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The tribal court adopted the arbitration transcript as the official record of its proceeding. This transcript included testimony from Medure. In August 2009 the tribal court ruled that the 1992 contract was null and void. In November 2010 the tribal court issued an order and judgment in favor of the band awarding all amounts paid under the contract, amounting to more than $18.5 million with interest accruing at the daily rate of $1,669.12.

We posted about this case in 2009.

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

November 30, 2012November 30, 2012Andrew 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

Umatilla Tribal Court Hands Down 27 Month Sentence under TLOA’s Enhanced Sentencing Rules

November 27, 2012November 27, 2012Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

From Brent Leonhard:

Just to clarify a few things about the story:

The info isn’t entirely accurate, but it isn’t too far off. If the BOP doesn’t pick up the tab, the Tribe will have to pay for incarceration and we contract with Umatilla county – not federal prison. Also, I’m fairly sure we are the first to implement felony sentencing (we did it in March of 2011). Finally, this was the third person sentenced to more than a year for a felony offense, but the first to have jail time imposed of over a year for a single offense. (The other two had 3 years imposed but all but 6 months was suspended in one and all but 3 months suspended in the other – with 3 years of probation and the suspended time hanging over their heads).

The big issue is whether the BOP Pilot Project will accept our referral on the 27 month imposed jail sentence so the feds will eat the cost and house him in their system. I’m waiting to hear back on that.

Sault Tribe Appellate Judge Posting

November 20, 2012Matthew L.M. Fletcher

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians seeks qualified licensed attorneys for the position of Reserve Appellate Judge in the Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribal Appellate Court.

The Appellate Court meets monthly. Oral argument is held in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Appeals filed vary from year to year, but typically can be anywhere from 1 – 4 per year.

These positions are paid at the rate of $150 per hour with a maximum billing of $5,000 per year.

Qualifications for Licensed Attorney positions include:

Must be a member in good standing with a State Bar.
Preference will be given to those who are members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

To further be considered for these positions, Applicants should be able to demonstrate that they have:

Substantial education and experience working with Tribal, State and Federal law

Extensive knowledge in civil, juvenile, criminal and child welfare proceedings
Knowledge and understanding of the history and traditions of the Sault Tribe

A letter of interest, resume, and application should be submitted to:

Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribal Court

2175 Shunk Road

P.O. Box 932 or via email to tswan@saulttribe.net

Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783

Attn: Court Administrator

Applications can be picked up at the Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribal Court or found at www.saulttribe.com, in the download section of Tribal Court’s webpage under the Government tab. A copy of Tribal Code is also available to view at www.saulttribe.com.

For more information, please contact the Court Administrator’s office at 906.635.7747, or via email at tswan@saulttribe.net.

he deadline to submit an application is November 30, 2012.

Sisseton-Wahpeton Associate Judge Position

November 3, 2012November 3, 2012Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Tulalip Tribes Job Posting for Associate Judge

September 19, 2012September 27, 2012Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here (updated):

2012 Associate Judge Tulalip Job Announcement updated

Minnesota Wellness Court Story and Video

August 6, 2012Adrea Korthase

Pioneer Press story is here. An excerpt

Excessive drinking cost the U.S. economy $223.5 billion in 2006, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2009, 10,839 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for roughly one-third of all traffic-related deaths in the U.S. that year.

Which brings me to Cass County District Judge John Smith and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court Associate Judge Korey Wahwassuck.

The jurists, from their upbringing and from handling cases, were long aware of the devastating impact of alcoholism on a good number of county residents, particularly on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.

They realized that business as usual — locking up DWI offenders only to see them show up in court again and again for another offense — was not doing anybody any good.

So six years ago, Smith, Wahwassuck, probation officials and others established a first-of-its-kind joint DWI “wellness court.” They weathered initial pushback and resolved overlapping jurisdictional issues involving child custody and other matters.