Here is a link to the event.
Registration form here.
Michigan Tribal Judges Invited to MDTC “Meet the Judges” Event (Oct. 2, 2014)
Here is a link to the event.
Registration form here.
Announcements
NAICJA Seeks 2014 Award Nominations — Deadline AUGUST 29, 2014
The National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) Board of Directors is soliciting nominations for four (4) NAICJA awards: the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Judicial Excellence Award, the Court Support Excellence Award and the Outstanding Service Award. The award criteria are detailed in the attached 2014 NAICJA Awards Solicitation document. Please use the 2014 NAICJA Award Nomination form to make nominate an individual. Nominations close: August 29, 2014. The awards will be announced and presented at the 45th National Tribal Judicial and Court Clerks Conference on October 7-10, 2014 at the Cherokee Nation’s Hard Rock Tulsa in Catoosa, OK. For more conference information see: http://www.naicja.org/events/2014conference
Last year’s inaugural award winners were: Chief Justice Michael Petoskey (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Tribal Court) (Lifetime Achievement Award), Chief Judge Richard Blake (Hoopa Tribal Court) (Judicial Excellence Award) and Dean Stacy Leeds (University of Arkansas School of Law, former Chief Justice, Cherokee Nation Supreme Court) (NAICJA Service Award.) The Court Support Excellence Award is new for 2014.
August 2014 Tribal Court Training Conference — August 13-15, 2014
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Univ. of Washington 27th Annual Indian Law Symposium — Sept. 11-12, 2014
DOJ Invitation to Consult on Voting Rights
Training Annoucement from NICWA
Join us for our upcoming training institutes. These interactive and energetic courses are taught by dynamic trainers who are experts in the field of Indian child welfare. Led by those with an extensive experience working with tribal communities, participants will also enjoy the opportunity to network with other attendees from tribal, state, and national agencies located throughout the country. For more information visit www.nicwa.org/training/institutes/. Contact Lauren Shapiro at lauren@nicwa.org with any questions. Choose from one of the following trainings:
Virtual Classroom: Enhancing Basic Skills for Tribal Child Welfare Workers
Tuesdays, July 15–August 12, 2014, 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. PDT
Wednesdays, October 1–29, 2014, 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. PDTSeptember 8–10, 2014: Portland, Oregon
Positive Indian Parenting
ICWA Basics and Advanced ICWADecember 1–3, 2014: San Diego, California
Positive Indian Parenting
ICWA Basics and Advanced ICWAApril 23–24, 2015: Portland, Oregon
Positive Indian Parenting
ICWA BasicsPositive Indian Parenting
Positive Indian Parenting prepares tribal and non-tribal child welfare personnel to train American Indian and Alaska Native parents using a culturally specific approach. This two- or three-day train-the-trainer class will draw on the strengths of historic Indian child-rearing patterns and blend traditional values with modern skills.ICWA Basics & Advanced
ICWA Basics is a two-day training that provides participants with information about the basic legal requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) and the practice issues involved with its implementation. Stay for Advanced ICWA which will provide participants with advanced strategies for implementing ICWA.Enhancing Basic Skills for Tribal Child Welfare Workers
NICWA is bringing our training institutes to the virtual classroom! New to tribal child welfare? Want to brush up on your tribal child welfare skills? This five-part webinar series is geared toward tribal child welfare workers who want to improve their basic skills.
NAICJA Award Nomination Solicitation
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National American Indian Court Judges Association 2014 Award Solicitation
The National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) Board of Directors is soliciting nominations for four (4) NAICJA awards: the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Judicial Excellence Award, the Court Support Excellence Award and the Outstanding Service Award. The award criteria are detailed in the 2014 NAICJA Awards Solicitation document. Please use the 2014 NAICJA Award Nomination form to make nominate an individual.
Nominations close: August 29, 2014.
The awards will be announced and presented at the 45th National Tribal Judicial and Court Clerks Conference on October 7-10, 2014 at the Cherokee Nation’s Hard Rock Tulsa in Catoosa, OK. For more conference information see: http://www.naicja.org/events/2014conference
Last year’s inaugural award winners were: Chief Justice Michael Petoskey (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Tribal Court) (Lifetime Achievement Award), Chief Judge Richard Blake (Hoopa Tribal Court) (Judicial Excellence Award) and Dean Stacy Leeds (University of Arkansas School of Law, former Chief Justice, Cherokee Nation Supreme Court) (NAICJA Service Award.) The Court Support Excellence Award is new for 2014.
Established in 1969, NAICJA is non-profit membership organization of present and former tribal court judges, court personnel and other tribal justice system supporters from approximately 300 tribal courts throughout the United States. NAICJA provides support, continuing education and technical assistance to tribal justice systems and seeks to further public knowledge and understanding of tribal courts
Indian Land Tenure Foundation Upcoming CLE on Cobell v. Jewell: July 16, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
DOJ ENRD (Indian Resources) Seeks Trial Attorney for Denver Office
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A description:
The Indian Resources Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, is seeking an experienced attorney for the position of Trial Attorney in Denver, CO. The Indian Resources Section represents the United States in its trust capacity in litigation pending in federal and state courts for the benefit of Indian tribes and individual Indians. These suits include seeking to establish tribal water rights, protecting treaty hunting and fishing rights, remedying trespasses on tribal lands, and establishing reservation boundaries and rights to land. The Indian Resource Section also defends the United States in legal challenges to agency programs designed to further tribal sovereignty, such as the Department of the Interior’s program for the acquisition of trust land for tribes. The litigation handled by the Indian Resources Section is of vital interest to Indian tribes and often addresses issues of first impression.
AALS Indian Law Section Call for Papers
Call for Papers for the AALS Annual Meeting
Friday, January 2 – Monday, January 5, 2015, Washington DC
The AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section invites submissions on the topic “Bay Mills and the Future of Sovereign Immunity” for the Section’s 2015 AALS conference panel. Please submit abstracts (preferred to received full papers) to the Section Chair, Alex Pearl, at alex.pearl@ttu.edu by August 1, 2014. We anticipate interpreting the topic broadly, so please submit if you are doing work related to this concept. The Section Executive Committee will inform you if you have been chosen to be on the panel by September 1, 2015 so that you will know in time for the Spring Law Review submission cycle.
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