The Indigenous Law & Policy Center is honored to host this year’s Michigan Tribal State Federal Judicial Forum. The open sessions will be held on Monday, October 27th in the Castle Board Room, Rm 343 in the MSU College of Law.
The Michigan Tribal State Federal Judicial Forum was formally established in 2014 by the Michigan Supreme Court and consists of tribal judges from each of Michigan’s 12 federally-recognized tribes, 12 state court judges, as well as federal judges and officials. Michigan, which is home of 12 federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal court systems, has also enjoyed a long history of collaboration between state and tribal courts.
The Forum will include a presentation by Jeff Davis, Partner at Barnes & Thornburg in Grand Rapids and Chair of the firm’s Native American Law and Policy Practice Group from 12:15 – 1:15 pm in the Castle Board Room. Lunch will be provided. Jeff Davis is the former Executive Director of the Indian Law & Order Commission created by Congress, and he also spent several years as an AUSA in the Western District of Michigan, prosecuting crimes in Indian Country in the district and serving as the liaison for the District’s eleven federally recognized Indian tribes.
For the afternoon sessions, Forum members have dedicated time for a series of educational panels for law students in addition to time for informal networking with the students.
Please register to attend (in person only) at this link: https://bit.ly/MIStateTribalFedForum2025. We hope to see you there!
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