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NICWA Conference: Workshops for Legal Professionals

Kate Fort

The National Indian Child Welfare Association’s (NICWA) 33rd Annual Conference: Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect features a wide range of workshops for legal professionals looking to expand their knowledge of ICWA, including Looking Forward: Policy and Practice to Protect Against the Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Decision and many others.

There will also be a legal professionals coffee hour sponsored by ILPC and TICA, on Monday, April 20th at 5:30 pm. NICWA’s own ICWA expert Addie Smith, Kate Fort from the ILPC, and other leaders in the field of federal Indian law will be in attendance. Come and see us!

Register for NICWA’s annual conference here.

Agenda is here.

Conference Registration Reminder

Kate Fort

Just a reminder post that the registration for the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education listening session is here and the registration for the 11st Annual Indigenous Law Conference–Dismantling Barriers in American Indian Education–is here.  Those events are happening on November 19 and 20 in East Lansing.

See this page for more information about both events.

MAIBA / MINNCLE 2014 Indian Law Conference

Andrew Adams III

The Minnesota American Indian Bar Association and Minnesota CLE are sponsoring the 2014 Indian Law Conference on Friday, May 2, 2014.

The conference will take place at Mystic Lake Casino located on the lands of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn is scheduled to speak. A complete agenda can be round here: MAIBA 2014 Indian Law CLE

Kansas Law Conference on ICWA

Kate Fort

18th Annual Tribal Law & Government Conference today.

9:00-9:15 Welcome Remarks
Dean Stephen Mazza, KU Law
Professor Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Director, KU Tribal Law & Government Center
9:15-10:15 Indian Child Welfare Act: Its Origins and Application (PDF)
Dean Stacy Leeds, University of Arkansas School of Law
Moderator: Burton Warrington, President and CEO of Prairie Band LLC
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: The Arguments, The Decision and Potential Implications
Mark Fiddler, Mark Fiddler Law Office (PDF)
Chrissi Nimmo, Assistant Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation (PDF)
Moderator: Professor Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Director, KU Tribal Law & Government Center
12:15-1:15 Lunch, Gridiron Room, Burge Union
1:30-3:00 The Future of ICWA
Russ Brien, Brien Law LLC (PDF)
Vivien Olsen, Attorney with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (PDF)
Professor Colette Routel, William Mitchell College of Law
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15 Ethical Considerations Related to ICWA
Professor Kate Fort, Michigan State University College of Law (PDF)
Moderator: Rebecca Howlett, KU Law Student and KU NALSA Member
4:15 Closing Remarks

Native America Calling

Andrew Adams III

The Federal Bar Association’s 38th Annual Indian Law Conference will be one of the subjects of today’s Native America Calling’s program. It will air at 12:00PM Central and can be accessed here: http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/

LEGAL ETHICS CLE: Ho-Chunk Nation December 14, 2012

Andrew Adams III

Please click here for the flyer.

THE HO-CHUNK NATION TRIAL COURT PRESENTS:

Legal Ethics 2012:
The Challenges of Technology, Social Media and Internet Marketing, Outsourcing, and Supervision

Friday December 14, 2012
Wa Ehi Hoci
W9598 Hwy 54 East
Black River Falls, WI 54615

Presented by Aviva Meridian Kaiser,
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Wisconsin Law School

This CLE is being offered free of charge!

Program Schedule

8:30 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. The Challenges of Technology: The Duties of Competence and Confidentiality
• Protecting Information on Mobile Devices
• Confidentiality Concerns When Sending Emails
• Duties of a Lawyer Who Receives an Inadvertently Sent Email
• Unsolicited Emails: Confidentiality and Conflicts
• Metadata
• Using the Cloud

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Social Media and Internet Marketing: Online Dangers and How to Avoid Them
• Forms of Internet Communication
• Confidentiality
• Spoliation
• Conflicts of Interest
• Communications Concerning a Lawyer’s Service
• Advertising
• Direct Solicitation
• Pretexting and Dissembling

11:45 a.m. Outsourcing and Supervising
• Due Diligence
• Confidentiality
• Service Agreements
• Degree of Supervision

12:15 p.m. Program Concludes

2012 (Oregon) Governor’s Summit on Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System

Adrea Korthase

Summit is November 1-2, 2012 at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde, Oregon. Agenda, registration, and other information can be found here.

Conference Announcement: 20 Years of the IGRA

ilpc

In addition to the conference, they are hoping to honor four people who have worked positively for Indian gaming over the past 20 years. More details on that aspect below the conference information.

Indian Country’s Winning Hand: 20 Years of the IGRA (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act) CLE Conference

October 16-17, 2008

Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino in Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ

A balanced twenty-year retrospective of the successes, failures and impact of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. This commemorative conference will examine the history and the impact of the IGRA and the Indian gaming industry through the eyes of tribal leaders, scholars and those who were there when the IGRA became law. Sponsored by the NCAI, NIGA, Arizona and New Mexico Indian Gaming Assns, CNIGA, American Indian Law Center, Inc., the Native Nations Law & Policy Center at UCLA, and the Indian Legal Program and American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University.

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), a commemorative conference entitled: “Indian Country’s Winning Hand: 20 Years of IGRA” and a Pathbreakers Banquet will be held at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino in Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, Arizona on October 16-17, 2008. The Pathbreakers Banquet, on the evening of Thursday, October 16, 2008, will recognize and honor the outstanding contributions and achievements of four individuals whose work has positively impacted Indian gaming over the last twenty years.

If you know someone who you would like to nominate to be honored, please visit the conference website at http://ilp.law.asu.edu/banquets.html and complete a Pathbreakers nomination form. We welcome all nominations of individuals. Nomination deadline is June 15, 2008. Please Spread The Word to your colleagues and join us to honor the Indian Country’s Pathbreakers.

Visit http://www.law.asu.edu/ILP for complete conference information online

Website: ILP.law.asu.edu
Contact: Darlene Lester

Phone: 480-965-7715

Email: darlene.lester@asu.edu

Northwest Tribes Climate Change Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Climate Change in the Northwest

“Tribal Perspectives”

Date and Location:

May 29-30, 2008 (Thursday and Friday)

Public Library Downtown

Microsoft Conference Room

Call the directly to confirm your lodging no later than April 24, 2008, at 1-800-945-2240, and mention the Tribal Climate Change Conference.

For more information, please contact Pat Gonzales-Rogers at (503) 231-6123 or Pat_Gonzales-Rogers@fws.gov. (Pat is the Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1).

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Canadian Indigenous/Native Studies Assn Call for Papers

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“VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY”

Conference: June 18-20, 2008

Algoma University College, Sault Ste. Marie
The Canadian Indigenous/Native Studies Association (CINSA) Conference 2008 will be hosted by the Community Economic and Social Development (CESD) department of Algoma University College on June 18 to 20, 2008.

Come help celebrate the new initiatives that Algoma University (which is seeking independence from Laurentian University) and Shingwauk Education Trust is taking towards meeting Shingwauk’s vision.

The social, economic, political and cultural vibrancy of Indigenous communities across Canada have been profoundly affected by colonization, and many communities are struggling. At the same time the resilience of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and indeed around the world, continue to provide hope and inspiration to those who seek a sustainable future.

CINSA 2008 is now accepting abstracts for papers. For more information on submitting papers, please download the following pdf. Call for papers.