Interim Director, Indigenous Peoples Law/Policy Program | Professor of Practice
Professor James Diamond teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law and procedure, Indian law and Tribal courts. He is Dean of Academic Affairs of the National Tribal Trial College where he teaches, develops curriculum and does training for victim's advocates and law enforcement handling domestic and sexual violence cases in state, federal and Tribal courts. Diamond's academic research focuses on the aftermath of mass shootings. He is the author of the book, After The Bloodbath: Is Healing Possible in the Wake of Rampage Shootings published by the Michigan State University Press in 2019. Diamond was the Director of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program's Tribal Justice Clinic and the I.P.L.P. Certificate Program at the James E. Rogers College of Law from 2016-2019. He joined The James E. Rogers College of Law in 2014, teaching in the Undergraduate and Masters in Legal Studies Programs. Prior to teaching Professor Diamond practiced law for 25 years in Connecticut. He achieved success as a criminal attorney as both a prosecutor and defense attorney and was voted by his peers to be a "SuperLawyer" from 2007-2016. Professor Diamond is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a criminal trial specialist, and has extensive criminal trial experience. Diamond has particular interest and experience in Tribal courts. He served as Special Prosecutor for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Tucson, Arizona, and in addition to three state bars is licensed to practice law in three tribal courts.