Rachel Carroll's practice focuses on Indian law and civil rights litigation.  She is passionate about upholding and strengthening tribal sovereignty and finding new and creative ways to do so.

Rachel is a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.  As such, she is dedicated to assisting tribes and marginalized communities through her practice.

Experience

Rachel was an intern at the ACLU of Arizona in which she worked on state and federal First Amendment cases. She also served as a research assistant for the Academy 4 Justice at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law where she assisted with projects related to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP).

While in law school, she accrued over 150 hours of pro bono service due to her affiliation with the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, in which she served as president. She was also an associate editor on the Law Journal for Social Justice.

She served as an extern for the trial unit of the Federal Public Defender's Office in Phoenix, AZ where she had the opportunity of working on federal criminal cases related to tribal members from Oklahoma.

She also has experience working with northern California tribes on matters pertaining to gaming, economic development, and environmental regulations during her time as a law clerk for a law firm located in Sacramento, CA.