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Save the Date – Indian Legal Program Welcome Dinner – August 27, 2014

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Please join us in welcoming the ILP’s newly admitted students of 2014.

Date: August 27, 2014
Time:  6:00 p.m.
Place: Round House Cafe, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Comm, 10005 E. Osbourne Rd, Scottsdale, AZ

The Indian Legal Program Welcome Dinner brings together faculty, current students, alumni, law school staff and administration, and legal and native communities to welcome the ILP’s 2014 incoming students.  Please join us!

RSVP – Darlene Lester at darlene.lester@asu.edu or call 480-965-7715.

See below map to SRPMIC  Two Waters Complex, 10005 E. Osbourne Rd, Scottsdale, AZ

Please see Google Directions at http://goo.gl/maps/qMgBL.

Job Opportunity – Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Louisville, CO Office

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Job Opportunity – Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Louisville, CO Office
Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP is a nationwide law firm dedicated to the representation of American Indian tribes and organizations.
Our firm goes beyond basic legal services to include legislative and governmental issues, corporate and financial affairs, energy and tax
issues as well as litigation in many forums, including state, federal and tribal courts.

We are seeking for our Louisville, Colorado office:
• A seasoned Litigation Attorney with 5 – 10 years of experience
• An experienced Transaction Attorney with, prefer, 5 years of experience; Experience with environmental law is a plus

Minimum Qualifications include:
• Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA accredited law school
• Status as an active member in good standing of the bar in at least one state jurisdiction and willing to obtain licensure in Colorado
• Must have experience working with Indian tribes and/or tribal entities on a wide variety of legal issues
• Proven skills in effectively communicating with tribal clients, opposing co-counsel, and federal/state/tribal agency representatives
• Excellent analytical, research, and writing abilities

CO Atty 

Job Opportunity – Cultural Resources Specialist

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Job Vacancy Announcement
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Job Title:  Cultural Resources Specialist
Job Announcement Number:  DEU-WTB-2014-007
SALARY RANGE: $75,621.00 to $138,136.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD:  May 22, 2014, to June 06, 2014

DUTIES:
The incumbent serves as a Cultural Resources (Historic Preservation) expert in the Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), using accepted, as well as state-of-the-art, anthropological, archeological, and historic preservation procedures and techniques to ensure that the construction of facilities by or on behalf of Commission licensees and applicants complies with NEPA, NHPA, and other preservation laws. The facilities under consideration will include communications antenna structures (towers) and appurtenant facilities, primarily those constructed for wireless communications services, but also those constructed for broadcast, cable television, and other communications services authorized by the Commission, as well as antennas that may be located on existing communications towers or other structures such as buildings and used for wireless or other communications services, and may possibly,  also, include other facilities constructed by or on behalf of Commission licensees. The incumbent will provide support and expertise to WTB and other Bureaus and Offices of the Commission in applying the NHPA, NEPA, ACHP rules, and the Commission’s environmental rules to applications and other matters that implicate these environmental and historic preservation statutes and rules.

Link to announcement:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/370829600

Job Opportunity – Deputy Attorney General, CRIT

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Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) has an opening for a Deputy Attorney General position in CRIT’s Prosecutor’s Office. CRIT is looking for someone with a year or more of criminal law experience (prosecution or defense); Indian Country experience is great but not required.

The areas of your prosecution would range from small crimes (petty theft) to major crimes (like arson and homicide). A large part of the criminal docket is domestic violence prosecution. I’m a Deputy Attorney General in CRIT’s civil section, but I’ve covered some criminal hearings and did a trial. If anyone has questions about the job or what its like to live/work on the California-Arizona border, feel free to email Fatima Abbas at fabbas1986@gmail.com

ILP Alum Diane Humetewa (Class of 1993) is the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge

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Sen. Heitkamp Statement on Humetewa Confirmation

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today issued the following statement after the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Diane J. Humetewa to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.

Humetewa is the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge, and the third Native American ever to do so.

“The confirmation of Ms. Humetewa to serve on the federal bench is historic,” said Heitkamp. “As the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge, I have no doubt that she will hold the court to the highest standards, as she has done throughout her career. Her vast and diverse experience shows that she is more than qualified for this position – from her work as a prosecutor and appellate court judge to her tribe, the Hopi Nation in Arizona, to her advocacy for victims’ rights to her work in academia. She’s an inspiration to Native American families across North Dakota and the country, and I hope that other young Native Americans strive to give back to their communities and stand up for others in the way that Ms. Humetewa has. It’s long overdue that Native Americans are better represented on the federal bench, and today’s vote is an important step forward.”

Congrats Diane!

Congrats to ILP student Jeremiah Chin, (Class of 2014) Recipient of the Ross-Blakley Law Library Award for Exemplary Student Research

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First Place: Jeremiah Chin, Red Law, White Supremacy: Cherokee Freedmen, Tribal Sovereignty and the Colonial Feedback Loop

Second Place: Jennifer Walston, Arizona’s Domestic Violence Victims Need a More Safety-Centered Approach in Their Pursuit of Family Court Orders

The Ross-Blakley Law Library at the Sandra O’Connor College of Law is pleased to announce the 2014 recipients of The Ross-Blakley Law Library Award for Exemplary Student Research.  Jeremiah Chin is the first place award recipient for his paper, Red Law, White Supremacy: Cherokee Freedmen, Tribal Sovereignty and the Colonial Feedback Loop and Jennifer Walston earned second-place honors for, Arizona’s Domestic Violence Victims Need a More Safety-Centered Approach in Their Pursuit of Family Court Orders. Jeremiah Chin and Jennifer Walston’s papers demonstrate sophistication and originality in the use of research materials, exceptional innovation in research strategy, and skillful synthesis of research results into a comprehensive scholarly analysis.

A review panel comprised of librarians Victoria Trotta and Beth DiFelice and Associate Clinical Professor Kimberly Holst selected the winners from the competitive entries.

In addition to receiving a monetary award, the winners are also invited to publish their papers in the Law Library’s digital scholarship repository, and to feature their papers in the Law Library Display Case.

Chin’s research highlights the intersections of race and sovereignty and raises important questions about shifting conceptions of citizenship, self-determination, racial identity, and indigeneity in the United States. His paper blends legal and academic publications, secondary historical research, archival research and case law from several different courts.  Chin says one of the big discoveries he found while researching for the paper was not only the amount of Cherokee law that was digitally archived online, but also the extent to which the Dawes Rolls and other historical government documents are available through the United States Government Archives. The discovery of these resources allowed him to look at the form and content of the Dawes Rolls, a crucial document for analysis, and even look-up the names of individuals mentioned within the research study. He goes on to say that unlike many other papers he has written, this paper mixes archival research with a case that has yet to reach a final decision in federal court. Therefore his research not only encompassed historical texts, but also included different Google alerts and social media to locate information about the ongoing cases and conflicts to ensure that the case law is up-to-date.

http://www.law.asu.edu/library/2014RecipientsoftheRossBlakleyLawLibraryAwardforExemplaryStudentResearch.aspx

The Future of Food – Building sustainable food systems in indigenous communities – May 1, Heard Museum

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The Future of Food –  Building sustainable food systems in indigenous communities
Heard Museum
Steele Hall,  2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004

Thursday, May 1, 2014
reception in the courtyard: 6:00 p.m.
program: 7:00 p.m.
Public Lecture:
Jim Enote, Director and Curator, Zuni Museum
Poetry Reading: Simon Ortiz, writer and poet
Music Performance: Randy Kemp, artist and musician

For more information contact: joan.mcgregor@asu.edu or rebecca.tsosie@asu.edu.
This event is supported by a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/IHR Seed Grant, the Global Institute of Sustainability, and the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies.

RSVP at: https://ihr.asu.edu/node/1679/register

Job Opportunity – Patent Attorney with Bryan Cave LLP

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Bryan Cave LLP has openings for a registered patent attorney and a patent agent in their Phoenix office.  Preferably, the candidates have 1-4 years of experience with patent preparation and prosecution in the areas of electrical engineering, computer science, computer software, and/or the Internet.  For the patent attorney position, interest in trademarks, copyrights, and litigation is desired, as well.  For more details, see http://www.bryancave.com/joinus/currentopportunities/lawyers/.