Link to job postings (PDF) here.
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Search for Chief and Associate Judges
Link to job postings (PDF) here.
Author: Sarah M Donnelly
Upcoming Workshop: Tribal Marijuana in California
Announcement and agenda here.
The workshop is offered by Odawi Law PLLC and Harris Moure PLLC and will be at the Embassy Suites in Sacramento, CA, on Monday, October 5, 2015. It is free to Tribal officials.
Oklahoma Bar’s Indian Law Section CLE Event
Oklahoma City University School of Law is hosting a full day CLE event on the legal power of Indian Tribes.
Announcement (PDF) here.
Procopio Now Accepting Applications for 2016 Native American Law Internship
San Diego, CA – Procopio, San Diego’s largest business law firm, is excited to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 2016 Native American Law Internship. Procopio maintains a long-standing tradition of providing growth opportunities to the communities it serves. The Native American Practice Group extends this tradition by actively investing in the future leaders of Indian Country through paid internships for Native American law students or law students with an emphasis in Native American law.
Procopio’s Native American Law Interns have joined us from the Navajo Nation, Bishop Paiute Tribe, Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, Pala Band of Mission Indians, the Seminole Nation, the Cherokee Nation, the Shinnecock Indian Nation, the Isleta Pueblo and Tohono O’odham Nation.
This unique internship program provides an opportunity for law students to gain experience handling everyday legal issues facing Native American communities. Interns are involved in matters that deal with specific Indian law-related legal practice matters and other legal problems facing tribal governments and Native entities. Procopio enhances this educational experience even further with a community outreach component, in which interns provide guidance and inspiration regarding educational direction and opportunities to local Native American youth.
This paid Native American Law Internship program extends 8 to 10 weeks, and applicants should have completed their first year of law school prior to the start of the internship.
Applications are due by Friday, October 30th by 5 p.m. PST.
Applications should include:
- A blog post writing sample (for examples, see Blogging Circle)
- Law school transcript
- Resume
- Cover letter identifying why this is an opportunity you would like to pursue, any tribal governmental experience you have and why Native legal issues are significant to you.
The writing sample for the internship program should be a 250-300 word sample blog post on a newsworthy Native legal topic of your choosing written in a way that will appeal to readers.
Applications can be submitted via email to ted.griswold@procopio.com or sent via USPS mail to:
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
ATTN Ted Griswold
525 B St Ste 2200
San Diego CA 92101 4474
About Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
With more than 140 attorneys in San Diego, Del Mar, Silicon Valley, Austin and Phoenix, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is one of the largest business law firms in Southern California. We are a regional law firm with an international network that gives us the ability to serve clients’ interests throughout the world. Procopio is dedicated to understanding the businesses and industries of clients and collaborating with them to develop tailored strategies. We advise companies at every stage in the corporate life cycle, helping them to plan, finance and operate their businesses. Our success has been derived from our commitment to clients and our ability to maximize the value we provide to them. Our goal is to continue building long-term relationships with clients through a steady, team-oriented approach. For additional information, please visit www.procopio.com.
EPA Accepting Comments on Revised Interpretation of CWA Tribal Provisions
Link to Request for Comments here.
EPA proposes to conclude definitively that section 518 includes an express delegation of authority by Congress to eligible Indian tribes to administer regulatory programs over their entire reservations. This reinterpretation would eliminate the need for applicant tribes to demonstrate inherent authority to regulate under the Act, thus allowing tribes to implement the congressional delegation of authority unhindered by requirements not specified in the statute. The reinterpretation would also bring EPA’s treatment of tribes under the Clean Water Act in line with EPA’s treatment of tribes under the Clean Air Act, which has similar statutory language addressing tribal regulation of Indian reservation areas.
Comments must be submitted by October 6, 2015.
Federal Court Grants Voluntary Dismissal in Nooksack Case After BIA Waives FOIA Fees
Here are the materials in St. Germain v. Dept. of Interior (W.D. Wash.):
doc. 56 – Plaintiffs’ Motion for Voluntary Dismissal
Protest Planned for CERA Event in Montana
Link to response from Native educators here.
Link to protest announcement here.
Citizens Equal Rights Alliance is holding a regional conference in Kalispell, Montana, on September 26, 2015, to kindle local antagonism towards the Federal Government and Tribes. Speakers include the attorney for two politicians who are suing the federal government for transfer of the, now named, Salish Kootenai Dam to the Tribes. Protesters will meet at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell at 1PM.
NCAI, Huy, NARF En Banc Petition Amicus Briefing in 11th Circuit RLUIPA Appeal
“Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” Exhibit at UMD
University of Minnesota Duluth is hosting the Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations exhibit. The exhibit is free and open from Sept. 29-Oct. 4 at UMD’s Tweed Museum of Art.
Learn more here.
“This exhibition is part of a statewide tour throughout the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. In 2010, a resolution creating a unique partnership between the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. was approved by tribes in Minnesota, making it possible for the exhibition to be developed as an educational tool for Minnesota audiences.”
View educator guides here.
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Seek Deputy Solicitor General
Job announcement here.
Submissions due by Tuesday, October 6, 2015.
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