Quoting Mike Dettmer: “It is well deserved and long overdue recognition of a great advocate. And buy him a glass of tap water when you see him!”
James M. Olson
Previous Champion of Justice Award winners are here.
Michigan State Bar
Online Materials for Michigan State Bar American Indian Law Section Meeting
Here are material to supplement today’s MSB American Indian Law Section program on the Indian Child Welfare Act:
In re J.L. opinion (Mich. S. Ct.)
American Indian Law Section amicus brief in In re J.L.
Michigan Court Improvement Program — ICWA Resource Guide
Facing the Future: The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30 (MSU Press)
ILPC Occasional Paper 2009-04 The Origins of the Indian Child Welfare Act: A Survey of the Legislative History (or here)
ILPC Occasional Paper 2009-05 The Indian Child Welfare Act: A Case Update (August 2008-August 2009) (or here)
Kudos to Bruce Greene
I understand the Michigan State Bar Indian Law Section will be awarding its Tecumseh Award to Bruce Greene today at the state bar meeting at 2 PM.
Bruce was lead counsel in the famous trial of the century (in Michigan Indian law anyway) — United States v. Michigan in the 1978. He also was lead counsel for the consortium of tribes that negotiated the 2002 Michigan tribal-state tax agreements.
Turtle Talk 