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Judith V. Royster, a University of Tulsa professor whose expertise is in the area of native natural resources, will speak at the UA on Friday.

University of Tulsa professor Judith V. Royster will give the final lecture in a distinguished series at The University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.

Royster, who also serves as co-director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Tulsa, will present her lecture, “The Story Behind Winters,” on Friday from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 215 of the College of Law, 1201 E. Speedway Blvd.

The lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the UA college's Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy program, also known as IPLP.

Royster, who holds the Chapman Distinguished Chair at the University of Tulsa College of Law and is widely regarded as a national expert in the area of American Indian natural resources law, is the final IPLP Distinguished Colloquia Speaker for the 2008-2009 academic year.

During her lecture at the UA, Royster will discuss the Winters v. United States case, a landmark water rights case.

Called the Winters Doctrine, the federal law that details the right of native nations to water was approved by a court decision that was handed down in 1908.

Royster, a member of the editorial board for Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law, co-authored a textbook on that subject.