Sponsored by: Indian Law Section
Seminar Chair: Jim Stipe, Burch & Cracchiolo PA
Faculty:
– Christopher L. Clark Deschene, Schaff & Clark Deschene LLC
– Tracey LeBeau, Red Mountain Tribal Energy
– Comm. Kristin Mayes, Arizona Corporation Commission
– Michael C. Shiel, Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom & Schoenburg LLP

Events worldwide have increased pressure, and created more opportunity, for energy projects. Tribal governments locally and across the country have been engaged in mining, energy transmission and energy generation. Tribal economic development will lead to additional Tribal utilities and energy production from renewable resources.

This seminar will provide an overview of the myriad issues practitioners face when assisting a tribal government with an energy project. Presenters will examine financing issues, the tribal, federal and state laws and regulations that affect tribal energy projects, and ethical considerations when working with third party developers and various branches of tribal governments. There will also be a discussion of the transition from a BIA utility to a tribal utility.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/07-411.pdf

INDIAN COUNTRY STATUTE: 60 YEARS LATER

The American Indian Law Center, Inc., the University of New Mexico School of Law, the Nordhaus Law Firm, LLP, and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Inc. cordially invite you to attend the Indian Country Statute: 60 Years Later symposium. The symposium will discuss issues facing Indian tribes concerning the jurisdictional status of tribal lands sixty years after the enactment of the Indian Country Statute.

Indian law attorneys and academics from throughout the country will provide a comprehensive review of the status of Indian Country in various regions of the U.S. The symposium has been approved by NM MCLE for 5 hours of General CLE credit plus one hour of professional credit. The professionalism credit will discuss alternatives to litigation, with particular emphasis on tribal-state relations. This event will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 8:30 to 5:00 pm at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The brochure is attached. The program information and registration form is also available at the UNM School of Law website: http://lawschool.unm.edu/announcements/indian-statute-60/symposium.php

If you have any additional questions regarding the program, please contact Claire Conrad at UNM School of Law at (505) 277-0080.

Professor Rebecca Tsosie has a new article published.

Indigenous People and Environmental Justice: The Impact of Climate Change,Vol. 78/Issue 4 University of Colorado Law Review 1625 (Fall 2007)

California Indian Legal Services is sponsoring

California Tribal Courts Conference 2008

May 8-9, 2008

Hilton Garden Inn and Community Center
Redding, California

SAVE THE DATE!

Protecting our Children & Families
Best Social Work Practices and Effective Court Orders

A symposium on Title IV-E funding for tribal leaders,
judges, attorneys, advocates, and social workers

March 28, 2008 10:00 am — 3:00 pm

National Indian Programs Training Center
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Albuquerque, New Mexico

There is no charge for attending this symposium, but seating will be limited. REGISTER EARLY!
For more information, call the American Indian Law Center at (505) 277-5462.

Co-sponsored by:

American Indian Law Center, Inc.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Office Casey Family Programs
Corinne Wolfe Children’s Law Center

Navajo Nation Division of Social Services NM Children, Youth & Families Department
NICWA (National Indian Child Welfare Association)