American Indian Law Review, Vol. 48, Issue 2

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How Poor Is Poor Enough? How Jurisdictional Differences in Implementing the Right to Counsel Affect Indigent Native Americans
J. Santana Spangler-Day

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Benefit Corporations—A Tool for Economic Development and Fostering Sovereignty in Tribal Business Structures
Madelynn M. Dancer

Notes

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The Amplified Federal Obligation: Why Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health OrganizationAmplifies the Federal Government’s Obligation to Provide Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care in Native American Communities
Rebecca M. Kamp

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Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta—Using Sentencing Inequities to Address the Oliphant in the Room
Dillon M. Sullivan

Special Feature

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A Tribal Court Blueprint for the Choctaw Freedmen: Effect of Cherokee Nation v. Nash
LeeAnn Littlejohn

Harvard NALSA Indian Law Symposium III

Keynote Speaker Dean Stacy Leeds
Wiliame Gucake, Amelia Kendall, Megan Davis, and Fletcher
Elizabeth Reese, Jade Araujo, and Sarah McClellan

Harvard NALSA Indian Law Symposium II

Hon. JoAnne Jayne
Judge Jayne, Malika Kounkourou, and Sadie Pate
J.V. Langkilde, Sadie Pate, Fletcher

Harvard NALSA Opening Remarks + Keynote Speaker Judge Sunshine Sykes

Judge Sykes
Harvard NALSA
Sadie Pate
Dean Goldberg
Amira Madison, HUNAP

Yale Law Journal Article Submissions Portal Opens Feb. 1

The Yale Law Journal plans to reopen its submissions portal for Articles & Essays on Saturday, February 1.

Submissions guidelines and portal can be found here. Any questions you might receive about the submission process can be referred to our Managing Editors, Ako Ndefo-Haven (ako.ndefo-haven@yale.edu) and Matt Beattie-Callahan (matt.beattie-callahan@yale.edu).

Updated Harvard NALSA Symposium Info. Feb 28, 2025

The Harvard Law School (HLS) Native Law Students Association (NALSA) is excited to present the 2025 HLS Indian Law Symposiumtitled”De-Othering Indian Law: Indigenous Topics as Canon Legal Doctrine.” 

The symposium will be a day-long event on Friday, February 28, 2025,from 9am – 5pm
The symposium is open to the public and free to attend forregistered attendees. You can register using the form link located on the symposium website.

We have an amazing line-up of speakers coming, including: 
U.S. District Court Judge Sunshine S. Sykes, ASU Law School Dean Stacy Leeds, Navajo Nation Chief Justice JoAnn Jayne, White House Senior Policy Advisor on Native Affairs and Stanford Professor Elizabeth Reese, UNSW & HLS Professor Megan Davis, MSU Professor Wenona T. Singel, and University of Michigan Professor Matthew Fletcher

For those interested in a virtual link to the symposium, please fill out the registration form and indicate interest in a virtual live stream option. 

For any questions, please contact nalsa@mail.law.harvard.edu

Stanford NALSA Admissions Panel — Jan. 26

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Join the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) to learn more about the law school application process. Current NALSA members will provide tips, best practices, and answer general questions about SLS and admissions. This event is open to the public.

Harvard NALSA Indian Law Symposium Feb. 28, 2025

More details here (updated Jan. 20, 2025):

The Harvard Law School (HLS) Native Law Students Association (NALSA) is excited to present the 2025 HLS Indian Law Symposiumtitled”De-Othering Indian Law: Indigenous Topics as Canon Legal Doctrine.” 

The symposium will be a day-long event on Friday, February 28, 2025,from 9am – 5pm
The symposium is open to the public and free to attend forregistered attendees. You can register using the form link located on the symposium website.

We have an amazing line-up of speakers coming, including: 
U.S. District Court Judge Sunshine S. Sykes, ASU Law School Dean Stacy Leeds, Navajo Nation Chief Justice JoAnn Jayne, White House Senior Policy Advisor on Native Affairs and Stanford Professor Elizabeth Reese, UNSW & HLS Professor Megan Davis, MSU Professor Wenona T. Singel, and University of Michigan Professor Matthew Fletcher

For those interested in a virtual link to the symposium, please fill out the registration form and indicate interest in a virtual live stream option. 

For any questions, please contact nalsa@mail.law.harvard.edu

National NALSA Writing Competition Deadline Feb. 22, 2025

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The National NALSA Writing Competition is sponsored by the National Native American Law Students Association (“National NALSA”). This 2024-25 academic year, Seattle University School of Law is hosting the Competition in collaboration with the Center for Indian Law and Policy, American Indian Law Journal (“AILJ”), and Seattle University’s Native American Law Students Association (“NALSA”) chapter. The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved with National NALSA and increase awareness and education regarding legal issues that impact Native Nations, Inter-tribal organizations, and Indigenous communities.

Submission deadline is February 22, 2025. Please review the competition brochure, website, and rules linked below.

2025 Writing Competition Website

2025 Brochure

Writing Competition Rules

Call for Papers: Texas Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Indigenous Rights Symposium

The Texas Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is seeking articles from legal scholars, practitioners, or individuals with unique expertise on legal issues pertaining to Indigenous Rights for our spring special issue. If you have any articles on Indigenous issues, please submit them to us via scholastica or to this email (tjclcrsubmissions@gmail.com). Feel free to forward this to any colleagues that may also be interested! Article length can vary (typically from 30-60 pages) and so can topics. Any questions or concerns can also be sent to the TJCLCR submissions editor at this email: tjclcrsubmissions@gmail.com.