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IPLP’s Spring 2018 Events at University of Arizona
Here are upcoming events hosted by the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program at the James E. Rogers College of Law. All IPLP speaker series events are free and open to the public. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to law-iplp@email.arizona.edu.
Food Sovereignty and International Political Economy
January 10, 12:15-1:15 PM
Ares Auditorium, Room 164
1201 E. Speedway
Tucson, Arizona 85721
Join the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program for a presentation by Michael Fakhri, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Food Resiliency Project at the University of Oregon, School of Law. Professor Fakhri will discuss how the food sovereignty movement has been a powerful force that, over the past several decades, has changed international trade institutions, property rights, and human rights law.
Indian Civil Rights Advocacy and Litigation
February 22, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Rountree Hall, Room 204
1145 N Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
IPLP graduate Gabe Galanda (’00) is Partner and Founder of Galanda Broadman, PLLC, a leading law firm specializing in complex litigation, bet-the-company business matters, and regulatory disputes for tribal governments, enterprises, and citizens. Gabe specializes in defending tribes and Indian-owned enterprises against legal attack by local, state, and federal government and private parties; advocating for tribal members in disenrollment or civil rights defense; and representing tribal plaintiffs and defendants in catastrophic personal injury lawsuits.
Human & Civil Rights Advocacy at the Water Protector Legal Collective
March 19, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Rountree Hall, Room 204
1145 N Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
IPLP graduate Terry Janis (’89), will discuss his work as executive director of the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), the on-the-ground legal team for the ceremonial resistance camps at Standing Rock. Terry (Oglala Lakota) has worked extensively on Native American and international indigenous education and human rights issues. Working through organizations such as WPLC, University of Arizona, Indian Law Resource Center, and Northern Arizona University, Janis has consistently combined education and law to work with Indian leaders and students to advocate for indigenous rights.
Coalition Building in Federal Policy and Law Making
March 29, 12:15-1:15 PM
Rountree Hall, Room 204
1145 N Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
IPLP graduate Akilah Kinnison (JD ’12, LLM ’13) is an Associate at Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker, a leading law firm in the practice of federal Indian law. Akilah works alongside IPLP alumni Katie Klass and Joshua Proper in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. At the firm, Akilah’s practice areas include health care and education, cultural and environmental resource protection, tribal gaming, and international repatriation. She assists the firm with coalition building and legal advocacy around these issues.
Beyond a Zero-Sum Federal Trust Responsibility
April 12, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Rountree Hall, Room 204
1145 N Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
Monte Mills is Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana. Monte will discuss his recent article on the federal government’s trust responsibility in the context of tribal energy development and how lessons from that policy arena could reshape the intersection of natural resource development and indigenous cultural preservation.
Turtle Talk 