[1] Tatum has written and lectured extensively about cross-jurisdictional enforcement of protections orders, and is considered one of the leading national experts in the field, particularly with respect to tribal courts.
She has served as a consultant to the New Mexico Attorney General's Office's Task Force on Best Practices for Enforcing Protection Orders (2007–2009) and to a Michigan Working Group on Full Faith and Credit for Protection Orders (2000–2001) organized by the Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board.
[2] Tatum has taught workshops across the country for judges, attorneys, victims services agencies and law enforcement officers on that topic.
Her article, "A Jurisdictional Quandary", is cited by the National Congress of American Indians' Fact Sheet on Violence Against Women in Indian Country,[3] and the State of Montana's publication "Full Faith and Credit: Encourage to Arrest.
"[4] Her articles "Tribal Efforts To Comply with VAWA’s Full Faith and Credit Requirements" (co-authored with Sarah Deer) and "Law Enforcement Authority in Indian Country"[5] are listed as resources by the Tribal Court Clearinghouse;[6] her article "Establishing Penalties for Violating Protection Orders" is cited as a resource by the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence.