Dear Indian Law Section Members:

We are pleased to announce wonderful additions to the 38^th Annual Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference in both content and form. As you know, the Conference is set to take place April 11-12, 2013 at the Buffalo Thunder Resort at Pojoaque Pueblo. Our Conference Co-Chairs – Patrice Kunesh, Andrew Adams, Angelique EagleWoman and Venus Prince – have put together an outstanding program and it is getting even better.

First, they are pleased to tell you that they are expanding the Conference agenda on Friday April 12 to include a special extended session addressing the recent historic reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, with particular attention to of its tribal jurisdiction provisions. Plenary Sessions 7 and 8 have swapped times, and the new expanded Plenary 7 will take place from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on April 12. “Surging Forward in Law Enforcement: Report from the Indian Law and Order Commission and Joint Listening Session with NCAI on VAWA Implementation” will be jointly moderated by Patrice and Venus and will include top thinkers on these important issues:

· John Dossett, General Counsel, National Congress of American Indians

· Troy Eid, ILOC Chairman and Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP

· Affie Ellis, ILOC Commissioner and President, Ellis Public Affairs

· Jill Engel, Chief Prosecutor, Hopi Tribe

· Tom Gede, ILOC Commissioner and Counsel, Bingham McCutchen LLP

· Carole Golderg, ILOC Commissioner and Professor of Law and Vice Chancellor, UCLA

· Hon. Terri Henry, Councilwoman, Eastern Band of Cherokee, and Chair, NCAI Task Force on Violence Against Native Women

· Sam Hirsch, Deputy Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice

· Hon. Jefferson Keel, ILOC Commissioner and Lt. Governor, Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma and President, National Congress of American Indians

· Hon. Theresa Pouley, ILOC Commissioner and Chief Judge, Tulalip Tribal Court

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