Announcements

Updated Pascua Yaqui Tribe VAWA Training Materials

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here (PYT VAWA Trial Advocacy Training Packet_updated 2015-04-17):

Submit your registration today!

Join us for the first ever VAWA Trial Advocacy Training in Tucson, Arizona at the Casino del Sol Conference Center & Resort on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation from May 5-7, 2015.  The Pascua Yaqui Tribe hosts this event in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

The Training will focus on three tracks: prosecutor, defense attorney, and judicial. The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, the Center for Court Innovation, and local judges will provide substantive trial training specific to VAWA prosecutions, including training on jurisdictional considerations, witness recantation, and evidence considerations. Practical training skills and application of learned skills will take place at the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Court.

All are welcome to register for the May 5th General VAWA Session where the Pascua Yaqui Criminal Justice System will share the Lessons Learned in its first year of exercising Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction. The general session will also host general VAWA specific training on Criminal Jurisdiction, Evidence, and Ethics by Cohen-handbook contributor Melissa Tatum, renowned evidence & trial litigation expert and best-selling author Thomas Mauet, and Jim Diamond, respectively.

The substantive trial skills training days on May 6-7th will be limited and selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. The PYT Office of the Prosecutor will contact approved participants.

Pascua Yaqui VAWA Trial Advocacy Training

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

PYT VAWA Trial Advocacy Training Packet_compressed size

MSU Enbridge Tar Sands Resistance Tour Stop

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Wednesday, 6-8 PM at the law school’s Castle Boardroom.

Details here. Facebook page here.

7th Annual American Indian Justice Conference | May 12-14, 2015 | Catoosa, OK

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Montana NALSA Law Week — April 13-17, 2015

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Missoula, MT — The Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at the University of Montana School of Law will be hosting its annual Indian Law Week, April 13-17. This year’s theme is Law, Culture and the Environment. NALSA will host lunch and bring in speakers to discuss a variety of topics impacting tribal communities, such as natural resource extraction, the Columbia River Treaty, and environmental regulations. These sessions are April 13, 14, 15 & 17 from noon to 1 p.m. in UM Law School room 101. They are free and open to the public.

On April 16, Continuing Legal Education will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Downtown, co-sponsored by the Montana State Bar’s Indian Law Section.  Featured speakers are Kimberly Varilek from the EPA’s Region 8 Office of General Counsel, David House, Carrie Le Seur, Kenneth Pitt, and Matthew McKinney. Cost for the CLE is $100 for attorneys, $70 for Indian Law Section members and $50 for non-attorneys.

A reception, silent auction and presentation of the Mi-Ha-Ka-Ta-Kis (Ray Cross) Award will follow the CLE April 16 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.  Tickets are $10 for the general public or $5 for students. For more information or to register for the CLE, please visit the group’s Facebook page, at http://www.facebook.com/MontanaNALSA, or the UM Events Calendar, at http://www.umt.edu/law/newsevents

– Montana NALSA Board

Flyer here (Montana Indian Law Week Flyer):

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Seattle Law School Event on VAWA and Indian Country CORRECTED

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here (PDF):

VAWA Panel Flyer.2015

 

UM NALSA Indian Law Week — April 1-6, 2015

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here (PDF):

indian law week flyer

Louise Erdrich to be awarded Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

Victoria Sweet1 Comment

Congratulations to Louise Erdrich. Her work is getting a great deal of attention around the country. Finally.

Here is a great quote from Librarian of Congress James Billington about why Erdrich was chosen for this award:

Librarian of Congress James Billington said in a statement that Erdrich’s novels have uniquely explored the cultural challenges faced by Native Americans and mixed-race Americans.

“[H]er prose manages to be at once lyrical and gritty, magical yet unsentimental, connecting a dreamworld of Ojibwe legend to stark realities of the modern-day,” Billington said. “And yet, for all the bracing originality of her work, her fiction is deeply rooted in the American literary tradition.”

Link to news articles here and here.

Bar Exam Scholarships for Students Who Intend to Practice Indian Law in Oklahoma

Kate Fort

Here.

Deadline May 8,2015