Jo Carrillo is an American legal scholar working as a professor of

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Education

Carrillo received her Bachelor of Arts degree from

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Career

Carrillo has been awarded many honors within the disciplines of scholarly work on property and material property systems, financial intimate partner violence, consumer protection issues, and legal humanities. These honors include the Chip Robertson Scholarly Publications Fund Award, The Outstanding Mentor Award to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students, The Roger J. Trainer Scholarly Publication Award, a Mediator Certification, an Outstanding Service and Achievement Award, and Hastings Research Chair. Carrillo contributed a poem to ''

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Bibliography

* ''Readings in American Indian Law'' (1998, Temple University Press) * ''Understanding California Community Property Law'' (2015, LexisNexis)

References

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