Justice Robert H. Jackson Lecture with Hon. Diane Humetewa

Hon. Diane J. Humetewa
United States District Judge, District of Arizona

Diane J. Humetewa is the first Native American woman and the first enrolled tribal member to serve as a U.S. federal judge. She has served as a United States District Court judge for the District of Arizona since 2014.

Prior to her confirmation, she served as special counsel to the president of Arizona State University. She previously taught at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and practiced federal Indian law.

She was a litigator in the Arizona United States Attorney’s Office from 1996 to 2009, and in 2007 was confirmed as the U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona.

Judge Humetewa currently serves on the Judicial Conference of the United States Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction and chairs the 9th Circuit Court Committee on Tribal-Native Relations.

She is a graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, a member of the Hopi Tribe, and a former appellate judge on the Hopi Tribe’s Appellate Court. She is considered a national expert on Native American legal issues and has instructed law enforcement and prosecutors on this topic.