The new National Tribal Law Clerk Program (NTLCP) is a collaborative project of the National American Indian Court Judges Association, Colorado Law’s American Indian Law Program, and the National Native American Indian Law Students Association to match tribal court judges and justices with law students who will provide them with valuable legal research and writing assistance.NTLCP will bring unparalleled opportunities for Colorado Law students and recent alumni to study and work for American Indian and Alaska Native tribal justice systems. Clerkships for externship credit toward fulfillment of the American Indian Law Certificate requirements will be available. Federal and state judicial systems have enjoyed long-established law clerk programs where law students or recent graduates assist judges and justices with legal research, writing, and other court-related tasks. These clerkships are often highly competitive and prized by law students. The NTLCP is designed to expand these types of clerkship to more than 300 tribal courts formally established by American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages in the United States. These tribal courts make the same kind of important decisions as their federal and state counterparts and provide students with a unique opportunity to work on American Indian law.Through an $8,000 seed grant from CU’s Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement and the work of several volunteers, the NTLCP was established to provide a national database for clerkship opportunities with tribal courts. The NTLCP is housed at Colorado Law and the National Tribal Justice Resource Center has provided assistance to compile the database and to do outreach to tribal judges. Tribal judges who would like the assistance of a law student or recent graduate can send their posting to the program, who will in turn post it on the nationally available website.Because tribal courts are very different from state and federal systems, Professor Jill Tompkins and Massey Mayo Case (’06) co-authored the “Guide for Tribal Court Law Clerks and Judges.”