Stephen Pevar

Irving S. Ribicoff Visiting Lecturer in Law
(fall term)
Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1971

A.B., Princeton University, 1968

Courses Taught
  • American Indian Law
  • Contemporary Issues in American Indian Law
Stephen Pevar

Stephen Pevar is an Irving S. Ribicoff Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. Mr. Pevar served on the national legal staff of the American Civil Liberties Union for 45 years, from 1976 to 2022. From 1971 through 1974, Mr. Pevar was a Legal Services attorney on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. He has litigated more than 175 civil rights cases, focusing on Indigenous rights, freedom of speech, and the rights of prisoners. In addition, Mr. Pevar taught Federal Indian Law for 16 years at the University of Denver School of Law, for 5 years at NYU Law School, and currently teaches Advanced Federal Indian Law: Contemporary Issues at Yale Law School.

Mr. Pevar has lectured extensively on Indigenous rights and is the author of The Rights of Indians and Tribes. Mr. Pevar graduated from Princeton University in 1968 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1971. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Laurel. They have two children, Lianna and Elena.