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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – American Indian law and policy expertMatthew Fletcher will visit Penn State Law on September 19 to present “American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law.” Fletcher is the chief editor of Turtle Talk, the leading law blog on American Indian law and policy.

“Professor Fletcher’s talk will help people understand the challenges inherent in Indian education and will appeal especially to those with an interest in educational leadership and issues related to the education of American Indian and Alaska Native students,” said Susan Faircloth, associate professor of education at Penn State.

Faircloth is the director of Penn State’s American Indian Leadership Program, the nation’s oldest continuously operating education leadership program for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Her research focuses on the overrepresentation of American Indian and Alaska Native students in special education programs and services.

“This event will challenge participants to think about the importance of tribal sovereignty to American Indian education,” said Penn State Law Professor Carla Pratt, who studies both Indian law and the experience of minorities in law school and the legal profession.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher is professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law and director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center. He is the chief justice of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Supreme Court and also sits as an appellate judge for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians. He is a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, located in Peshawbestown, Mich. In 2010, Fletcher was elected to the American Law Institute.

Fletcher recently published the sixth edition of Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law with David Getches, Charles Wilkinson, and Robert Williams, and American Indian Tribal Law, the first casebook for law students on tribal law. His book, The Return of the Eagle: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, will be published later this year by Michigan State University Press. He is also the author of American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law (Routledge, 2008).

Fletcher’s talk is sponsored by the American Indian Leadership Program, the College of Education, and Penn State Law. His presentation begins at noon on September 19 in the auditorium of the Lewis Katz Building. The public is welcome.

National American Indian Court Judges Association 42nd Annual Meeting: Oct. 26-28, 2011

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

September 17, 2011September 16, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Omohundro Insitute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2012-2013

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture invites applications for a one year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in any area of early American studies, to being July 1st, 2012. the award carries a year’s support to revise the applicant’s first book manuscript and the Institute’s commitment to publish the resulting study. The institute’s scope encompasses the history and cultures of North America’s indigenous and immigrant peoples during the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods of the United States and the related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa, for the sixteenth century to approximately 1820.

Further information may be obtained by contacting: Omoundro Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, OIEAHC, P.O. Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781. Email: ieahc1@wm.edu

Applications must be postmarked by November 1, 2011

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Two-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in any area of early American Studies to begin July 1, 2012. A principal criterion for selection is that the candidate’s dissertation or other manuscripts have significant potential as a distinguished, book-length contribution to scholarship. A substantial portion of the work must be submitted with the application. Applicants may not have previous published or have under contract a scholarly monograph,and they must have met all requirements for the doctorate before commencing the fellowship. Those who have earned the Ph.D. and begun careers are also encouraged to apply. The Institute holds first claim on publishing the appointed fellow’s completed manuscript. The Institute’s scope encompasses the history and the cultures of North America’s indigenous and immigrant peoples during the colonial, Revolutionary,and early national periods of the United States and related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa, from the sixteenth century to approximately 1815.

Further information may be obtained by contacting: Institute-NEH Fellowship, OIEAHC, Post Office Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781. Email: ieahc1@wm.edu

Applications must be postmarked by November 1, 2011

Constitution Day Event at Adrian College

September 15, 2011Kate Fort

From the press release (H/T Native Americans @ UMich):

Charlotte Black Elk will be speaking at Adrian College this Fri 9/16 at 6pm
ADRIAN, MI – Adrian College is honored to host guest speaker Charlotte Black Elk during a unique Constitution Day event on Friday, September 16, 2011 at 6:00 pm on the first floor of Caine Student Center at Adrian College. All are invited as Black Elk delivers an address titled “What the Constitution Means to the American Indian,” focusing on religious freedom and Indian self-determination.

“Ms. Black Elk is a hypnotically eloquent speaker on the history of U.S-Indian relations,” stated Professor Nathan Goetting, Director of the Romney Institute. “She explains this history with words that don’t just penetrate. They have the power to shake and transform the consciousness of those who hear them.”

Goetting continued, “It is a history she has learned because it is an experience she has lived. It is a quintessentially American history. One all of us should hear.”

Ms. Black Elk resides on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. She is an expert on American Indian religious and cultural traditions and has been featured in a number of acclaimed PBS documentaries, including Ric Burns’ The Way West. Her great-grandfather, Nicholas Black Elk, is the author of “Black Elk Speaks,” which has been hailed as a masterpiece of world literature and is taught in classrooms around the world.

Black Elk will be welcomed to campus by the Leh-Nah-Weh Native American singers and drummers before her presentation. This event is open to the public and is sponsored by The George Romney Institute for Law and Public Policy, The Office for Multicultural Affairs and the Institute for Ethics at Adrian College. For additional information please contact Prof. Nathan Goetting at 517-265-5161 ext 3261 or Prof. Fritz Detwiler at 517-265-5161 ext 5025.

MSU Law College Hiring in Legal Writing

September 14, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Michigan State University College of Law seeks a full-time professor to teach in our legal writing program. More details here:full time ad

Applicants must have distinguished academic credentials, excellent analytical skills and writing mechanics, and at least two years of experience in practice. Applicants with teaching experience are preferred.

Our legal writing professors are highly collaborative and teach from a common syllabus. Our department also benefits from a full-time writing specialist with a Ph.D. in English. In addition, in the fall semester the Law College’s research librarians teach beginning research skills.

Legal writing professors teach two courses per semester to either first-year J.D. students or foreign-educated lawyers in the College’s LL.M. program. Class size is approximately 18-20 in J.D. classes and 8-12 in LL.M. classes. On a rotating basis, legal writing professors may teach courses outside the writing program.

After a period of fixed-term contracts, legal writing professors are eligible for presumptively rolling three-year or five-year contracts. Legal writing professors are also eligible for teaching and research assistants, expenses for conference attendance, and summer research stipends. Legal writing professors attend faculty meetings and participate in Law College committees. The appointment is a nine month, academic year appointment.

MSU is committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The College of Law actively encourages applications from and nominations of women, persons of color, veterans, and persons with disabilities.

For full consideration, please send a letter of interest, résumé, writing sample of at least ten pages, and law school transcript no later than October 15, 2011. The College of Law encourages electronic submission. Please send materials to Matthew Fletcher, Chair of the Faculty Appointments Committee at: matthew.fletcher@law.msu.edu. Alternatively, mail materials to:

Matthew Fletcher

Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee

405B Law College Building

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824

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Udall Congressional Internship Information 2012

September 14, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Fully-Funded Congressional Internship for Native American and Alaska Native Students!

If you’re committed to applying your education and training directly to solving problems in Indian Country and are interested in learning about policy issues that impact Native communities, check out the Udall Foundation’s Native American Congressional Internship Program!

The Native American Congressional Internship is a ten-week summer internship in Washington, DC for Native American and Alaska Native students who wish to learn more about the federal government and issues affecting Indian country. Interns work in congressional and agency offices where they have opportunities to research legislative issues important to tribal communities, network with key public officials and tribal advocacy groups, experience an insider’s view of the federal government, and enhance their understanding of nation-building and tribal self-governance.

The Udall Foundation provides housing, travel to and from DC, a per diem for everyday expenses, and an educational stipend at the close of the program. Current graduate students, law students, and undergraduate juniors and seniors are eligible to apply along with recent graduates of four-year and tribal colleges.

For full eligibility requirements and additional information, please visit www.udall.gov or contact Mia Ibarra at Ibarra@udall.gov.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2012

NARF Summer 2012 Law Clerk Positions

September 13, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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2012 NARF Law Clerk Advert

Michigan State Law Review CFP

September 12, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The Michigan State University Law Review is holding a symposium, “Gender and the Legal Profession’s Pipeline to Power,” April 12-13, 2012. The symposium will serve as a catalyst to raise awareness about, discuss the dynamics of, and strategize solutions to the persistent gender disparity that exists in positions of power in the legal profession. Scholars and experts from the fields of law, political science, journalism, and beyond will reframe and advance the course of existing dialogue on gender equality.

We are pleased to announce that the symposium will be taking place in Detroit, Michigan, at the historic Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. MSU College of Law has its roots in this city; as Detroit College of Law it was one of the first institutions of higher education to open its doors to women and minorities, admitting Lizzie McSweeney into its inaugural class of students in 1891. Thus it is incredibly fitting that this symposium takes place in the very city where our school was founded, remembering our legacy while also looking to the future.

Just as MSU College of Law was among the first to offer women equal access to a legal education over 50 years before many other institutions began to do so, we now seek to continue this tradition by advancing the conversation on how to resolve remaining gender disparity.

Confirmed participants to date include:

Hannah Brenner (Michigan State), Douglas Branson (Pittsburg), Keith Bybee (Syracuse University), Bridget Crawford (Pace), Christine Corcos (Louisiana State), Lee Epstein (Southern California), Erika Falk (Johns Hopkins), Judge Nancy Gertner (Harvard), Carol Greenhouse (Princeton), Linda Greenhouse (Yale), Joan Howarth (Michigan State), Sally Kenney (Tulane), Renee Newman Knake (Michigan State), Paula Monopoli (Maryland), Carla Pratt (Penn State), Deborah Rhode (Stanford), Lori Ringhand (Georgia), Julie Suk (Cardozo), and Angela Onwuachi Willig (Iowa).

This announcement invites proposals from individuals across disciplines who are interested in contributing to this conversation by speaking on a panel at the symposium. We especially encourage proposals from junior scholars and new voices focusing their work on the issues that will be explored through this event. Submissions must include a title and abstract of no more than 1,000 words, due by November 15, 2011. Please include your full contact information, including an email, phone number, and mailing address. Participants will be notified about their acceptance by December 2011. Some participants may have the opportunity to publish their paper as part of a special symposium issue of the MSU Law Review (please indicate if you are interested in having your paper considered for this purpose in your submission).

For questions or to submit a proposal, please contact:

Hannah Brenner, Lecturer in Law & Co-Director, Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession at hbrenner@law.msu.edu or

Renee Newman Knake, Associate Professor of Law & Co-Director, Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession at rk@law.msu.edu

If submitting a proposal, please include in the subject line MSU Call for Papers.

For more information about the event, please visit www.law.msu.edu/pipeline