Did you see the ASU Law newsletter that features the ILP? Hit the link below to read stories about our new pipeline to law initiative, eCommerce conference, and a major gift to the Indian Legal Clinic.
ASU Law News: Gifts, Grants, and Other Indian Legal Program Highlights
2016 National NALSA Moot Court Competition will be hosted by the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at Michigan State University College of Law, March 5th and 6th in East Lansing, MI. We are expecting over 60 teams from law schools across the United States to take part in this year’s competition. In order to ensure a successful competition for all those competing, we are kindly requesting your assistance.
Brief Judges:
The moot court rules require that briefs be scored anonymously by a panel of three judges. We are trying to get enough volunteers so that each panel will need to judge only four briefs (each of the three judges on a panel will receive and score the same four briefs). Briefs are due on January 18, 2016 and we hope to advance these briefs to judges no later than one week from the due date. We will send each judge a copy of the briefs, a score sheet, and a copy of the bench brief, which contains a guide to the issue and arguments. Judges must return the completed score sheets by no later than March 1st.
Team coaches are ineligible from participating as brief judges. Furthermore, brief judges are exempt from judging any team’s practice rounds or otherwise discussing the problem with participants, team faculty advisors, coaches, or other persons directly associated with preparing teams for competition.
Oral Argument Judges:
We will have a total of four sets of preliminary rounds on Saturday, March 5th. These rounds include two in the morning and two in the afternoon. We will also have several elimination rounds on Sunday, March 6th. We will hold an orientation session on Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning, and will also provide score sheets as well as a bench brief, clearly outlining the issues and arguments. The competition rules require that judges must fulfill one of the following:
(1) passed a federal, state, and/or tribal bar exam, and is a current member of a bar in good standing;
(2) currently a sitting judge or served as a judge for at least 2 of the previous 5 years;
(3) law school graduate currently clerking for a tribal, state, or federal judge; or
(4) fulltime law professor.
If interested in judging, click here to complete registration form.
For full announcement and description, click here.
For more information or if you have questions, contact nnalsa.vicepresident@gmail.com
Professor Lance Morgan, Associate Professor of Law and President and Chief Executive Officer of Ho-Chunk, Inc., will give a talk entitled: “The Rise of Tribes and the Fall of Federal Indian Law.”
Thursday, January 28 – Great Hall – 4:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public!!!
Please RSVP at conferences.asucollegeoflaw.com/canby2016
This (live) lecture will qualify for 0.75 CLE credit hours towards the annual Arizona State Bar CLE requirements.
“As a scholar and professor of Federal Indian law, I am incredibly excited to be part of the AIPI Board and I am very honored to work with Traci Morris, whose visionary leadership will take the AIPI into a new generation of policy work on behalf of American Indian and Alaska Native Nations. I am honored to be part of this talented and distinguished Board, and I appreciate the opportunity to serve in this capacity,” said Rebecca Tsosie, Regents Professor of Law and Vice Provost for Inclusion and Community Engagement at ASU.
Kathleen Rosier, Director of the Indian Legal Program in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law stated, “I am excited to be appointed to the AIPI Advisory Board. The Indian Legal Program has been a long time partner of the Institute and I am proud to participate in a more formal manner. Traci has assembled a talented team of people to build on the Institute’s past success and create new opportunities. I am excited to be a part of what is next.”
Read full article here.
The purpose of the Judicial Selection Committee is to assist the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (“SRPMIC”) Council in selecting qualified persons to serve as judges for the SRPMIC by making timely recommendations for judicial appointment(s) that may occur through term expiration, resignation or removal.
Length of Service – The Judicial Selection Committee members shall serve a term of four (4) years. Committee members shall serve until they are replaced or reappointed by the SRP-MIC Council in accordance with the terms of this Policy.
For full description and qualifications, click here: Judicial Selection Comm Flyer
For application, click here: Board and Committee Application
The ACLU Foundation of Arizona (ACLU-AZ) seeks an attorney with at least 1-2 years of experience to participate in litigation and advocacy challenging discriminatory police practices and defending immigrants’ rights. Under the supervision of the Legal Director, the Staff Attorney will work with ACLU attorneys and co-counsel on existing litigation in these areas and participate in related community engagement and public education efforts. This is an 18-month contract position based in Phoenix, Arizona to begin in February 2016.
ACLU-AZ is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public interest organization dedicated to the defense and expansion of civil liberties and civil rights in Arizona. This ACLU affiliate has 12 staff members, 30 board members, approximately 5,000 members, and an annual budget of $1,228,000. Additional information about our work can be found at: www.acluaz.org
For full job description and application, click here: https://www.aclu.org/careers/staff-attorney-aclu-foundation-arizona
Wiring the Rez: Expanding the Borders of Indian Country through E-Commerce
February 11 – 12, 2016
Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, Chandler, AZ
Join us in exploring the emerging world of Tribal Digital Sovereignty and the way it can provide jobs, economic growth, and necessary governmental funds for Indian nations. The Indian country digital revolution, of course, must start, as does the conference, with the challenge of wiring the Rez to capitalize on e-commerce opportunities. The first day of the conference will be devoted to that challenge. The second day of the conference will explore various e-commerce and telecommunications opportunities on which Indian nations have seized upon to build their economies and provide jobs and necessary governmental resources for their people, including telecommunications and broadcast industries, financial services, internet gaming and on-line sales.
The goal of this conference is to explore the ongoing need for tribes to build infrastructures that facilitate economic growth on their reservations, choosing the best projects, finding the right partners, understanding jurisdictional complexities and the necessity of fostering open dialogue with federal and state counterparts, while complying with appropriate federal guidelines.
Who should attend:
Visit the website for agenda, event details and register: conferences.asucollegeoflaw.com/ilp-wiringtherez
Professor Lance Morgan, Associate Professor of Law and President and Chief Executive Officer of Ho-Chunk, Inc., will give a talk entitled: “The Rise of Tribes and the Fall of Federal Indian Law.”
Thursday, January 28 – Great Hall – 4:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public!!!
Please RSVP at conferences.asucollegeoflaw.com/canby2016
This (live) lecture will qualify for 0.75 CLE credit hours towards the annual Arizona State Bar CLE requirements.
Tohono O’odham Legislative Branch
Title of Position: Judge (2 positions)
Location of Position: This position is located within the Tohono O’odham Judicial Branch in Sells, Arizona.
Qualifications:
(1) Possess a juris doctorate degree and be licensed to practice in any state, be a member in good standing with a state bar association, and have at least three years of experience as a practicing attorney,
(2) Possess a bachelor’s degree and at least six years of work experience and training in a judicial or law-related field which provides the desired knowledge, skills and abilities, or 3
(3) Possess an associate’s degree and be an enrolled member of the Nation, and have served as a judge for at least six years or have at least ten years of work experience and training in a judicial or law-related field.
NOTE: See 6 T.O.C. Chapter 1, Subsection 1103(C) at http://tolc-nsn.org/docs/Title6Ch1.pdf for additional requirements and disqualifications.
For full job description and application, click here: http://tolc-nsn.org/
Professor Lance Morgan, Associate Professor of Law and President and Chief Executive Officer of Ho-Chunk, Inc., will give a talk entitled: “The Rise of Tribes and the Fall of Federal Indian Law.”
Thursday, January 28 – Great Hall – 4:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public!!!
Please RSVP at conferences.asucollegeoflaw.com/canby2016
This (live) lecture will qualify for 0.75 CLE credit hours towards the annual Arizona State Bar CLE requirements.