Details about the Summer 2016 internship program can be found here.
Student Activities
Reminder: Apply to Clerk at NARF by September 25, 2015
Founded in 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (“NARF”) is the oldest and largest nonprofit law firm dedicated to asserting and defending the rights of Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide. NARF’s practice is concentrated in five key areas: the preservation of tribal existence; the protection of tribal natural resources; the promotion of Native American human rights; the accountability of governments to Native Americans; and the development of Indian law and educating the public about Indian rights, laws, and issues.
Summer Clerkships
NARF is currently seeking candidates for its Summer 2016 Clerkships! Each year, NARF conducts a nation-wide search for law students to participate in its Law Clerk Program. Positions are available in all three of NARF’s offices: Anchorage, AK; Boulder, CO; and Washington, D.C.
Here is the advertisement. The deadline to apply is September 25, 2015.
MSU NALSA Spring 2015 Newsletter
Congrats to South Dakota NALSA!
From their facebook page:
USD NALSA was presented with the National Native American Law Student Association’s Chapter of the Year award this year at the Federal Bar Association’s 40th Annual Indian Law Conference! Also, Tsyoslake House received the 2L of the year award! NALSA would like to say thank you to all who voted and thank you to all of our members who worked hard to make good things happen in Indian Country! Our goal this year was to bring awareness of current issues that Indian people face, while trying to be positive role models for Indian youth. NALSA would like to say thank you again for this recognition on a national level. Our chapter will continue to strive and work hard for Indian Country! Good work to all the NALSA members who volunteered their time to help better Indian Country!
NNALSA Panel on Law Teaching Careers
Wenona Singel, Keith Richotte, Angelique EagleWoman, and Fletcher (not pictured)
And the National NALSA members in attendance
Montana NALSA Law Week — April 13-17, 2015
Missoula, MT — The Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at the University of Montana School of Law will be hosting its annual Indian Law Week, April 13-17. This year’s theme is Law, Culture and the Environment. NALSA will host lunch and bring in speakers to discuss a variety of topics impacting tribal communities, such as natural resource extraction, the Columbia River Treaty, and environmental regulations. These sessions are April 13, 14, 15 & 17 from noon to 1 p.m. in UM Law School room 101. They are free and open to the public.
On April 16, Continuing Legal Education will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Downtown, co-sponsored by the Montana State Bar’s Indian Law Section. Featured speakers are Kimberly Varilek from the EPA’s Region 8 Office of General Counsel, David House, Carrie Le Seur, Kenneth Pitt, and Matthew McKinney. Cost for the CLE is $100 for attorneys, $70 for Indian Law Section members and $50 for non-attorneys.
A reception, silent auction and presentation of the Mi-Ha-Ka-Ta-Kis (Ray Cross) Award will follow the CLE April 16 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general public or $5 for students. For more information or to register for the CLE, please visit the group’s Facebook page, at http://www.facebook.com/MontanaNALSA, or the UM Events Calendar, at http://www.umt.edu/law/newsevents
– Montana NALSA Board
Flyer here (Montana Indian Law Week Flyer):
Michigan NALSA Event on Keystone XL Pipeline
Colin Kavanaugh
The Michigan law school community
UM NALSA Indian Law Week — April 1-6, 2015
Here (PDF):
32nd Annual Michigan State University Powwow: April 18, 2015
Here is the flyer:
Wisconsin Law School ILSA: 29th Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference Agenda — This Weekend!
Here (PDF):
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