American Indian Law Center

UNM/American Indian Law Center Tribal Court Training Registration

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Here is the flyer:

TCTrainingRegistration – Final 4-1-11

From the flyer:

Judges ~ 2nd Session: May 23-26, 2011*
*repeats material covered in first session

This training will cover the basic skills required for conducting trials. Topics include: trial and courtroom management; basic evidentiary rulings; ethics and demeanor; due process; equal protection; sentencing; and other substantive law. Mock trial segments and demonstrations will be conducted to provide opportunities for judges to practice and receive feedback. New judges who complete this course will be able to conduct criminal trials from start to finish, and will understand the responsibilities and protections under the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA). Experienced judges will enhance their courtroom skills.

Registration deadlines: 2nd Session- April 8, 2011

2010 Pre-Law Summer Institute Award Winners

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Watch out for this group!

The winners of the book awards for 2010 are:

Overall Best Student: Tanner Amdur-Clark (Citizen Potawatomi)

Advocacy: Victoria Hatch (White Earth Ojibwe) and Aubony Burns (Oklahoma Choctaw)

Oralist: Katie Parker (Oklahoma Choctaw) and Lucas LaRose (Northern Cheyenne and Winnebago Tribe)

Indian Law: Matt Murdock (MHA Nation and Standing Rock)

Property: Tim Cornelius (Wisconsin Oneida)

Civil Procedure: Madison Simmons (Chickasaw)

PLSI Golf Tournament at Buffalo Thunder on April 7, 2010

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The Pre-Law Summer Institute for American Indians and Alaska Natives cordially invites you to participate in a fundraising golf tournament to be held on April 7, 2010, at the Towa Golf Course at the Buffalo Thunder Resort, held in conjunction with the 35th Annual Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference.

PLSI Golf Tourney Flyer

Fed Bar 2008 Save the Date Flyer

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“Identity in Flux: Challenging Outsider Definitions of Tribalism”

Fed Bar 2008 Save the Date Flyer

Winters Centennial Conference — Santa Anna Pueblo — June 9-12, 2008

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THE WINTERS CENTENNIAL:
WILL ITS COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE ENDURE?
June 9-12, 2008
Hyatt Regency Tamaya — Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico

The year 2008 marks the centennial of Winters v. United States, in which the Court formulated the reserved water rights doctrine now broadly asserted by Indian tribes and federal agencies. The decision, because of its enduring promise of justice to Native Americans, marks one of the great achievements of American jurisprudence.  The decision made possible the continuity of many Indian communities and non-Indian communities alike, along with the protection of important environmental resources. Now, one hundred years later, the question is whether the promise of Winters will be fulfilled. In celebration of the Winters Centennial, the Utton Transboundary Resources Center and the American Indian Law Center will convene a major symposium in June 2008 along the waters of the Rio Grande near Albuquerque. The symposium will review the legal and cultural history of the decision, assess the contemporary consequences of the reserved water rights doctrine (both nationally and internationally), and project the significance of Indian water rights into the 21st Century. The goal of the symposium is to assemble Indian reserved rights policy makers and decision makers at all levels in order to deepen the understanding of the effect of Winters and to advance the dialogue regarding the future role of reserved rights.

Floyd Westerman Walks On

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Floyd Red Crow Westerman passes away

A great guy and, incidentally, a member of the first class of Indian students in the Pre Law Summer Institute operated by the American Indian Law Center at UNM law school. (H/T Indianz.com)

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Singing Law Profs

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

NPR’s story on the singing law prof at BU — a dude who simply cannot sing — should be expanded to include a real singing law prof, John LaVelle of New Mexico, a Santee Sioux member. As any relatively recent alumnus of PLSI can tell you, John (a torts prof) is a fantastic singer. A good singer would have been a better story.