Student Activities

MSU NALSA Welcomes NIGA Chair Ernie Stevens, Jr. & Former Wisconsin Oneida Chair Debbie Thundercloud

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Michigan State NALSA Students + Allies Advocate in Favor of Eliminating Indian Mascots from State Schools

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BanRedskins

Television coverage here.

American Indian Law Journal: Call for Submissions to Spring 2018 Issue

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AILJ

The American Indian Law Journal, published by the Seattle University School of Law, serves as a vital online resource providing high quality articles on issues relevant to Indian law practitioners and scholars across the country. The American Indian Law Journal accepts articles and abstracts on Indian Law for consideration from students, practitioners, tribal members, and law school faculty members.

The American Indian Law Journal is currently
accepting submissions for potential publication
in the spring 2018 issues.

Submission Deadline:

Spring issue January 15, 2018

Article submissions are accepted through Scholastica, BePress, and AILJ@seattleu.edu. The editing process for publication begins soon after these deadlines for each respective issue. The American Indian Law Journal respectfully requests that authors please use footnotes rather than endnotes. All footnotes must conform to the 20th edition of The Bluebook.

For more information or to submit an article, please contact Tracey Cook-Lee, Content Editor, AILJ@seattleu.edu.

26th Annual NNALSA Moot Court Competition: March 2-4, 2018 @ ASU

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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National NALSA Moot Court Competition
March 2-4, 2018
Beus Center for Law and Society
111 E. Taylor Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Each year, hundreds of law students from across the country take on the challenge of writing and arguing on the most compelling federal Indian law and tribal governance issues. The Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at Arizona State University (ASU) is proud to partner with the Indian Legal Program at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the National Native American Law Student Association (NNALSA) on hosting the 2018 NNALSA Moot Court Competition.

Hosted by: ASU’s Indian Legal Program, Native American Law Students Association, and National NALSA

Registration at: law.asu.edu/nnalsamootcourt

Questions? Contact Sarah Crawford at nnalsa.vicepresident@gmail.com

New Volume of Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Current Issue, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2017

Front Matter

Front Matter

Contents

Editorial

Letter from the Editor
Anter, Simone

Illustration

“Water is Life” Editoon
Two Bulls, Marty Sr.

Photography

Oceti Sakowin Camp
Hewitt, Cathy

Gallery I
Wilson, Rob

Articles

Environmentalism and Human Rights Legal Framework: The Continued Frontier of Indigenous Resistance
Thompson, Geneva E. B.

Photography Continued

Gallery II
Wilson, Rob

Poetry

White Man’s Elixir
Kuauhtzin, Tekpatl Tonalyohlotl

Current Issue of American Indian Law Review (Vol. 41, No. 1)

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Vol. 41, No. 1 (2016-2017)

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Article

Capital, Inequality, and Self-Determination: Creating a Sovereign Financial System for Native American Nations – W. Gregory Guedel, Ph.D and J. D. Colbert

Comments

Why Indigenous Peoples’ Property Rights Matter: Why the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples May Be Used to Condemn Isis and the State of Iraq for Their Failure to Protect the Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Nineveh Plains – Brooke E. Hamilton

Defending the Cobell Buy-Back Program – Rebekah Martin

Intellectual Property Rights and Informed Consent in American Indian Communities: Legal and Ethical Issues– Naomi Palosaari

Raising Capital in Indian Country – Evan Way
Note

Christman v. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: A Chapter in the Disenrollment Epidemic – Tabitha Minke


Special Features

The Dynamic Legal Environment of Daily Fantasy Sports – Elizabeth Lohah Homer

Trespass to Culture: The Bioethics of Indigenous Populations’ Informed Consent in Mainstream Genetic Research Paradigms – Alexandra Winters 

HUNAP: “SpearChief-Morris Becomes First Indigenous Student President of Harvard Law School’s Legal Aid Bureau”

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NYU Law Review Seeking Submissions from Indian Law Scholars

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

A message from the editorial board:

NYU Law Review is seeking submissions from Indian law scholars.

1. Print Articles.

As always, our Articles Department is seeking submissions covering diverse subject-matters, especially including general issues in Indian law that would be accessible to a generalist audience. Article submissions must have a minimum of 10,000 words and be submitted on Scholastica. In addition to submission on Scholastica, you may also forward any submission directly to our Senior Articles Editor, Simon Williams, at sjw446@nyu.edu. The Department is accepting unsolicited articles through the end of March, 2016.

2. Online Essays and Comments.

Our Online Department is similarly interested in submissions in Indian law. The Online Department is focused on publishing content addressing timely legal issues, such as current controversies and debates. Online submissions have a maximum word limit of 10,000 words and may be submitted directly to our Senior Online Editor, Marcelo Triana, at mt3497@nyu.edu or via Scholastica. More information on our submission policy can be found on our website, www.nyulawreview.org.

American Indian Law Journal — Fall 2016 Volume

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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AILJ – Fall 2016

Contents

Masthead
Assessing Political Economy In Native American Nations W. Gregory Guedel, Ph.D., JD
A Legal Practitioner’s Guide To Indian and Tribal Law Research Kelly Kunsch
Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Cannot Protect Sacred Sites Timothy Wiseman
Student Articles
Money Is For Nothing: The Inherent Want of Consideration Found In Substantial Exclusivity Terms Within Tribal-State Compacts Paul C. Alexander II
A Silent Epidemic: Revisiting the 2013 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to Better Protect American Indian and Alaska Native Women Rory Flay
Complex Adaptive Peacemaking: How Systems Theory Reveals Advantages of Traditional Tribal Dispute Resolution Methods Juliana E. Okulski

Read the entire issue here (PDF).

Law Students: Enter the LSAC 2017 Diversity Writing Competition to win $5000

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This year’s LSAC Diversity Writing Competition topic is “Why Pipeline Programs Targeting Students from Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds are Essential to the Future of the Legal Profession.”  Current JD candidates are invited to submit papers addressing this topic.  The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 31, 2017, and LSAC will award three $5000 prizes to the best paper submitted by a 1L, 2L, and 3L/4L.  In addition, one winner will have a chance to publish their entry in the Journal of Legal Education.

We know there are law students following Turtle Talk who could write excellent papers on this topic. LSAC’s rules for submissions are here.