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CLE
UDub Code Drafting CLE, March 26-27, 2026
Intermediate-level Tribal Code Drafting Workshop
Dates and Times:
Thursday, March 26, 2026 | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, March 27, 2026 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location:
William H. Gates Hall, Room 207
4293 Memorial Way NE
Seattle, WA 98195
Registration:
Registration is $275 per person and includes CLE credit reporting and continental breakfast each morning at 8:30 a.m.
Registration link. https://cvent.me/KOobzW
Brief Description:
The course — led by Professor Eric Eberhard, Associate Director of the NALC, and NALC Fellow Avey Menard — will focus on legislative drafting techniques to strengthen and build upon your preexisting knowledge and experience in drafting tribal codes. The program will benefit practitioners who have a working understanding of the canons of statutory interpretation. The two-day workshop will provide you with the opportunity to draft code provisions that incorporate standards established in federal law to address the problems of trespass on tribal lands and consent.
The program will only be offered live and in-person. For Washington state attorneys, the UW School of Law will submit your attendance to the WSBA for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit after a post-event survey is completed. We anticipate a minimum of 11 MCLE credit hours for those who attend the full program. Registration costs $275 and attendance is limited to 15 participants.
Spokane County Bar Association Indian Law Section 17th Annual Indian Law Conference (Mar. 6, 2026) + Bar Scholarship Info.
Fletcher TICA-Arizona State Bar CLE (1/14/26): Congressional Powers Post-Brackeen
Oklahoma Indian Bar Association CLE: “McGirt: The Promise Continues” — Dec. 8, 2025
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Spokane County Bar Association Indian Law Section CLE — March 6, 2026
WSBA Indian Law Section 37th Annual CLE
37th Annual CLE presented by Stokes Lawrence, P.S., and the WSBA Indian Law Section!
During the annual CLE on May 15 and 16, 2025, seasoned practitioners will discuss some of the most important developments and pressing issues affecting tribes in Washington State and beyond. For the first time in its history, this year’s CLE will be held virtually and in-person in Indian Country on the Tulalip Reservation.
While the agenda is still being finalized, we are excited to share a first look at several of our programs:
- Tribal Warrants Act Panel
- Tribal Civil Jurisdiction after Lexington Insurance Co. vs. Smith
- ISDEAA Contracting
- Truth and Reconciliation: Analysis and Outreach by the Washington Attorney General’s Office Tribal Advisory Committee to Address the Impact of Indian Boarding Schools
- A Judicial Update Impacting Indian Country
Where: Tulalip Administration Building, 6406 Marine Drive, Tulalip, WA 98271
When: May 15-16, 2025
Time:
May 15, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
May 16, 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Tuition:
$245: Indian Law Section Members
$275: Standard/Non-Section Members
FREE: Current Law Students
Credits: 8 credits
For more information, or to register for In-Person or Virtual, please visit WSBA Indian Law Section’s 37th Annual CLE Registration.
Spokane Indian Law Conference Agenda
Spokane Indian Bar CLE — 16th Annual
Oklahoma ILS CLE: “From Ramsey to O’Brien: The Changing Landscape of Jurisdiction in Oklahoma”
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A ZOOM CLE Program, this Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from 9 am to noon, focusing on jurisdiction in Oklahoma’s Indian Country, focusing on cases spanning from U.S. v. Ramsey in 1926 to the recent Hooper & O’Brien Cases authorizing state jurisdiction over Indians in Indian country under novel and unprecedented theories
3 hours of Oklahoma Continuing Legal Education credit applied for, including 1 hour of ethics.
Presented by the Oklahoma Indian Bar Association (“OIBA”)
Email to OklahomaIndianBarAssociation@yahoo.com for more information. Contact Arvo Mikkanen via text at 405/420-9912 with any questions.
Online registration deadline is 12/18/24 at 9:00 am.
REGISTRANTS WILL RECEIVE A ZOOM LINK BY EMAIL ON THE DAY OF THE SEMINAR 12/18/24. DO NOT ASK FOR LINK BEFORE THAT TIME. LINK WILL BE SENT ONLY TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU PROVIDE WHEN YOU REGISTER.
A DROPBOX WILL BE SET UP AND EMAILED TO YOU FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE WRITTEN MATERIALS
Registration is $ 75.
Current paid 2024 & 2025 OIBA members with paid membership are entitled to $15 discount and can register for $60.
Elected Tribal Leader / Tribal Employee Registration is $ 30.
Student registrations are $20.
Attorneys: 3 Oklahoma Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) Credits Applied for, including 1 hour of ethics. If you wish for credits for other states, that is your responsibility to submit to your own state bar for approval.
If you are not an Oklahoma bar member, please enter 00000 in the registration form.
AGENDA
9:00 am – 10:00 am – Arvo Mikkanen (Kiowa/Comanche), Attorney & Former Tribal Judge
OIBA President Mikkanen will discuss the recognition of Indian country post statehood in the Osage murder trials, the re-establishment of tribal and federal jurisdiction under the Littlechief and Ahboah cases, and the constructs for analysis provided in the Bracker and Castro-Huerta cases. Ethics for practicing attorneys in the Indian law field will also be discussed throughout.
10:00 am – 11:00 pm – Patti Palmer Ghezzi, Attorney & Trial/Appellate Consultant
Ms. Ghezzi will discuss the critical cases litigated and decided involving Oklahoma’s Indian country after Littlechief, leading up to the Murphy and McGirt cases which recognized the continuing boundaries of the Muscogee Nation Reservation.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Jeri Wisner (Muscogee), Attorney General – Muscogee Nation
AG Wisner will discuss the City of Tulsa’s attempts to undermine the McGirt decision which re-established Indian country in eastern Oklahoma within the boundaries of the Muscogee Nation reservation through the recent Hooper and O’Brien cases. The focus will be on assertions that the state has criminal jurisdiction over Indians within Indian country, under a variety of novel theories.
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