Stacy L Leeds was born on 1971 and is an American law professor, scholar, and former Supreme Court Justice for the Cherokee Nation.
16 Facts About Stacy Leeds
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Since 2022, Leeds has served as the Dean of Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
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Stacy Leeds was a candidate for Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 2007.
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Stacy Leeds earned her MBA from the University of Tennessee Executive MBA program, her Master of Laws degree from the University of Wisconsin and her Juris Doctor degree from University of Tulsa.
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Stacy Leeds earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St Louis.
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Stacy Leeds is an experienced leader in law and higher education with expertise in American Indian Law, tribal governance, property, economic development and Cherokee legal history.
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Stacy Leeds currently serves as the chief judge of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation's District Court, the associate judge of the Kaw Nation's Supreme Court, and the chief justice of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma's Supreme Court.
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Stacy Leeds serves on the board of the National American Indian Court Judge's Association and on the National Judicial College's tribal advisory board.
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Stacy Leeds was the first woman to ever serve as a Cherokee Nation Supreme Court justice after her appointment in 2002.
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Stacy Leeds formerly served as Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of Kansas and the Director of Tribal Law and Government Center at KU.
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Previously Stacy Leeds taught law at the University of North Dakota and served as Director of the Northern Plains Indian Law Center.
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Stacy Leeds served as the inaugural Vice Chancellor for Economic Development, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas, providing leadership for campus-wide engagement, collaboration, and outreach to citizens, businesses, governmental and nonprofit entities in Arkansas and beyond.
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Stacy Leeds worked closely with UA's ten colleges, schools and divisions to amplify the university's economic and social impact.
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Stacy Leeds was appointed Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership for the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in January 2018.
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In November 2022, it was announced that Leeds would become the William H Pedrick Dean of ASU Law, the second woman to serve in this role.
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In 2006 Stacy Leeds received the AALS Clyde Ferguson Award for Excellence in Teaching, Service, and Scholarship.