NARF Boulder Staff Attorney Job Posting

Here.

NARF Seeks D.C. Attorney Litigation and Legislative Affairs

Details here.

ICT: Private Cobell Lawyers Oppose NARF Fee Request

Here is today’s ICT article.

Materials referenced in the article are here:

Opposition to NARF Fees 2011

Supp. Memo. Opposing NARF Fees

NARF Senior Staff Attorney Announcement

Here.

The Native American Rights Fund is a nonprofit law firm representing Indian tribes, organizations and individuals in Indian law cases of major significance. NARF’s main office is in Boulder, Colorado. NARF also has offices in Washington, D.C. and Anchorage, Alaska. NARF is looking for an experienced attorney with excellent research and writing skills, to assume an active water litigation and settlement docket, working out of the Boulder office.

NARF Summer 2012 Law Clerk Positions

Here:

2012 NARF Law Clerk Advert

New Book by Kaighn Smith on Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country

This is such an exciting book, co-published by the Native American Rights Fund and Drummond Woodsum.

Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country (2011)

by Kaighn Smith, Jr.

Available in January, 2011. 

To pre-order, use the order form below. Books will be shipped in January, 2011. For further information, e-mail Ruth Wentzel at rwentzel@dwmlaw.com.

Drummond Woodsum is pleased to announce the publication of a new book by Kaighn Smith, Jr., published jointly with the firm and the Native American Rights Fund.

Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country provides a comprehensive overview of the law governing labor and employment relations in Indian country. This is a growing, controversial, and complex area of law, implicating fundamental principles of tribal sovereignty at every turn. Current and up-to-date, Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country is a must read for anyone involved in Indian affairs today.

The author, Drummond Woodsum attorney Kaighn Smith, Jr., has represented Indian tribes and tribal enterprises in labor and employment matters for over 15 years. He has assisted tribes in enacting, implementing, and defending some of the first comprehensive labor and employment laws in Indian country. Kaighn and his labor law colleagues at Drummond Woodsum have a nationwide practice, serving tribes in the labor and employment field.

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NARF’s 40th Anniversary Conference

From NARF:

Friday, October 29, 2010 – Saturday, October 30, 2010

Location: Chickasaw Nation’s WinStar World Casino

Address:
Exit 1, Interstate 35
Thackerville, OK 73459 

NARF- 40 YEARS of INDIAN LAW FORUM
Friday, October 29, 2010
8:30 AM-4:30 PM

This forum will highlight four decades of Indian law and NARF’s role. We will examine current concerns and challenges within each of NARF’s priority areas and their impact on Indian law. Utilizing the tribal leaders and attorneys attending, in each priority area we will craft a shared vision for the future direction for that issue of Indian law. Each session will end with strategic outlines for how NARF can address each issue for the next 40 years.

 

 

NARF Press Release on the Supreme Court’s Denial of Cert in the Kaltag Tribal Council Case

Here: Kaltag press release

U-M Indian Law Day — April 10, 2009 — ICWA

The University of Michigan NALSA will host its annual Indian Law Day on April 10, 2009 at 12:30 PM. The subject is the Indian Child Welfare Act. Here is the agenda:

Introduction to ICWA basics:  Colette Routel

Introduction to current ICWA issues (National Perspective).  Keynote  speaker, Mark Tilden — Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund (author of ICWA Resource Guide)

Tribal Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of  Indian tribes).  Speakers:  Matthew Fletcher, GTB member and Professor at Michigan State Law School; Allie Maldonado, LTBB member and in-house counsel for her tribe.

State Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of  the state courts).  Speakers:  Judge Laura Baird, Chief Judge, Ingham County; Judge Elizabeth Gleicher, Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals.
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