Congrats to our students who earned Pro Bono Distinction!
Highest Pro Bono Distinction (150 hours or more) — Joe Sarcinella
Pro Bono Distinction (50 — 99 hours) — Nikki BorchardtCongratulations for Sarah Cedar Face for being selected for a Summer Fellowship!
Pro Bono Participants
Sarah Cedar Face
Dan Lewis
Brad Martin
Rebecca Ross
Naomi White
Mandy Cisneros
Michael-Corey Hinton
Pat Kincaid
Date: 4/23/2009 10:23:07 AM
Contact: Rosella Moon
Employer: Office of Tribal Attorney
Address1: Hoopa Valley Tribe
Address2: Post Office Box 188
CityStateZip: Hoopa, CA. 95546
Email: legal@hoopa-nsn.gov
Website: www.hoopavalleytribe.com
Fax: 530-625-4847
AcceptingCalls: No
JobTitle: Attorney
Salary: 56K DOE
Hours: 40 HRS. A WK.
Description: Tribal Attorney, contractual, $56,000, Neg. DOE. The Hoopa Valley Tribe, a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in Hoopa, CA, seeks an attorney to fill the position of Tribal Attorney. The successful candidate will serve in the Office of Tribal Attorney under the supervision of the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council and the Tribal Chairman; Provides a broad range of legal services to the Hoopa Valley Tribe, including without limitation, advice, negotiation, drafting, research, lobbying, litigation in civil matters and representation in administrative proceedings as well as other duties as assigned. Attorney will not proved legal service to individual tribal members except upon the formal direction of the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council. The successful candidate will receive all benefits provided by the Tribe to its other employees including sick, bereavement, and annual leave, retirement plan, health, dental, vision, and life insurance. REQUIREMENTS: CA. bar membership; experience in Indian law and civil litigation as well as self-governance, gaming, contracts, environmental, water, economic development and employment law is preferred.
Experience: Graduate,Current Bar Members
Submit: Resume,Cover Letter,Writing Sample
SendBy: Fax,Email
Deadline: 09/30/2009
ILP students co-author ‘Arizona Attorney’ article
Indian law should be added to the Arizona State Bar Examination for practical and professional reasons, according to an article written by two students in the College of Law’s Indian Legal Program and published in the May issue of Arizona Attorney.
“State and tribal interactions are increasing at an exponential rate,” wrote authors Brian Lewis (Choctaw) and Raymond Campbell (Gila River Pima), third-year students at the College of Law who are working in its Indian Legal Clinic. “In Arizona today, attorneys need to have at least a modicum of Indian law knowledge to serve their clients competently. And learning at least some Indian law will ensure that Arizona’s attorneys meet the requirements of the Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct.”
Many Indian law issues may arise in Arizona, from the adoption of Indian children and probate of real property on tribal lands to auto accidents on reservations that may involve complex jurisdictional dilemmas, Lewis and Campbell wrote in the article, “Indian law: A needed addition to the Arizona Bar Exam.”
The magazine invited the students to write the article, because a proposed Arizona Supreme Court rule change would include Indian law as a topic to be tested on the Bar exam. The comment period on the proposal ends May 20.
In 2003, New Mexico became the first state to include Indian law on its Bar exam, followed by Washington state in 2004, and other states are working to add it, Lewis and Campbell wrote. Arizona, the state with the largest percentage of Indian lands in the country, should not fall behind, they wrote.
To read the full article, click here.
TAX LAW SECTION
LUNCHEON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
“TAXATION ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS”
SPEAKER: THE HONORABLE PATRICK IRVINE, Arizona Court of Appeals, Div. One
Judge Irvine has been a judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals since 2002. He received his B.S. and J.D. from ASU, and an LL.M in Taxation from the University of San Diego. From 1989 to 2002, he served in the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in various capacities. During his tenure at the AG’s Office he chaired the Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team, Opinion Review Committee, Indian Law Working Group and Election Law Committee. He previously worked as an Assistant General Counsel to the Gila River Indian Community, a tax manager for an international accounting firm, and in private practice.
DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2009
TIME: 11:45 — Registration/Lunch
NOON — Program
COST: $25.00 (Section Members) – $30.00 (Non-Members) — Lunch Provided
PLACE: STATE BAR OFFICES
4201 N. 24th Street, Phoenix, AZ
(East side of 24th Street, a half block north of Indian School
Front of building faces east — plenty of parking)
May Qualify for MCLE Credit
REGISTRATION/RSVP FORM — Please Respond by Friday, April 24, 2009.
____ I will attend the Tax Law Section Educational Luncheon on TUESDAY, April 28.
___ I am bringing _____guest(s). Name(s) _________________________________
My payment in the amount of $_____________
______is enclosed ______will be paid at the door.
(Tax Section Members ~ $25.00 each; Non-Members ~ $30.00 each)
You can RSVP by:
Mail: State Bar of Arizona, PO Box 53099, Phoenix, AZ 85072-3099
Fax: 602.416-7504
E-mail: nancy.nichols@staff.azbar.org
NAME_____________________________________BAR NUMBER _______________
PAYMENT METHOD:
_____ Check made payable to the State Bar of Arizona
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I hereby authorize the State Bar of Arizona to charge the above amount to the following credit card.
CARD # ____________________________________EXP.DATE ________________
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NAME ON CARD (if different from above)_____________________________________
CARD BILLING ADDRESS ___________________________________________________
CITY_____________________________________STATE___________ZIP_____________
SIGNATURE
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For accounting only: Tax Section T617-4520-002
To facilitate participation in programs and events the State Bar of Arizona provides reasonable accommodation in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require accommodation, please indicate this on your RSVP form. Whenever possible accommodation requests should be made as far in advance of the program as possible.
Nancy L. Nichols
Administrator, Committees & Sections
State Bar of Arizona
4201 N. 24th St., Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85016-6288
Direct Phone: 602-340-7304
Direct Fax: 602-416-7504
nancy.nichols@staff.azbar.org
April 11, 2009
Brigham Young U. Law Professor Will Head Bureau of Indian Affairs
President Obama has chosen a Brigham Young University law professor, Larry EchoHawk, to be the Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary for Indian affairs. He will oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which provides services for 1.7 million American Indians and manages 66 million acres of tribal land.
Mr. EchoHawk, a member of the Pawnee tribe and a Democrat, teaches criminal law and federal Indian law at the university. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, he is a Mormon and a Brigham Young alumnus who was the first American Indian elected to a statewide office when he became Idaho’s attorney general, in 1990. In 1994 he ran for governor of Idaho but lost. He has taught at Brigham Young since. –Lawrence Biemiller
Carl J. Artman is currently a shareholder on the Godfrey & Kahn’s Indian Nations and Environmental & Energy Practice Groups. Prior to joining Godfrey & Kahn, Carl was the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs for the United States Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. He served also as the Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs at the Department. Prior to the appointments, Carl was Chief Legal Counsel for the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin in Green Bay. Carl has represented clients in environmental, corporate, emerging technologies, telecommunications and bankruptcy matters. Carl is licensed to practice in Wisconsin, Colorado and Pennsylvania. Carl currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center. He served on the Board of the Presidential Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities, Oneida Nation Electronics, Qubit Technology Inc., Airadigm Communications, Inc. and Personal Communications Industry Association. He was the Chairman of the Tribal Management Advisory Committee and the Tribal Budget Advisory Committee. He was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nation’s Convention to Eliminate Racial Discrimination. While at the Department of Interior, Carl served as a member of the Trust Executive Steering Committee, Climate Control Task Force Steering Committee and Fire Policy Council. He was a member of the Board of Governance for the National Indian Programs Training Center and the Board of Regents for the Haskell Indian Nations University. He served as an editor for the Denver Journal of International Law Policy.
Artman received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia College in Columbia, Mo., his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin Business School.
Please join me in congratulating our ASU NALSA members and the COL alumnus who were honored by the National NALSA Executive Board at the Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Conference last week. These students were nominated by the ASU Chapter of NALSA and voted on by the National NALSA Executive Board. Congratulations!
NNALSA Outstanding 1L of the Year – Khia Grinnell
NNALSA Outstanding 3L of the Year – Nikki Borchardt
NNALSA Outstanding Alum of the Year – Marlene Rae Jones (’97)
Department: Colorado River Indian Tribal Court
Position: Associate Judge (2 positions)
Appointed by Tribal Council terms are for 2 years
Salary: DOE
SUMMARY:
The Associate Judge is responsible for fairly and impartially hearing and deciding judicial cases and matters within the jurisdiction of the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Tribal Court pursuant to the CRIT Tribal Laws, Codes, Rules and Regulations as assigned by the Chief Judge.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
1. Handles, presides over and adjudicates all criminal, civil, juvenile, traffic and fish & game cases and litigation as assigned by the Chief Judge.
2. Hears cases, makes evidentiary rulings, reviews pleadings and issues final orders, judgments and decision. Conducts legal research and issues memoranda of decision within the timelines established by tribal law.
3. Prepares, issues and/or submits reports, letters, memorandum and similar types of correspondence and communications with the Chief Judge, Court personnel, litigants, parties to cases, attorneys, legal counsel, CRIT Tribal administration personnel.
4. Issues orders, judgments, decrees, minute entries, summons, subpoenas, warrants of search and arrest and all other lawful orders of the court.
5. Performs legal, judicial and administrative duties associated with and furtherance of the performance of the duties stated in paragraph one above.
6. Provides administrative direction to court staff in connection with and furtherance of the performance of the duties stated in paragraph one above.
7. Attends training, staff meetings and meetings with CRIT tribal government representatives, State, County and Federal County government representatives, and the CRIT general public as directed and/or authorized by the Chief Judge.
8. Performs other duties that may be assigned by the Chief Judge.
9. Creates, adopts, develops and implements appropriate policies, procedures and court forms as directed and/or authorized by the Chief Judge.
10. At the direction and with the assistance of the Chief Judge, may assist the Chief Judge with the following: (a) interviewing, hiring, and training court employees; (b) planning, assigning, and directing work of court employees, (c) appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees and (d) addressing complaints and resolving problems. 11. The duties and responsibilities listed above are intended only as illustrations of he the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of the specific
statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is
similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. The job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must meet the following minimum qualifications:
1. Must be twenty-five (25) years of age or older.
2. Must possess substantial legal education or experience to perform the duties and responsibilities listed above.
3. Must possess knowledge of CRIT Tribal laws, court rules and procedures, and
applicable federal statues such as the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA), Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
4. Must have the ability to understand and apply appropriate the laws and rules of the CRIT Tribe with impartiality; ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; ability to establish effective working relationships with employees, attorneys and advocates, parties to cases and the general public.
5. Must be competent to perform all the duties of the position; be of good moral character; be emotionally stable and mature; be committed to equal justice under the law; be in good health; be patient and courteous; and be capable of deliberation and decisiveness.
6. Must not have been convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor or other criminal offense involving dishonesty or moral turpitude with the last five years, in any Federal, Tribal or State Court.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, SKILLS & ABILITIES
Must possess substantial legal education or experience, as determined by the CRIT Tribal Council, that enables the applicant to perform the PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES listed above.
Ability to read and analyze, interpret and apply in written form the CRIT Tribal laws (e.g. codes, statutes, rules, regulations, case law and other legal and professional documents, journals, periodicals, reports, business correspondence, and manuals).
Skill in use of office computers, word processing and office computer software, office machine usage, office copier and other similar office equipment to the extent that the applicant’s use of such technical skills satisfies and meets the PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES listed above.
Ability to solve legal matters, issues, problems and questions and deal with a variety of concrete legal cases. Ability to effectively communicate, present information and respond to legal issues, matters and questions in connection with and furtherance of the performance of the duties and responsibilities.
For Employment Application and detailed job description visit: http://critoline.com
Applications and resumes must be forwarded to:
Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT)
Human Resource Department
26600 Mohave Road,
Parker, Arizona, 85344.
