NCJFCJ and NAICJA Webinar April25
April 25th at 1pm ET
NCJFCJ and NAICJA Webinar for Courts: Drugs and the Adolescent Brain
NCJFCJ and NAICJA Webinar April25
April 25th at 1pm ET
Announcements
Heather Kendall-Miller Receiving Baca Award
Heather was one of two awardees this year. Eric Eberhard was the other. Both presentations were extremely moving.
We’re all lucky to have benefited from the contributions of these incredible attorneys. 
Eric Eberhard Receiving the Lawrence Baca Award
Eric is one of the co-winners this year, along with Heather Kendall-Miller.
25th Annual ICWA Conference (California), June 4-6
(Word is I’m speaking at this one.)
NAICJA Save the Date (Oct. 16-19) and Call for Papers (Due April 20)
One of my favorite conferences of the year–and I always offer to do an ICWA/transfer to tribal court case law update!
RFP for Presentations- 2018 NAICJA Conference – DUE APRIL 20th!
Registration open for WSBA Indian Law CLE May 17
Summer Indian Law Program at Montana
Here.
Law students, grad students, attorneys, tribal leaders:
JOIN US for the Summer American Indian and Indigenous Law Program here at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana in beautiful Missoula. We are once again offering a unique slate of courses (for which we have also requested CLE credit) taught by some of the preeminent scholars and practitioners in our field. Topics include:
June 4-8: Indian Law Research, Prof. Stacey Gordon (ABIII School of Law, Univ. of Montana, Missoula, MT)
June 11-15: Mastering American Indian Law, Prof. Maylinn Smith (ABIII School of Law, Univ. of Montana, Missoula, MT)
June 18-22: American Indian Children and the Law, Professor Kate Fort (Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI)
June 25-29: Designing Effective Governmental Regulations, David Hindin (Director, Office of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, USEPA, Washington D.C.)
July 2-6: Alaska Native Law and Policy, Matt Newman (Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK)
July 9-13: Native Hawaiian Law, (Professor Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, HI)
July 16-20: Water Law in Indian Country, John Carter (Tribal Attorney, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, MT)
July 23-27: Indigenous Peoples in International Law (Professor Kristen Carpenter, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, CO)
The program is a great opportunity for students, attorneys, and tribal leaders to gain or feed a passion for Indian law by engaging with other outstanding students and professors in a beautiful and scenic location. Please have them check out our website: www.umt.edu/indianlaw. Also, please feel free to pass the website along to others who may be interested in this opportunity to spend a few weeks this summer learning with us here in Missoula.
Our Children’s Trust Climate Suit in Oregon Allowed to Proceed
The Ninth Circuit has denied mandamus relief to the U.S. Here.
NCAI Webinar: Gun Purchases, Tribal Convictions, and Using the Instant Criminal Background Check System (Feb. 23 at 2pm)
Identifying dangerous persons across jurisdictions can help prevent needless tragedies. Keeping firearms away from persons who are legally prohibited from purchasing firearms requires collaboration across many jurisdictions—including tribal governments. NCAI will be hosting a webinar on NICS, featuring a presentation from JoAnn Garrison, Liaison Specialist from the FBI NICS Business Unit. The webinar will provide an overview of NICS and the ten federal firearm prohibitions, and then explain how tribes can access and use NICS to protect tribal citizens form illegal gun possession. The discussion will primarily focus on the two federal prohibitions specific to domestic violence: the Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence federal prohibition, 922(g)(9), and the Protection Order federal prohibition, 922(g)(8). Attendees will gain knowledge of the role they play in sharing information needed to determine if a firearm transfer is disqualified under federal law as well as highlight the importance of sharing record information on a national level.
–You can register for the webinar here.–
The webinar will be recorded if you are not able to join. If you have any questions, please contact: Elizabeth Reese, erese@ncai.org.
MSU College of Law seeks applicants for Assistant Dean for Career Services
Here. Applications should be submitted by February 28, 2018. Inquiries and nominations should be directed to Prof. Mark Totten at mark.totten@law.msu.edu or (517) 432-6935. Page 1 of the announcement is below.
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