Category Archives: Professors

ILP Alumni & Friends Awards Ceremony & Reception – Announcing 2018 award recipients!

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Happy to announce this year’s award recipients! Congratulations to Michael-Corey Hinton, Jeffery Harmon and Robert N. Clinton for their dedication and leadership in Indian Country.

Awards will be presented at the 19th Annual ILP Alumni & Friends Awards Ceremony & Reception to be held April 5, 2018 (5:30 p.m.) at Shadow Lounge, Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. We hope you will join us to celebrate their recognition! Don’t forget to send your RSVP to ILP@asu.edu by April 2, 2018.

ASU Now: Ak-Chin community makes multi-year pledge to support ASU Law’s Indian Legal Program

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Ak-Chin Chairman Robert Miguel said the Ak-Chin community, whose population totals just over a thousand people, was inspired by the Initiative. “We support what ASU Law is trying to implement, and that played a large part in our decision to donate,” he said.

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“Indian Nations: land, governance, and economic development” by Robert J. Miller for Roatch-Haskell lecturer

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Professor Robert J. Miller was selected for this year’s Haskell Lecture for the Roatch-Haskell Lecture hosted by ASU School of Social Work and shared his expertise on land, governance, and economic development. “‘Tribes can’t sell or develop their land without permission from the secretary of the interior,’ he said.

This history has led some Indians to mistrust capitalism as a way out of poverty, but Miller said that private-sector development is the best way to keep money on the reservation.

Sovereignty and culture are crucial. Tribes must decide for themselves what kinds of businesses they want and separate that from politics, he said.”

Read full article here.

SOS – Call for National NALSA Moot Court Competition Judges!

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Arizona Attorneys and Tribal Court Judge Friends: SOS! Are any of you interested in judging a few NALSA Moot Court oral argument rounds? The arguments will be at ASU Law in Phoenix. We will provide the bench brief and sample questions. Times needed are Friday at 3:45, Saturday at 8:30 and Saturday at 10:30. Please let me know and I will connect you with my awesome students! Thanks in advance for your help!! Contact kate.rosier@asu.edu.

Roatch-Haskell lecture with Robert J. Miller – 3/23

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The John F. Roatch and Linda Haskell Lectures,
a special one-day event

March 23, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
University Club of Phoenix
The event is free and open to public. Register here.

The Program
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Arrival and registration
Coffee and muffins

9:30 – 10:15 a.m. | The Roatch Lecture
Frank Rennie, Professor of Sustainable Rural Development and Assistant Principal
Lews Castle College University of the Highlands Islands
Celtic lands and identities: Global and local implications

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. | A brief commentary from Professor Miller

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Discussion (Audience Q&A)

10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Break
Coffee and pastry refill in the garden

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | The Haskell Speaker
Robert Miller, Professor, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Faculty Director, Rosette LLP American Indian Economic Development Program
Indian Nations: Land, governance and economic development

12:00 – 12:15 p.m. | A brief commentary from Professor Rennie

12:15 – 12:30 p.m. | Discussion (Audience Q&A)

12:30 – 12:45 p.m. | Presentations

The audience will move to the garden for lunch after a brief break

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Luncheon in the Garden

To view full announcement, click here.