Frank Pommersheim

Frank Pommersheim
Born	12 December 1943 Queens, New York, US
Nationality	United States
Fields	American Indian Law
Alma mater	Columbia Law School Harvard University Colgate University
Known for	The Camden 28

Frank Pommersheim is an American professor, author, and poet specializing in the field of American Indian law. Pommersheim is serving on several tribal appellate courts and serves as the Chief Justice for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals and the Rosebud Sioux Supreme Court and is also notable for his involvement in The Camden 28.

Frank Pommersheim was born in New York City but moved to the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in 1974 where he worked for 10 years before joining the University of South Dakota faculty in 1984. Pommersheim graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University. He earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1968 and a MPA from Harvard University.

Pommersheim was employed as the Director of Dakota Plains Legal Service from 1980-1983. As a Senior Consumer Law Specialist for the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs from 1971-1973 and as an Attorney and Volunteer Leader for the VISTA program in Alaska from 1968-1970.

Frank Pommersheim began teaching at the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1984 where he is currently a professor specializing in American Indian law. Pommersheim has also taught at the Lewis and Clark College of Law, University of Tulsa College of Law], College of Law in Dublin, Ireland, Sinte Gleska University, and the University of New Mexico.

Pommersheim serves on tribal appellate courts and is currently the Chief Justice for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals as well as Associate Justice for the Rosebud Sioux Supreme Court.

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