Here are some additional materials:
Announcements
Tribal Law and Order Commission Invite to Consultation at Tulalip (Sept. 7, 2011)
Here is the invite (to tribal leaders and experts):
NMAI “Fact or Fiction” Meeting — October 7, 2011
Arizona IPLP 10th Anniversary Conference and Reunion
On October 8-9, 2011, the University of Arizona College of Law’s Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program will celebrate its tenth anniversary by hosting a conference and reunion in Tucson, Arizona. The morning of Saturday October 8 will be devoted to a roundtable discussion of what the Academy and Practicing Attorneys can offer each other. Roundtable panelists include Professor Matthew Fletcher (Michigan State University), Professor Angela Riley (UCLA), Lawrence Baca, (U.S. Dept. of Justice (retired)), Christopher Chaney (Deputy Director, Office of Tribal Justice); and Professor Kirsten Matoy Carlson (invited) (Wayne State University).
We will then have a celebratory luncheon featuring a keynote speech by Professor S. James Anaya, who is also the current UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Saturday afternoon will be devoted to panels of alumni who work in a variety of capacities for governments, in private practice, for human rights organizations, and in academia. The Conference itself is free and open to the public, although we do ask that you RSVP so we can ensure adequate seating and materials. Tickets to the luncheon are $20 each.
On Sunday, October 9, we will be having a barbeque from 11:30 am – 2:00pm at the College of Law for alumni and their families.
More information, and the RSVP form, can be found at http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/reunion2011
DOJ Honors Program Applications DUE September 6
This year, the application period for both the U.S. Attorney General’s Honors Program (HP) and the Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) opened July 25, 2011 and will close on Sept. 6, 2011.
Here are the materials: DOJs Legal Hiring Program handout 4.4.11
Suffolk Law Announces New Indian Law Clinic
This text is from a mass email sent to law clinicians, and isn’t (I suspect) the official announcement:
Suffolk Law is excited to announce the creation and launch of our Indian Law and Indigenous Peoples Clinic. This is a project I have long been trying to get off the ground…. Now, with the concerted efforts and amazing contacts of Professor Lorie Graham here at Suffolk and those pesky budget matters solved by the support of Dean Camille Nelson, we are starting our clinic. I was deeply impressed and influenced by my visit (eleven years ago?!) at the University of New Mexico where, through Professor Christine Zuni Cruz and SILC, I came to understand the potential and purposes of Indian Law work in the law school setting. It was that inspiration, the continued work of my friend Aliza Organick (now at Washburn), and the amazing passion of Prof. Graham that allowed this continuing scratchy idea at the back of our collective heads to become a reality.
Our program’s first work has been with the recently federally-recognized Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe for whom we drafted their first set of tribal court rules of civil procedure. We will continue to work with the Mashpee and other New England tribes in tribal court technical support, lawyer training, land use issues and other matters and we will soon begin direct representation of tribal members in the Boston area in a number of cases, including ICWA matters, J-Treaty work and partnering with the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB). I believe we may be the only such full-time in-house, Indian Law Clinic east of the Mississippi….
The clinic will be taught this year by Practitioner in Residence Nicole Friederichs, who has extensive practice background in Indian Law matters, indigenous population work and international tribunal representation. I am sure you will all be meeting her soon at conferences, etc. Very gratifying….
Jeff Pokorak
PS We at Suffolk will also be hiring this year for an IP clinic faculty position — announcement will follow soon.
University of Montana School of Law — Environmental/Indian Law Job Posting
The University of Montana School of Law invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Law position for: Environmental/Indian Law. The position is a ten-month contract beginning fall semester 2012. Starting salary: $72,000 – $74,000. To view a full job description, minimum requirements needed, and to apply, go to http://university-montana-hr.silkroad.com/epostings/. ADA/EOE/AA/Veterans’ Preference
2011 Teacher’s Memorandum Available for Getches et al. Sixth Edition
We’ve already had to update the Sixth edition of Getches, Wilkinson, Williams, and Fletcher’s Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law.
We’ve add the new Supreme Court trust case, United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, and excerpts from three lower court cases — Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C. v. Stidham, Water Wheel Camp Recreational Area, Inc. v. LaRance, and Chickasaw Nation v. NLRB.
Contact me at matthew.fletcher@law.msu.edu if you need a copy of the Teacher’s Memorandum.
And have a good semester.
MSU Lecture on Cobell Settlement (Edward Valandra)
In These Times, In this Land: Objections to the Settlement in Cobell v. Salazar
Lecture/Discussion
With
Lakota Scholar
Edward Valandra
Friday August 19th 213 Morrill Hall
12 Noon
In December 2009 the U.S. departments of the Interior and Justice reached a settlement on the long-running Cobell class-action lawsuit regarding the federal government’s mismanagement of more than 300,000 individual American Indian and Alaska Native trust accounts.
Edward Valandra, a Lakota scholar and the founder and research Fellow of the Community for the advancement of Native Studies (CANS), will be giving a luncheon talk in the English Department Conference Room, 213 Morrill Hall at 12:00 noon on Friday August 19. He will be critiquing recent developments in Cobell v. Salazar and how they affect the rights of Native peoples in this long standing case.
Sponsored by the Native American Institute and Michigan State University
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Staff Attorney Announcement
Staff Attorney
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, N.D.
Fort Yates, ND. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Legal Department is accepting applications for Staff Attorney(s) to work under the supervision of the In-house Attorney to provide legal services and representation to the tribal government and various tribal departments, programs and entities.
Job qualifications for this job include excellent writing, research, oral advocacy, analytical and problem solving, and organizational skills; a strong academic record; the willingness and ability to handle a varied caseload and manage multiple projects simultaneously; and the willingness and ability to work with tribal, federal, state, and local leaders and agencies on a wide variety of legal issues.
Successful applicants must possess a J.D. degree and be licensed, or be able to be licensed, to practice law in North Dakota or South Dakota. Licensure in both states is preferred, but not required.
Relevant experience in Indian law matters is preferred.
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