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Last Day to Preregister for FBA DC Indian Law Conference
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Symposia
Arizona IPLP 10 Year Reunion Program
Details here. Agenda here:
Morning Session: What the Academy can offer the Practicing Bench and Bar
8:00-8:30 Breakfast and registration (sponsored by The Native Peoples Technical Assistance Program)
8:30-8:45 Setting the stage (Melissa Tatum, Research Professor of Law & Director, IPLP Graduate Programs, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law)
8:45-10:00 Roundtable:
What the Academy can offer the Practicing Bench and Bar
Rountable Participants:
Professor Matthew Fletcher, Michigan State University
Professor Angela Riley, UCLA
Lawrence Baca, U.S. Dept. of Justice (retired)
Christopher Chaney, Deputy Director, Office of Tribal Justice
Ray Austin, IPLP Distinguished Jurist in Residence
Nicole Friederichs, Practitioner in Residence, Suffolk Law
10:00-10:15 Break (sponsored by The Native Peoples Technical Assistance Program)
10:15-11:30 Roundtable Continued: What the Practicing Bench and Bar can offer the Academy
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:15 Concluding thoughts and comments (Robert A. Williams, Jr., E. Thomas Sullivan Prof. of Law and American Indian Studies & Director, IPLP Program)
12:30-2:00 Lunch program
Keynote speaker: S. James Anaya, Regents’ and James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy & U.N. Special Rapporteur of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Afternoon Session: Working with Indigenous Peoples Law in the Academy, the Government, Human Rights Work, and Private Practice
2:15-3:15
Careers in Academia and Government
Professor Keith Richotte, University of North Dakota
Professor Mark McMillan, Melbourne Law School (Australia)
Sarah Morales, University of Ottawa
Lenny Alvarado, University of Arizona
Wizipan Garriott, Consultant (formerly of Dept of Interior)
Wenona Benally Baldenegro (candidate for U.S. House of Representatives)
3:15-3:30 Break (sponsored by Faegre & Benson)
3:30-4:30
Careers in human rights and private practice
Leah Sixkiller, Faegre & Benson
Kirstin Eidenbach, Perkins Coie
Moira Gracey, Carranza, LLP
Seánna Howard, IPLP Staff Attorney
Maia Campbell, Senior Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur and Coordinator of the Support Project/Adjunct Professor
4:30-5:00 Closing remarks
5:00-6:00 Closing Reception sponsored by Perkins Coie
Sunday, October 9, 2011
11:30 – 2:00
Picnic lunch (BBQ) at the law school for alumni and families (children welcome).
Live music, free photo booth, raffle tickets for chances to win cool prizes and much more.
Program at Seattle Law: DV and Indian Country Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice in Indian Country: Roadblocks for Domestic Violence Survivors
Seattle University School of Law, Sullivan Hall Courtroom
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 11am-1pm
Jurisdictional issues in Indian Country affect tribal members nationwide. Some types of crime, including domestic violence, often fall into jurisdictional gaps and are not prosecuted. Because tribal courts do not have jurisdiction over non-Indians, tribal members have no recourse through tribal courts when a perpetrator is a non-Indian. Between 2005 and 2010, the federal government refused to prosecute 50% of violent crimes that allegedly took place in Indian Country, and approximately 75% of sexually-based alleged crimes against women and children. However, some tribes are experimenting with creative ways of addressing these problems. This event, hosted by the Seattle University Human Rights Network, the Center for Indian Law and Policy, the Seattle University Native American Law Students Association, and the Seattle University Women’s Law Caucus, will inform attendees about the jurisdictional problems, as well as possible solutions in navigating these legal systems and addressing domestic violence. The enactment of the Tribal Law and Act of 2010, along with horrendous statistics of violence against women and children in Indian Country, makes this issue particularly timely and important for students interested in Indian law and advocacy.
FBA DC Indian Law Conference Agenda (Nov. 15, 2011)
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| 8:00-9:00 am | Registration |
| 8:30-8:45 am | Welcome and Prayer |
| 8:45-9:30 am | Congressional Perspectives. A panel of current and former congressional Members and staff discuss the outlook of Native American issues in Congress. Byron L. Dorgan, former Senator from North Dakota |
| 9:45-10:15 am | Federal Court Update Patricia Millett, Partner and Co-Chair of the Supreme Court Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
| 10:30-11:45 am | The State Of Trust Reform: Reflections on the Cobell Settlement, Jicarilla and Tohono O’odham Cases Keith Harper, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend, and lead attorney for plaintiffs in Cobell v. Salazar Jim Cason, Booze Allen Hamilton, and former Deputy Secretary for Interior John Dossett, General Counsel, National Congress of American Indians |
| 12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch Keynote Thomas Perrelli, Associate Attorney General (invited) |
| 1:30-2:45 pm | Expanding Tribal Jurisdiction to Protect Native Women Troy A. Eid, Shareholder and Co-Chair, American Indian Law Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Chair of the Indian Law and Order Commission Timothy Purdon, U.S. Attorney for North Dakota (invited) |
| 3:00-4:15 pm | Recession and Defaults: Overcoming the Obstacles to Accessing Capital in Uncertain Times Jeff Carey, Managing Director Native American Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Lance Morgan, Partner, Fredericks Peebles & Morgan, LLP |
| 4:30-5:30 pm | Ethics: Representing the Federal Government while Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility: The Supreme Court’s Jicarilla Decision Ethan Shenkman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division. Patrice Kunesh, Deputy Solicitor – Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior (invited) Ann Juliano, Professor, Villanova Law |
Arizona State Water Law Conference Announcement
National American Indian Court Judges Association 42nd Annual Meeting: Oct. 26-28, 2011
Two News Articles on the State of Sequoyah Conference
Here is the first on Anishinaabe veteran Jim Northrup’s talk. An excerpt:
Despite the horrors he has experienced, Northrup retained his sense of humor. His poems evoked laughter, applause, and a sense of the tragedy of battle.
In one of his poems, “The Duke,” the soldiers realize that a VIP visitor arriving by helicopter is John Wayne himself. They ask him to go for a walk with him, but he refuses to go out with the “grunts.”
Northrup wrote their experiences contained “more killing than he had seen in a quarter of a century of movie killing.”
“And I have photographs that go along with that,” he said, after reading the poem.
Today Northrup travels the country, sharing his experiences with those who can best understand them.
“We’re creating new veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan. They’re coming home as messed up as I was – some less, some more,” he said.
“A lot of them just want to unload to someone who will understand.”
Many audience members were fellow Vietnam vets. Northrup asked them to help work with these new veterans.
Following his speech, the group saw the Vietnam portion of the “Way of the Warrior” video by Patty Loew. The Vietnam section on the video about native warriors features Northrup, among several others.
Dr. Richard Allen, also a Marine Vietnam veteran, organizes the annual State of Sequoyah Conference.
He said one purpose of the Friday morning session was to explore the different way of thinking many American Indians have about their war experiences. Many young people follow a warrior tradition when they enter the service. Allen echoed Northrup’s statements.
“Now we’re in a war in Iraq and Afghanistan. A lot of these young people are coming back with PTSD. We know what that is,” he said. “These are the kinds of things that are familiar to veterans and a lot of people don’t understand them.”
Michigan State Law Review CFP
The Michigan State University Law Review is holding a symposium, “Gender and the Legal Profession’s Pipeline to Power,” April 12-13, 2012. The symposium will serve as a catalyst to raise awareness about, discuss the dynamics of, and strategize solutions to the persistent gender disparity that exists in positions of power in the legal profession. Scholars and experts from the fields of law, political science, journalism, and beyond will reframe and advance the course of existing dialogue on gender equality.
We are pleased to announce that the symposium will be taking place in Detroit, Michigan, at the historic Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. MSU College of Law has its roots in this city; as Detroit College of Law it was one of the first institutions of higher education to open its doors to women and minorities, admitting Lizzie McSweeney into its inaugural class of students in 1891. Thus it is incredibly fitting that this symposium takes place in the very city where our school was founded, remembering our legacy while also looking to the future.
Just as MSU College of Law was among the first to offer women equal access to a legal education over 50 years before many other institutions began to do so, we now seek to continue this tradition by advancing the conversation on how to resolve remaining gender disparity.
Confirmed participants to date include:
Hannah Brenner (Michigan State), Douglas Branson (Pittsburg), Keith Bybee (Syracuse University), Bridget Crawford (Pace), Christine Corcos (Louisiana State), Lee Epstein (Southern California), Erika Falk (Johns Hopkins), Judge Nancy Gertner (Harvard), Carol Greenhouse (Princeton), Linda Greenhouse (Yale), Joan Howarth (Michigan State), Sally Kenney (Tulane), Renee Newman Knake (Michigan State), Paula Monopoli (Maryland), Carla Pratt (Penn State), Deborah Rhode (Stanford), Lori Ringhand (Georgia), Julie Suk (Cardozo), and Angela Onwuachi Willig (Iowa).
This announcement invites proposals from individuals across disciplines who are interested in contributing to this conversation by speaking on a panel at the symposium. We especially encourage proposals from junior scholars and new voices focusing their work on the issues that will be explored through this event. Submissions must include a title and abstract of no more than 1,000 words, due by November 15, 2011. Please include your full contact information, including an email, phone number, and mailing address. Participants will be notified about their acceptance by December 2011. Some participants may have the opportunity to publish their paper as part of a special symposium issue of the MSU Law Review (please indicate if you are interested in having your paper considered for this purpose in your submission).
For questions or to submit a proposal, please contact:
Hannah Brenner, Lecturer in Law & Co-Director, Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession at hbrenner@law.msu.edu or
Renee Newman Knake, Associate Professor of Law & Co-Director, Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession at rk@law.msu.edu
If submitting a proposal, please include in the subject line MSU Call for Papers.
For more information about the event, please visit www.law.msu.edu/pipeline
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