Sally Willett

Judge Sally Willett –  Judge Willett, a member of the Cherokee Tribe, was the first enrolled Indian woman to become an Administrative Law Judge. During law school, Judge Willett clerked at California Indian Legal Services and Native American Rights Fund for whom she worked after graduation. Judge Willett worked for the Office of Rights Protection, Bureau of Indian Affairs, before her appointment at Interior as an Administrative Law Judge in November 1977 through October 1996. At Interior, she was designated one of the outstanding women in the Department of Interior by Manual Lujan, Secretary of Interior.