriculture and the Importance of Scale, Association for Law, Property and Society, at the University of British Columbia on (May 2-4, 2014)
Indian Tribes and the Great Lakes Compact, Great Lakes Water Resources Symposium, Indiana University- Indianapolis (March 2013)
The Duty to Consult on Natural Resources: Giving Substance to Procedural Rights, Academy of the World Conservation Union Colloquium (IUCN) (2012)
Urban Agriculture: Policies for Land-Use and Increasing Access to Local Food Symposium, Cleveland Marshall Law School’s Symposium (April 2012)
A Tomato Grows in Detroit: A Case Study of the Promises and Pitfalls of Urban Agriculture in a Struggling City, American Law Property and Society Conference (March 2012)
Legal Changes to Manage the Double Whammy of Climate Change and Invasive Species on Biodiversity Academy of the World Conservation Union Colloquium (IUCN) (2010)