Education

Applications for Milanovich Fellowship in Law @ UCLA Law

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

UCLA’s Native Nations Law and Policy Center is now accepting applications for the Milanovich Fellowship in Law at UCLA School of Law (generously supported by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians). The Fellowship is designed for up to two years to help mentor and launch aspiring academics focusing on Indigenous rights into the legal academy.

Please circulate this announcement to your networks and encourage people to apply! Feel free to direct questions to Angela Riley.

Richard M. Milanovich Fellowship in Law 2024-2026 at UCLA School of Law is now active. Please direct interested applicants to https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08950.

AILC & PLSI Judicial Clerkship Panel Discussion Next Week

Monica Williamson

Judicial Clerkships Panel Discussion

October 17, 2023, 12-1 pm MT
Zoom Webinar with Q&A

The tribal, state, and federal benches need more Native judges and judicial clerks.  We encourage Native law students to join us to meet Native federal judges and learn more about their journey.  Please share with NALSA groups!

Visit the website for more information about the panelists and to register.

Native America Calling on the Affirmative Action and Student Loans Cases

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Montana Court Recognize Duty to Educate Students on Native History

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Yellow Kidney v. Montana Office of Public Instruction:

Order – Order Denying Motion To Dismiss.pdfDownload

Briefs here.

Montana State Court Allows Suit Seeking Enforcement of State Law Requiring Native History and Culture to be Taught in State Schools

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the available materials in Yellow Kidney v. Montana State Office of Public Instruction (Mont. Dist. Ct.):

YK First Amended Complaint FINAL

034-Defendants’ Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint

038-Brief in Opposition to MTD FINAL

039-Ds’ Joint Reply in Support of MTD

The district court denied the motion in court.

GTB Citizen and Journalist to Discuss Michigan Indian Boarding Schools at Ann Arbor District Library on April 24

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

American Indian Law Center/Pre-Law Summer Institute Pre-Law Advisors Training Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Register here.