Welcome to the
Tribal In-House Counsel Association 

TICA

Geared toward providing service and resources to attorneys who provide legal services directly to Tribes and Tribal Governments, the Tribal In-house Counsel Association (TICA) connects members and provides both a forum and community for Tribal Government legal issues.

TICA was formed in 2012 out of the growing Tribal in-house type of practice structure.  More and more Tribes find either through governmental need or for cost-effective solutions that they need an internal legal structure in addition to any law firm issue-specific representation.  While there are several legal associations geared for Tribal practitioners in general, TICA focuses on issues and practices specific and unique to lawyers employed directly by a Tribal Government, Tribal Enterprise, or other similar entity.

TICA members now have access to our newly compiled CLE Library with over 60 hours of self-study CLE credit content dating back to 2018. And, the Library will continue to grow!  If you’ve missed TICA’s previous CLEs, you can now purchase them from the CLE Library. You must login with your TICA account to view the library. Check it out!

Upcoming events

Thank you to our 2024 Conference Sponsors! 

New Listserv!

TICA has transitioned to a new listserv platform and the listserv previously hosted by The University of Arizona no longer functions as of 3/15/23. TICA wishes to thank the University of Arizona and, particularly, Professor Melissa Tatum for the years of listserv partnership. The TICA Listserv is a valuable bonus of TICA membership.

If you would like to be added to the new TICA listserv and are not already a TICA member, you can join TICA here: https://tica.wildapricot.org/join-us. If you are already a TICA member, you will be automatically added to the new listserv.



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Meet Our Newest Board Member


Harrison Rice is an enrolled citizen of the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma. He earned his associate and bachelor degrees in contemporary music performance from the University of Central Oklahoma. He attended PLSI in 2016 and returned as a TA in 2017. He graduated with his JD from the James E. Rogers College of Law in 2019, earning a certificate in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy. He currently serves as an Assistant Attorney General to the Tohono O’odham Nation. Harrison lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his husband David, two kids, two cats, two dogs, and more houseplants than is generally considered reasonable.


Meet Our Newest Board Member


Louis Mallette grew up in northern California and Alaska.  He graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2001.  After getting his JD from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2017, he started working as an attorney for the Navajo Nation Department of Justice’s litigation unit.  In this role, his only job since graduating from law school, he works on employment and labor issues, as well as litigation involving the Navajo Nation in Navajo, state, and federal courts.  He is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation.  Louis is married to a Navajo tribal member, and they have one son.

Meet Our Newest Board Member


Danielle McLean is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and serves as the Tribe’s Legal and Compliance Officer.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law.  After law school, Danielle worked in private practice.  In 2016, she joined the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, located in Pembroke, North Carolina as the inaugural Legal and Compliance Officer.  She and her husband have one child and live in Nashville, Tennessee.  


G. William Rice Award

The Tribal In-house Counsel Association (TICA) is proud to sponsor the Pre-Law Summer Institute (PLSI) G. William Rice Book Award for the Top Student in Advocacy. TICA created and funded this award in 2017 in honor of G. William Rice, former PLSI Professor and tribal advocate. The inaugural 2018 award was presented to Lorenzo Gudino (Fort Sill Apache) attended the University of Wisconsin.  Bill’s children Karen & Harrison Rice, also PLSI alumni, along with Harrison’s husband David, attended the 2018 PLSI banquet to help present the inaugural award. 

View awardees and learn more about Prof. Rice


TICA is a non-profit 501(c)(6) organization created to provide resources and networking opportunities to assist tribal in-house practitioners. 

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