James Campbell

James Campbell is a Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School. His work centers primarily on citizenship, indigenous recognition, federal courts, and overseas imperialism in U.S. constitutional thought. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, where he was awarded the Michael Egger Prize and served as an Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Campbell’s academic work was recently cited by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Metlakatla Indian Community v. Dunleavy, a landmark Indigenous rights case. As an attorney, he has been involved in a wide range of advocacy at the intersection of Native self-determination, public benefits, and disability rights. He recently represented a national coalition of disability rights organizations at the U.S. Supreme Court as amici curiae in United States v. Vaello Madero, a constitutional challenge to Congress's authority to discriminate against residents of Puerto Rico in federal benefits. Campbell’s work is animated by both his native chamoru background and his experiences as a U.S. Army veteran. Campbell served on active duty as a reconnaissance platoon leader and is a graduate of U.S. Army Ranger School.