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The National Native American Law Student Association (NNALSA), in partnership with the University of Montana, Alexander Blewett III School of Law NALSA Chapter, are excited to host the 32nd Annual NNALSA Moot Court Competition.
Missoula, MT — The Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at the University of Montana School of Law will be hosting its annual Indian Law Week, April 13-17. This year’s theme is Law, Culture and the Environment. NALSA will host lunch and bring in speakers to discuss a variety of topics impacting tribal communities, such as natural resource extraction, the Columbia River Treaty, and environmental regulations. These sessions are April 13, 14, 15 & 17 from noon to 1 p.m. in UM Law School room 101. They are free and open to the public.
On April 16, Continuing Legal Education will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Downtown, co-sponsored by the Montana State Bar’s Indian Law Section. Featured speakers are Kimberly Varilek from the EPA’s Region 8 Office of General Counsel, David House, Carrie Le Seur, Kenneth Pitt, and Matthew McKinney. Cost for the CLE is $100 for attorneys, $70 for Indian Law Section members and $50 for non-attorneys.
A reception, silent auction and presentation of the Mi-Ha-Ka-Ta-Kis (Ray Cross) Award will follow the CLE April 16 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general public or $5 for students. For more information or to register for the CLE, please visit the group’s Facebook page, at http://www.facebook.com/MontanaNALSA, or the UM Events Calendar, at http://www.umt.edu/law/newsevents
– Montana NALSA Board
Flyer here (Montana Indian Law Week Flyer):
Indian Law Week
Weeklong event examines critical issues
in Indian Law and Indian Country
Missoula, MT, March 18, 2011 — Nationally-renowned leaders and educators in Indian Country will gather at the University of Montana School of Law on Monday, April 11, to Thursday, April 14, as part of the annual University of Montana, School of Law Indian Law Week, hosted by the University of Montana Native American Law Student Association (NALSA). In a weeklong series of events, Indian Law experts will examine critical legal issues affecting Indian Country in 2011. The speaker series is free and open to the public.
On Monday, April 11, at noon, Indian Law Week will kick off with an hour-long panel discussion “Expansion of Montana v. U.S: A 30-year Reflection.” The panel, which will feature University of Montana Law School Professor Raymond Cross and attorney Urban Bear Don’t Walk Sr., will examine the United States Supreme Court decision that significantly limited tribal jurisdiction, how the decision has been used and interpreted the past three decades, and how the decision continues to impact Indian law today.
On Tuesday, April 12 at noon, the panel, “Comparative Law in Indian Country,” will examine the different and unique laws that exist within individual American Indian Tribes in the state of Montana. This panel, which will feature Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Attorney John Harrison, University of Montana Law School Professor Elizabeth Kronk, and Crow Joint Lead Executive Counsel Heather Whiteman Runs Him, will examine what every Montanan should know when dealing with individual tribes; what every Montanan should know when doing business with individual tribes; and what every Montanan should know when entering tribal land.
On Wednesday, April 13, at noon, United States Attorney Michael Cotter will discuss the “Tribal Law and Order Act,” signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 29, 2010. The law has been touted as an important step forward by the federal government in addressing public safety challenges unique to tribal communities.
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