ABA Indigenous Law Committee 2025 Student Writing Competition
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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
Benefit Corporations—A Tool for Economic Development and Fostering Sovereignty in Tribal Business Structures
Madelynn M. Dancer
Notes
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta—Using Sentencing Inequities to Address the Oliphant in the Room
Dillon M. Sullivan
Special Feature
A Tribal Court Blueprint for the Choctaw Freedmen: Effect of Cherokee Nation v. Nash
LeeAnn Littlejohn
Harvard NALSA Indian Law Symposium III
Harvard NALSA Indian Law Symposium II
Harvard NALSA Opening Remarks + Keynote Speaker Judge Sunshine Sykes
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 Symposium, titled”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 Symposium, titled”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.
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