Judge Wahwassuck currently serves as Associate Judge of the Leech Lake Tribal Court. She has been a leader in developing the first joint jurisdiction tribal-state courts in the nation: the Leech Lake-Cass County Wellness Court, developed in 2006, and the Leech Lake-Itasca County Wellness Court, developed in 2007. Here she describes the creation of these historic partnerships and the importance of tribal-state court collaboration. This interview was originally published in the Fall 2009 Journal of Court Innovation.
