Rennard James Strickland was a Philip H. Knight Professor of Law and former dean at the University of Oregon School of Law and senior scholar in residence at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
In 1985 he became dean at the Southern Illinois University School of Law and from 1990 to 1995 served as director of the Center for the Study of American Indian Law and Policy, before becoming professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
[3] Strickland was also a collector of Western movie posters and Native American art.
In the late 2010s, Strickland donated a portion of his movie posters to the Scottsdale Museum of the West.
[4] Rennard Strickland died on January 5, 2021, at the age of 80 in Norman, Oklahoma.