05/22/2026
The Circle Law Group would like to welcome Michael Potter to our 2026 Summer Fellowship. Michael is a rising 3L at UC Davis School of Law, with a focus on federal Indian law, tribal sovereignty, and economic development. He is an enrolled member of the Redding Rancheria, of Wintu descent, and was born and raised in Redding, California, in the ancestral territory of the Wintun peoples.
At UC Davis, Michael serves as Co-President of the Native American Law Students Association and as student co-chair of the Native American and Indigenous Advisory Committee to the Chancellor. He has competed twice in the National NALSA Moot Court Competition and is a two-time recipient of the California Indian Law Association scholarship.
Before law school, Michael worked as a cultural monitor on construction sites and as administrative assistant for his tribe's Cultural Resources Department while earning his B.A. in Philosophy from California State University, Chico.
