Announcements

Final Results in 2011 NNALSA Moot Court Competition @ Columbia

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Best Advocate (team)
First Place – Keani Alapa & H. Maxwell Kopper – University of Hawaii
Second Place – Briana Coyle & Andy Murphy – University of Washington
Third Place – Jenny Patten & Jason Hipp – Columbia Law School

Best Oralist (individual)
First Place – Amy Conners – Columbia Law School
Second Place – Ayman Mourad – Lewis & Clark Law School
Third Place (tied) – Sherri Mitchell, University of Arizona & Elika Stimpson, University of Hawaii

Best Brief
First Place – Jacqueline de Armas & Maureen Keffer – Stanford Law School
Second Place – Beth Baldwin & Anne Mariah Tapp – University of Colorado
Third Place – Libby Moulton & Inbar Gal – Columbia Law School

 

Tribal Court Trainings @ UNM Announcement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Tribal Court Training Programs offered by the University of New Mexico School of Law’s Southwest Indian Law Clinic and Institute of Public Law in collaboration with the American Indian Law Center, Inc. Funded by the BIA Office of Justice Services.

Flyer with more details here: Tribal.Court.Training-Registration Form.rev1

Reminder — Second DOI-Solicitor Indian Law Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

****REMINDER****

Solicitor Hilary Tompkins will host a Second Indian Law Practitioner’s Conference in 2011

When:  March 3, 2011

Time: 8:00-5:00 pm

Where: Department of Interior, Yates Auditorium

Included below is the agenda for the conference.  Most of the panels will consist of attorneys from the Solicitor’s Office and from the Indian Bar.

Panelists will present for part of the time allotted and the remaining time will be for discussion with the audience.

We hope that you will join us for this Conference.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 1, 2011:  tribalattorneyconference@sol.doi.gov

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“ADR’s Role in Resolving Indian Disputes” at Seattle Law on March 18, 2011

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the flyer: ADR’s Role In Resolving Indian Disputes Announcement

Kaighn Smith’s “Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country” Now in Print

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Announcing a Joint Publication of the Native American Rights Fund and Drummond Woodsum

by Kaighn Smith, Jr., with a Foreword by John E. Echohawk

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW IN INDIAN COUNTRY provides a comprehensive overview of the law governing labor and employment relations in Indian country. This is a growing, controversial, and complex area of law, implicating fundamental principles of tribal sovereignty at every turn. Current and up-to-date, Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country is a must read for anyone involved in Indian affairs today.

Order at www.narf.org

“Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country is a long-needed wake-up call for tribal leaders . . .  This book is an essential guide for understanding, protecting and advancing tribal self-governance at a time when it is vulnerable.  It should be read not only by tribal leaders, but by anyone working with legal and jurisdictional matters in Indian country today.”

—W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chair and CEO, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

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ASU Indian Law CLE Announcement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

“Treaty to Trust to Carcieri:  The Economic Future for Indian Lands CLE Conference”

Hosted by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU’s Indian Legal Program and the American Indian Policy Institute at ASU.

ASU Tempe Campus, Memorial Union, Ventana Ballroom

April 28 – 8:00 am – 5 pm

April 29 – 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

This conference will present and analyze comtemprary issues that impact tribal land management and strategic development.  It will examine the history of Indian lands, integration of culture into planning, impact of global issues on reservation planning, impact of local issues on tribal land use, and the future of the fee-to-trust process.  Participants will leave the conference with a knowledge that will allow tribes to grow and manage their land base in an economically efficient and culturally sensitive manner.

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February 22 Spring Speakers Event

Kate Fort

The authors of Loving v. Virginia in a Post Racial World, Kevin Noble Maillard and Rose Cuison Villazor will speak tomorrow at 10am in the Castle Board Room. They will be joined by commentators Carla Pratt and Mae Kuykendall.  Lunch will be served after the event.

MSU Law College Legal Writing Professor Job Posting

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

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 program includes a mix of full-time and adjunct professors.  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.

Legal writing professors are 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 University actively encourages applications from and nominations of women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities.

Please send a letter of interest, résumé, writing sample of at least ten pages, and law school transcript no later than March 7, 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:

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American Indian Travel Stipends to the upcoming ABA Environmental Conference

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On March 17-19, 2011, the Section on Environmental, Energy, and Resources (SEER) will hold its 40th Annual Conference on Environmental Law in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Native American Resources Committee, in partnership with the Section’s Special Committee on Project Funding, is particularly pleased to announce the availability of several American Indian Travel Stipends for the Conference, which can be used to help reimburse attendees for their tuition, travel, and hotel costs. This Conference continues to be one of the best and most important professional gatherings for environmental law practitioners, including academics, nonprofit lawyers, in-house counsel, and government lawyers. Topics will include, but not be limited to challenges to implementation of climate change regulations, fallout from the Gulf Oil Spill including unique considerations for impacted tribes, and issues raised by off-shore wind projects. Besides three days of cutting-edge plenary and breakout sessions packed with expert panels and speakers, there will be an abundance of networking opportunities, along with public service activities and fabulous skiing nearby. The Conference brochure is available at:

http://www2.americanbar.org/calendar/40th-annual-conference-on-environmental-law/Pages/default.aspx

Targeted applicants for these stipends are reservation-based and other Indian law attorneys who are interested in attending and learning more about Section membership, but who are not able to do so without financial assistance. Applicants do not need to be members of the ABA to apply. If you are interested in applying for one of the American Indian Travel Stipends, it’s easy–just send an e-mail of interest, including your background information, to: Kimberly Craven, Membership Vice Chair, Native American Resources Committee, at Kimberly.Craven@nrel.gov. The deadline for applying is COB Monday, February 21, 2011.

Interior Solicitor Tribal Attorney’s Conference — March 3, 2011

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Solicitor Hilary Tompkins will host a Second Tribal Attorneys Conference in 2011

When:  March 3, 2011

Time: 8:00-5:00 pm

Where: Department of Interior, Yates Auditorium

 

Included below is the agenda for the conference.  Most of the panels will consist of attorneys from the Solicitor’s Office and from the Indian Bar.

Panelists will present for part of the time allotted and the remaining time will be for discussion with the audience.  We hope that you will join us for this Conference.

 

Deadline for RSVP is Friday, Feb. 25, 2011:  tribalattorneyconference@sol.doi.gov

Please include your name, title, and organization or firm name (as it will appear on your name tag),

and any special needs or accommodations requested.

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