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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