Adam Crepelle

Professor Crepelle’s research focuses on federal Indian law and policy, particularly economic development and criminal justice. His research emphasizes how many problems in Indian country are a consequence of inefficient federally imposed rules. An article he coauthored, "Community Policing on American Indian Reservations," received the 2023 Elinor Ostrom Prize.

Professor Crepelle serves as an Associate Justice on the Court of Appeals for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. He previously served as the Association of American Law Schools Chair of the Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section and as a Campbell Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.