Student Activities – Turtle Talk

Hainipi, Boozhoo, Aaniin, Chokma, Yá’át’ééh, Imaynallan, Mohtompan wunne, Posoh, ᎣᏏᏲ, Lios em chaniavu, Ske:g taş: Greetings from the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at Michigan Law! Please join us for our inaugural NALSA Banquet to celebrate Indigeneity and be in community.

Tickets available through the Michigan Union ticket office here.

Even if you cannot attend, please consider buying tickets as a donation.

New Student Scholarship on Tribal Courts’ Role in the Federalist Judicial System

March 2, 2026Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Sharon Nunn has published “Correcting Nevada v. Hicks: Recognizing Tribal Courts as Courts of General Subject-Matter Jurisdiction” in the Yale Law Journal.

Here is the abstract:

This Note challenges the Supreme Court’s conclusion in Nevada v. Hicks that tribal courts are not courts of general subject-matter jurisdiction. Tribal courts satisfy the definition of general subject-matter jurisdiction courts: they are primary courts created by nonfederal sovereigns to hear a broad range of cases under their laws. Unlike previous scholarship, this analysis does not premise jurisdiction on near-perfect parity between tribal and state sovereignty, but focuses instead on tribal courts’ function in our federalist system. Recognizing tribal courts as general-jurisdiction courts would affirm tribal sovereignty and enable tribes to hear federal claims critical to self-governance.

Suzan Shown Harjo, Vine Deloria, Sam Deloria, Oren Lyons, Joe de la Cruz

Tribal Law Journal Call for Papers

February 24, 2026February 24, 2026Matthew L.M. Fletcher

TLJ is inviting scholarly, practitioner, and student submissions addressing legal issues affecting tribal nations and their internal justice systems. Contributions may include tribal court case comments, reflections on tribal systems, the development of tribal law, the value of tribal law, interviews, and teachings. Submissions are due by August 31, 2026, and chosen work will be published by Spring 2027

40th Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference, March 19-21, 2026 @ UWisconsin Law School

February 23, 2026Matthew L.M. Fletcher

American Indian Law Review, Vol. 49, Issue 2

February 16, 2026Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Current Issue: Volume 49, Number 2 (2026)

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Front Pages

It’s National NALSA Moot Court Time

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026Matthew L.M. Fletcher

UCLA Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance Call for Submissions

February 2, 2026Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance (IPJLCR) is currently accepting submissions for Volume 12, which has a target publication date of Spring 2027. Submissions are being accepted until Sun., March 15, 2026. Email submissions and any questions to: ipjlcr@lawnet.ucla.edu.

IPJLCR is an interdisciplinary law journal housed at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law that focuses on Indigenous legal issues and publishes scholarly articles, legal commentary, poetry, songs, stories, artwork, and other media. We are soliciting scholarly articles, student comments, and art that centers on or relates to legal issues important to Indigenous communities in the United States and throughout the world. We also seek works on issues or aspects of life in Native communities that are impacted by law, whether tribal law or the laws of nation-states. To access past issues, please visit https://escholarship.org/uc/uclalaw_ipjlcr.

Requirements:

Each submission should be sent as one Microsoft Word file with Bluebook formatted citations (22nd ed. 2025) in footnotes;
Articles should be less than or equal to 50 pages and include 12 pt Times New Roman font for the body of the manuscript, 10 pt Times New Roman font for footnotes, 1-inch margins, and the author’s name, address, phone number, and email address in the header of the first page;
A brief biography.