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   Patricia Christine Aqiimuk Paul, Esq. (Inupiaq)

 

JD (Juris doctorate), Seattle University Law School, 1998

 

BA (Bachelor of Arts), Antioch University, Seattle, Washington, 1993

 

AAS (Associate of Arts and Sciences), Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, Washington, 1981, graduated with honors

 

Certified mediator, Center for Collaborative Planning and Community Development, Montpelier, VT, 1983

 

Certificate, "Innovations in Governance" John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Fall 2005  http://ksgexecprogram.harvard.edu/.

 

Paul accepted into Harvard program
Indian Country Today, December 14, 2004

 

http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096409999 

 


 

 

 

 

Patricia Paul is an Alaska native shareholder in the NANA Regional Corporation (www.nana.com), Kikikgtagruk Inupiaq Corporation (www.kicorp.com),  both of Kotzebue, Alaska; and DOYON, Ltd. (www.doyon.com) of Fairbanks, Alaska.  She is enrolled as a tribal member in Kotzebue IRA (www.kotzebueira.org)  of Kotzebue, Alaska.

 

Patricia Paul is one of eleven attorneys who are alumni of the Doyon Foundation:  http://www.doyonfoundation.com/links/links/Law_JD/

 


 

 

 

 


 

  

Member, American Bar Association, http://www.abanet.org  

 


 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

 

Washington State Bar Association

·         2010 Fellow, Leadership Institute, http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/leadership_institute.htm

·         Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee, 2009 – 2013

·         Editorial Advisory Committee, Chair, 2010 – 2011; Co-Chair, 2009 - 2010

·         Amicus Brief Committee, 2007 - 2009

·         Editorial Advisory Committee, Bar News Editor Evaluation Subcommittee, 2007 – 2009

·         Civil Rights Law Section, Chair, 2011 - 2012; Chair Elect, 2010 – 2011; Treasurer, 2009 – 2010. 

 http://www.wsba.org/Legal-Community/Sections/Civil-Rights-Law-Section

·         World Peace Through Law Section, Chair Elect, 2010 - 2011

Longhouse Media

Secretary-elect, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, 2009

Board Member, 2006 – 2009

Doyon Foundation, Fairbanks, Alaska

          Governance Committee, 2009 – 2011

          Language Preservation and Development Committee, 2010 - 2011

Reuters Insights, member since 2008

World Affairs Council, Program Fellow, 2005 - 2006, http://www.world-affairs.org

Washington Women Lawyers, Board, Co-VP Governmental Affairs, 2005 - 2007

 

 

 


 

 

 Admissions:

 

Swinomish Tribal Court, admitted 1996.  http://www.swinomish.org/court/court_main.html

 

Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Court, admitted 2000.

 

Washington State Bar Association, admitted 2006.  http://www.wsba.org

 

WSBA Bar # 37522

 

http://www.nana.com/pdfs/HunterJuly06.pdf

 

Shareholder Achievements

 

Patricia Paul Passes Bar

 

NANA shareholder Patricia Paul, shown here with

 

husband Kevin and daughter Kathy, was sworn in as

 

a member of the Washington State Bar Association

 

on June 2, 2006. The Law Office of Patricia Paul,

 

located in LaConner, Washington, will open in

 

September. Congratulations, Pat!

 

 

 


 

 

 

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“Processor Tradicionais Para A Resolucao Das Disputas,” Seminario, Grupo de Estudos em Relacoes Interetnicas, Anthropology Department, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.  Lecture translated from English into Brasilian Portuguese.  September 1999.  Photo below:  Brasilian graduate students and Patricia Paul (far right).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below:  Official welcome to Brazil by the President of FUNAI extended to Patricia Paul, visiting professor at Universidade de Brasilia.  1999.