Tempe Attorney Howard Shanker, who represented the Navajo Nation and others in litigation opposing the use of reclaimed wastewater for snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks, will be speaking to Joe Feller’s Natural Resources Law Field Seminar on Thursday, May 10, at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at 2:00 p.m. in Room 110. ILP Faculty, staff, students and alum are all invited to attend.
Category Archives: Alumni
Job Posting! GRIC
Gila River Indian Community
Prosecutor III opening
The 13th Annual ILP Alumni and Friends Reception
Job Posting
Associate Attorney
Shorall McGoldrick Brinkman (Flagstaff, AZ)
| Position Type: | Attorney |
| Practice Area(s): | Business |
| Geographic Preference(s): | Southwest (AZ, NM) |
| Description: | Full time attorney position available in a small Flagstaff firm. Seeking applicant with 2 to 5 years of experience, with an emphasis on business, real estate, and Indian law.
Ideal candidate is detail oriented, highly organized and has excellent writing and computer skills. Must be licensed in Arizona. |
| Desired Class Level: | Alum 0-3 yrs exp, Alum 4-6 yrs exp, Alum 7+ yrs exp, LLM |
| Posting Date: | January 31, 2012 |
| Expiration Date: | February 29, 2012 |
| Contact: | Tess Konomos
702 N Beaver Street Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 United States |
| Resume Receipt: | E-mail, Other (see below) |
| Default email for resumes.: | akonomos@smbattorneys.com |
| How to Apply: | Please forward resume, cover letter, writing sample and references. |
| Additional Documents: | Cover Letter, Writing Sample, Other Documents |
| Requested Document Notes: | References |
| ID: | 21094 |
SRPMIC – Seeking Applicants for the Judicial Selection Committee
ATTENTION COMMUNITY MEMBERS!!
Seeking Applicants for the Judicial Selection Committee
The purpose of the Judicial Selection Committee is to assist the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 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.
See attached flyer for more information on qualifications, term of service, duties and responsibilities.
For more information please contact Lillia Munoz, Human Resources at 480-362-5475.
Deadline April 2, 2012
For more info: http://www.srpmic-nsn.gov/community/2012/03/26/6688.asp
Job Posting!
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/312714700
Job Title: Deputy Administrator
Department: Department Of Housing And Urban Development
Agency: Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
Job Announcement Number: H12-DE-631002-TC
| SALARY RANGE: | $113,735.00 to $147,857.00 / Per Year |
| OPEN PERIOD: | Monday, March 26, 2012 to Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| SERIES & GRADE: | GS-1101-14 |
| POSITION INFORMATION: | Full Time – Permanent |
| PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 14 | |
| DUTY LOCATIONS: | 1 vacancy(s) – Albuquerque, NM United StatesView Map |
| WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: | United States Citizens |
JOB SUMMARY:
Join the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Team, if you are looking for a challenging career opportunity and want to be an impact player helping individuals achieve the American Dream! HUD is an integral partner in revitalizing and improving communities across America.
HUD offers a broad array of benefits and program activities to develop your career, such as: professional development opportunities; work assignments that may consist of projects related to different housing program; advanced technology; networking opportunities; and recognition and award for creativity, exceptional performance, and teamwork.
Our mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes; utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business. For more information about HUD’s mission, activities, and careers, please visit our website at: http://www.hud.gov/.
This position is with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. The Deputy Administrator is out stationed from the Southwest Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) to the Albuquerque Satellite Office (ASO), and is primarily responsible for coordination of all Area Office (AO) program segments with regard to local program
You may apply to this position if you are a United States Citizen.
Federal Status Candidates (and those eligible to be considered under HUD’s merit promotion procedures) may apply for this position under announcement H12-MP-630881-TC.
Relocation expenses will not be paid.
One or more selections may be made using this vacancy announcement.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
- You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- Selective Service Registration if you are a male born after 12/31/1959.
DUTIES:
The incumbent performs a wide variety of programs and liaison assignments relating to the overall operations of the ASO having responsibility for coordinating technical and administrative operations in support of programs, and for planning and carrying out a local outreach program that illustrates the accomplishment of National ONAP HUD objectives. The incumbent will also perform duties such as:
- Exercises concurrent authority with the AO Administrator on administrative issues affecting day-to-day operation of the ASO. Provides administrative coordination of ASO functions such as managing travel, staff and equipment, supplies and training based upon the Department’s Strategic Plan, ONAP’s Management Action Plan, risk assessments, and a proper balance between allocation and mission accomplishment.
- Represents the Administrator and HUD in meetings and conferences on matters relating to applicable programs based on contacts with tribal officials, tribally designated housing entities (TDHE), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service, as well as other public and private officials in connection with Native American programs.
- Provides extensive integration and coordination of applicable programs through frequent contact and discussions with the ASO and AO Grants Evaluation (GE) and Grants Manager (GM) Division Directors and staff, the National GE and GM Directors, and the AO Administrator. Provides advice to the AO Administrator and staff on cross-cutting issues relating to policy development, performance oversight, compliance assurance, technical assistance coordination and program implementation of tribes, and other client groups under ASO jurisdiction.
- Plans and conducts on-going outreach to the public and client groups, including Tribal representatives and TDHEs participating in HUD programs. Conducts discussions on program mission, activities, and issues with program recipients to strengthen relationships with ONAP partners and improve the efficiency of ONAP program operations.
- Independently plans, coordinates, assembles, and disseminates periodic reports on the HUD Regional and ONAP Management Actions Plans, and the Department’s Strategic Plan that is relevant to ASO. Prepares an in-depth analysis of the timelines and quality of goal achievement, and recommends improvements to developing and achieving plan goals. Provides technical guidance and general supervision to ASO staff and makes decisions on issues related to the relevant HUD Regional and ONAP Management Action Plans.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
You qualify for this position if you possess one year of specialized experience integrating and coordinating technical and administrative program operations; monitoring program compliance; conducting in-depth analysis, evaluating and recommending solutions to complex policy and program issues. You must have worked with programs that are associated with the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA); U.S. Housing Act of 1937; and have knowledge of the Indian Housing Block Grant, loan guarantees, economic development, and community development and how those services relate to tribes, Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Additionally, you must have experience in the budget process, to include knowledge or familiarity with allocations, as it relates to training, travel, supplies, and performance reviews.
Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standard Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM’s website at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.
Job Posting
Supv Grants Management Specialist (Washington, DC) – ONAP
View details at: http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/312238600
Indian Law 101 CLE Conference
Attention ILP Alums: We would really appreciate your help spreading the word about the upcoming Indian Law 101 CLE Conference to your friends and colleagues.
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Title: Indian Law 101 CLE Conference
Who: Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012; 8am-4:45 pm (Register by March 7 and save!)
Location: Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 1100 McAllister Ave., The Great Hall, Armstrong Hall, Tempe, AZ
Registration, agenda, travel: http://conferences.asucollegeoflaw.com/indianlaw101/
Contact: Darlene Lester at darlene.lester@asu.edu / 480-965-7715.
A quick and concise survey of the issues in Federal Indian Law for everyone interested in learning more about this complex area of the law. Perfect training for tribal advocates, tribal practitioners, tribal prosecutors, tribal public defenders, court administrators, tribal council members, attorneys, law students, as well as teachers/professors and students of American Indian Studies
CLE Credits: 6.25 general credit hours may qualify for AZ and CA. NM MCLE approval pending. Topics include: History of Federal Indian Law, Indian Gaming, Civil Adjudicatory, Regulatory Jurisdiction, Tribal Courts, Taxation in Indian Country, and Criminal Jurisdiction.
Humetewa named Professor of Practice
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| Diane Humetewa |
Diane Humetewa, the first Native American woman to be
appointed as a U.S. Attorney has been named a
Professor of Practice for the College of Law.
Humetewa, a 1993 graduate f the College of Law, has served
on the College of Law’s Indian Legal Advisory Committee
since 1997.
She also is serving as Special Advisor to the President for American Indian Affairs for Arizona State University President Michal M. Crow, and continues to practice in the tribal affairs and natural resources areas with the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP.
“ASU is committed to working with Arizona’s tribes to bring more Native American students to the university,” Crow said. “Diane Humetewa will provide advice and counsel to ASU on its efforts to design and implement programs and initiatives to better serve Native American students and to partner with Arizona’s Indian tribal governments.”
Humetewa served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona and as counsel for the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Subcommittee, then chaired by Arizona Sen. John McCain.
She takes over the duties previously handled by former Navajo President Peterson Zah, who has returned to work for his Navajo Nation.
Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Faculty Director of the Indian Legal Program, said the Program is thrilled to have Humetewa join its ranks.
“It’s a great opportunity to have such a distinguished and accomplished Native woman serve as a model and inspiration for our students,” Ferguson-Bohnee said.
Douglas Sylvester, Interim Dean, said the College of Law is honored to have Humetewa join the faculty.
“Diane is an exciting addition to our Indian Legal Program,” Sylvester said. “We know she will be a great resource to our students and faculty, alike.”
Humetewa also will be chairperson of the ASU Tribal Liaison Advisory Committee, serve on the Provost’s Native American Advisory Council, and as legal counsel and in an advisory capacity with ASU in its relations with Native American tribal governments.
Humetewa said she is looking forward to discovering opportunities the university offers to Native American students. She is also excited to explore how higher education at ASU has evolved during the years since she graduated, with the addition of new campuses and advances such as the variety of course now taught online.
“ASU has changed in terms of its ability to reach outside of Tempe,” Humetewa said. “One of the comments most often heard among tribal leaders is that providing higher education opportunities to tribal members is an important goal. There’s a real priority placed on providing as much assistance to tribal members or identifying and tackling the roadblocks to education in the native communities.”
This can be challenging in an environment where nationally approximately 50 percent of Native American students don’t obtain a high-school diploma.
Humetewa, a member of the Hopi tribe, was born and raised in Arizona. She started school on the Hualapai Reservation. Her father worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and traveled throughout Arizona’s Indian Country, often taking her with him. She attended public high school in the Valley, but ties to her family and culture kept her close to the Hopi reservation. She received her bachelor’s degree from ASU in 1987.
“At the time, Indian children were still attending boarding schools far away from the reservation,” Humetewa recalled.
Scholarship named for Tsosie receives $10,000 pledge
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| Rebecca Tsosie |
A new scholarship named for Professor Rebecca Tsosie, currently on sabbatical leave from the Indian Legal Program, has been established with a $10,000 pledge from Dr. Gary Weiss and his wife, Cathleen, the parents of Melissa Dempsey, who graduated from the program in May 2011.
The Rebecca Tsosie Spirit of Excellence Award will be given each year to the student who is most committed to the ideals of the program and plans to serve the legal needs of Native communities.
Weiss, said Tsosie was a great influence on his daughter’s life, and her choice to attend the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
“The first time we visited ASU, we met Professor Tsosie and I was extremely impressed,” Weiss said. “She was very helpful talking about the school and community and excited and energetic. When we walked out of that meeting, I turned to Melissa and said, ‘There’s no question this is the place you should go. We don’t need to look any further.’
“In the following three years, I continued to be impressed, and we wanted to do whatever we could to help other students have the same experience, to have enough money that they could participate in a law journal without having to worry about where every single penny was coming from.”
Interim Dean Douglas Sylvester said the scholarship illustrates the strength of the Indian Legal Program.
“The Tsosie scholarship is a perfect example of how the community that exists within the Indian Legal Program – a community lovingly created by Rebecca Tsosie in her many years as Executive Director of the Program – creates a bond between student, faculty, and family that inspires people to give back,” Sylvester said. “This gift, directed to students in a time when tuition has greatly increased, will strengthen those bonds and provides a lasting legacy befitting of Rebecca’s role and vision for the Program.
“On behalf of the College of Law, I thank the Weiss’s for their generous gift–it will be put to great use.”
Kate Rosier, Executive Director of the Indian Legal Program, said the award honors Tsosie’s contributions to the program.
“The ILP wanted to do something special for Rebecca to thank her for her 15 years of service as the ILP Executive Director,” Rosier said. “We thought this scholarship for students was perfect to honor her.”
Tsosie said she was thrilled.
“I am extremely proud of this award, which is representative of the support and importance that President (Michael M.) Crow and Provost (Elizabeth D.) Capaldi place on serving the needs of Native students and tribal communities,” Tsosie said. “There is a legacy here at ASU, from the first days of the law school, when Judge William C. Canby Jr. taught the first federal Indian law classes and worked with tribal courts, to (former Navajo President) Peterson Zah, who was a Special Advisor to the president, to Diane Humetewa, who has taken on that role, and to LuAnn Leonard, the first Native member of the Arizona Board of Regents.
“Because of the support of these leaders, and the generous donations of caring individuals, such as Gary and Cathleen Weiss, the Native students at ASU are well-cared for,” Tsosie said.
Tsosie said Dempsey, who graduated in June, would have been an ideal candidate for the award.
“She saw Native issues in a broad consciousness and on an international level and worked to prepare herself to be able to serve on that level,” Tsosie said.
“She was always prepared, outstanding academically, and wrote a beautiful paper on environmental justice in Native communities. She was involved in the Native American Law Students Association and had a spirit of serving Native people. She also helped found the new Law Journal for Social Justice.”
“Our treasured ILP alumni also are examples of this,” Tsosie said. “They’re serving in tribal, state and federal governments and in private practice, doing work far beyond what we ever imagined, with impeccable ethics. They are a model for our current students to emulate in professional conduct with their peers, students, faculty and the tribal community.”
Melissa Dempsey said she was surprised when her father made the donation.
“I think my father felt compelled to contribute this money to the scholarship because he, too, feels strongly about increasing the legal rights of Native people,” Melissa Dempsey said. “From day one, he wanted me to attend Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law because of its Indian Legal Program.”
Dempsey said that she had studied Tsosie’s writings while earning her master’s degree at New York University, where her thesis focused on indigenous human rights and environmental justice issues. She was excited about meeting Tsosie when she first came to visit the College of Law.
“Like many of the ILP staff members, Professor Tsosie made me feel welcome, and I knew she was one of those rare professors who wanted to build relationships with her students. She was such a caring professor, as she always made time in her busy schedule to meet with me.”
Dempsey said that after she came to the College of Law, Tsosie helped her as a mentor and a friend and inspired Dempsey to help start the Law Journal for Social Justice.
“One of the things I respect most about Professor Tsosie is that she inspires all students, Native and non-Native alike, to be interested in Native legal issues,” Dempsey said. “It is important to encourage non-Native students in this area of the law, so they, too, can at least understand the perspectives and history of Native people.”