W. Tanner Allread (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) is a Richard M. Milanovich Fellow in Law at UCLA School of Law. His research lies in federal Indian law, tribal law, Indigenous legal history, and constitutional law. His current projects focus on early nineteenth-century Native American history, with a specific interest in the creation of the first tribal constitutions and the sovereignty arguments deployed during the era of southern Indian Removal. Allread’s publications have appeared in the Columbia Law Review.

Prior to coming to UCLA, Allread clerked for the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also provided legal assistance in Indian Country, previously working for Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, the law firm of Kanji & Katzen, and the Yurok Tribe’s Office of the Tribal Attorney.

Allread received his B.A. with distinction in History at Yale University and his J.D. from Stanford Law School. He was an editor of the Stanford Law Review, the president of the Native American Law Students Association, and the recipient of the Stanford Legal History Paper Prize. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in History at Stanford University.