The second panel discussion on the Legacy of the ITCA will be held on August 15th, 2013 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Wild Horse Pass. Tribal leaders who were active with ITCA since the 1970’s will participate in the panel which will be moderated by Jacob
Moore.
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Job Postings – 3 Positions
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CIVIL DIVISION, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, DISTRICT COURT
SECTION
Trial Attorney, GS-0905-11
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Who May Apply: Applications will only be
accepted from current employees of the U.S. Department of Justice.
About the Office: The Office of Immigration
Litigation, District Court Section, is a fast-paced office responsible for
immigration-related civil litigation in the federal district courts, often
involving emergency motions. Trial Attorneys in the District Court Section
represent the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies with
immigration-related missions, in both defensive litigation, and in affirmative
denaturalization cases. Trial Attorneys personally handle individual and class
action cases as first-chair litigators through all phases of litigation in the
federal district courts. Trial Attorneys develop significant litigation
experience in these cases, and additional experience briefing and arguing
appeals of district court decisions in the various circuit courts of appeal.
The office currently has approximately 50 attorneys, led by a Director, a
Deputy Director, and three Assistant Directors who oversee four litigating
teams.
Opportunity Offered: The Office of Immigration
Litigation, District Court Section, seeks to fill one Trial Attorney position
with promotion potentional to GS-0905-15.
Qualifications: Applicants must possess a
J.D. degree, must be admitted to the bar (any jurisdiction), and must have a
minimum of one year’s legal experience. Experience in immigration law is desired
but not required. Veterans and members of the Armed Forces are strongly
encouraged to apply.
Travel: This position requires frequent travel.
Salary Information: $62,467 – $81,204 per
year, depending upon experience.
Location: Washington, D.C.
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are
not authorized.
Submission Process and Deadline Date: Applicants must submit a
cover letter (highlighting relevant background), resume, and a writing sample
(no more than 12 pages), and must e-mail all materials to: Paula.Richardson@usdoj.gov
Please specify that the application is for the Trial Attorney – District Court Section position in the subject line.
Although e-mail is preferred, applications will also be accepted by
U.S. Mail addressed to:
District Court Section
Office of Immigration Litigation
Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Box 868, Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0868
Attn: Paula Richardson
No telephone calls. Applications
should be submitted as early as possible but, in any event, no later than June
20, 2013.
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Federal Trade Commission
General Attorney (Intellectual Property), GS-0905-14/15
The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) enforces a variety of Federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. The
FTC seeks to ensure that the nation’s markets function competitively and are
vigorous, efficient, and free of undue restrictions. The FTC also works to
enhance the smooth operation of the marketplace by eliminating marketing acts
or practices that are unfair or deceptive. The FTC conducts economic analyses
to support its law enforcement efforts and to contribute to the policy
deliberations of the Agency, the Congress, the Executive Branch, and other
organizations.
The Federal Trade Commission’s Office
of Policy Planning assists the Commission to develop and implement long-range
competition and consumer protection policy initiatives and advises staff on
cases raising new or complex policy and legal issues. The Office of Policy
Planning is seeking an attorney with intellectual property experience to
support the office’s work.
As an attorney in the Office of
Policy Planning, you will perform a variety of legal duties, including
frequently challenging legal and policy analysis. Often the work of the staff
includes advisory functions related to antitrust policy and enforcement efforts
under the various statutes enforced by the Commission. A successful staff
member has interest in and the ability to deal with both legal analysis and
economic and practical business issues arising from the policy issues under
consideration. More specifically, you will;
- Provide intellectual
property guidance to support the Commission’s policy and enforcement
initiatives. - Draft and review policy
recommendations, amicus briefs, advocacy comments and Commission
decisions. - Organize public workshops
and draft Commission and staff reports on cutting-edge competition and
intellectual property issues. - Confer with government
agencies, public authorities, attorneys, businesspersons, and other
members of the public in order to obtain information relevant to
Commission policy and enforcement initiatives. - Prepare internal documents
for review by the Commission and perform special assignments as directed.
Candidates should have excellent legal
research and writing abilities, strong organizational and analytical skills in
presenting written arguments, excellent oral communication skills, and the
ability to explain complex legal and technical issues in a clear and succinct
manner. Candidates also should be able to work effectively with other people,
exercise sound judgment, meet deadlines, and exhibit a strong interest in the
work of the agency. In addition, demonstrated experience in intellectual
property, patent litigation, and antitrust is highly desired. This position is
not included in the bargaining unit.
To apply: submit resume, by June 20, 2013, to www.USAJOBS.gov. Please refer to
Announcement No. OPP-2013-0002.
For additional information, call Keyonna Washington at 202.326.2853
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Texas Education
Agency – Request for Proposal
Position Title: Special Education Hearing Officer
The Texas Education Agency has
issued RFQ No. 701-14-006 Special Education Hearing Officers. Special
education hearing officers preside over special education due process hearings
filed by parents and school districts pursuant to the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
The posting can be viewed at http://esbd.cpa.state.tx.us/bid_show.cfm?bidid=106095.
The deadline for receipt of
proposals for this procurement is July 10, 2013, 2:00 PM, CDT.
Questions regarding the RFQ must
be directed to TEAContracts@tea.state.tx.us.
Ferguson-Bohnee represents ASU at education conference
Professors Art Hinshaw, Patty Ferguson-Bohnee and Marcy Karin recently represented the College of Law at the Conference on Clinical 
LegalEducation in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The annual conference is organized by the Association of American Law Schools, and is meant to provide clinical educators with concrete lessons, examples, and ideas for improving teaching, student assessment, and clinical program self-evaluation.
The opening plenary, given by Hinshaw, was titled “The Changing Face of Clinical Education: Models, Pedagogies,and Opportunities for Transfer.”
Hinshaw, along with three other panelists, discussed how the rise of non-litigation clinics has led to pedagogies of lawyering skills organized around the objectives, methods, and competencies of non-litigation work.
Ferguson-Bohnee presented a project titled “Arizona Native Voting- Election Protection Project.”
Karin participated in a panel titled “Finding Partners and Structuring Social Justice Policy Projects.”
Ferguson-Bohnee has experience in Indian law, election law and policy matters, voting rights, and status clarification of tribes. She has testified before the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the Louisiana State Legislature regarding tribal recognition, and has successfully assisted four Louisiana tribes in obtaining state recognition.
Hinshaw’s research and teaching interests lie in the field of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), primarily mediation and negotiation. His research bridges ADR theory and practice, and his teaching responsibilities include the Lodestar Mediation Clinic and Negotiation among other ADR courses.
Karin teaches courses on workplace flexibility law and policy, employment law and policy and legislation. She also supervises and instructs student attorneys working on behalf of clients in the Civil Justice Clinic.
Tsosie publishes article in Colorado Law Review
Regents’ Professor Rebecca Tsosie recently authored an article, “A Philosophy of Hope 
and a Landscape of Principle: The Legacy of David Getches’s Federal Indian Law Scholarship,” that was published in the University of Colorado Law Review.
David Getches, the Dean and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Natural Resources Law at the University of Colorado School of Law in Boulder, died of pancreatic cancer in 2011. He taught and wrote on water law, public land law, environmental law, and Indian law.
Tsosie teaches in the areas of Indian law, property, bioethics, and critical race theory, as well as seminars in international indigenous rights and in the College’s Tribal Policy, Law, and Government Master of Laws program. She has written and published widely on doctrinal and theoretical issues related to tribal sovereignty, environmental policy and cultural rights, and is the author of many prominent articles dealing with cultural resources and cultural pluralism.
Tsosie publishes book chapter
Regents’ Professor Rebecca Tsosie recently authored a book chapter,
Climate Change 
and Indigenous Peoples: Comparative Models of Sovereignty in the book, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies.
and Indigenous Peoples: Comparative Models of Sovereignty in the book, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies.
The book, published by Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., in 2013, was written and edited by Randall S. Abate and Elizabeth Ann Kronk. Abate is an Associate Professor of Law at Florida A&M University College of Law, where he is the Director of the Center for International Law and Justice, and Project Director for the Environment, Development and Justice Program. Kronk is an Associate Professor of Law at The University of Kansas School of Law, where she is Director of the Tribal Law and Government Center.
Tsosie’s chapter will be republished as an article in the Tulane Environmental Law Journal.
Tsosie teaches in the areas of Indian law, property, bioethics, and critical race theory, as well as seminars in international indigenous rights and in the College’s Tribal Policy, Law, and Government Master of Laws program. She has written and published widely on doctrinal and theoretical issues related to tribal sovereignty, environmental policy and cultural rights, and is the author of many prominent articles dealing with cultural resources and cultural pluralism.
Graduate Research Assistant position
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RFQ for TOKA General Counsel
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RFQ General Counsel Final 5-3-13
Job Posting – Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona
Exciting news! Our jobs have
recently posted.
- Deputy Prosecutor
- Tribal Court
Improvement Program (TCIP) Coordinator [Grant funded 3 year position]
To work in Indian Country while the TLOA and the new changes in VAWA are being implemented is a chance of a lifetime! An added bonus is that they get to work in one of the best legal departments in Indian Country and operate in a multi-jurisdictional
landscape as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (SAUSA). The Prosecutor’s
Office will continue to progress and evolve to better serve and protect our
community!
The person selected as the TCIP Coordinator will have the opportunity to orchestrate an evaluation of our Child Welfare System and help usher in change that is long overdue!
Please advise them that the positions will not be open long (1 to 2 weeks tops), the process will be fairly quick, and they should be expeditious as well.
Remember, we are looking for self-motivated, All-Stars who have an insatiable hunger for justice!
Below is the link to our
external internet H.R. website.
Any questions up to the time we conduct interviews can be directed my way.
http://www.pascuayaqui-nsn.gov/_static_pages/employment/index.php
Respectfully,
Fred Urbina,
Chief Prosecutor
Prosecutor’s Office, Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona
7777 S. Camino Huivisim, Building A
Tucson,AZ 8575
(o) 520/879-6263
(f) 520/879-6260
e-mail alfred.urbina@pascuayaqui-nsn.gov
Women in Philanthropy Article highlights the Indian Legal Clinic and students
These are just some of the expressions
of gratitude we heard March 28 at our Dollars at Work event at the beautiful
ASU SkySong in Scottsdale. While we gathered together for lunch we had the
opportunity to hear from not just program directors but students whose academic
careers were shaped by our investments.
Over the past 10 years, Women & Philanthropy has awarded $2.6 million through 67 grants and we learned that the impact of that is being felt around the world — from Arizona’s American Indian reservations to a village in Ghana, Africa, where children are breathing easier because we invested in new cooking technology.
As our Co-chair Cindy Watts said in her welcome remarks, Women & Philanthropy
members are affecting peoples’ lives: “Every penny has gone to an ASU
program; you all should be very proud of yourselves for that.”
It was inspiring to meet students who have benefitted from our scholarships, and
to speak with the program directors who care so deeply about their work.
We tried something unique and broke into three groups, and each spent about 15 minutes hearing from participants. That way, Women & Philanthropy members could learn about programs in an “up-close and personal” way.
Here is what grant recipients had to say:
The Motivated Engineering Transfer Students (METS)
Program | 2011–12 | $100,000
Among
the several students we met from the METS program was Lauren McBurnett, who at
19 is in graduate school studying civil engineering despite struggling with
dyslexia, and who told our members: “We really appreciate what
you guys do for our program…I know without this scholarship I would not be in
graduate school.”
And we met Erick Ponce, a civil engineering student from Guatemala who is
the first in his family to graduate from college and the first to go to
graduate school, who said: “I’m so happy and I’m so grateful for
Women & Philanthropy because if it wasn’t for you guys I wouldn’t be
graduating.”
METS provides community college transfer students with tutoring, mentoring,
job-skills training and social and emotional support to help them transition to
a four-year university.
We learned from Mary Anderson-Rowland that this juncture in a student’s academic
career can be difficult. She likened a transfer student to a fish that has to
leap from one bowl, hang in the air, and then land successfully in another
bowl. Transfer students often don’t know what resources are available at a
university, they’ve already taken the easiest classes at community college and
they feel like freshmen all over again.
GlobalResolve | 2007–08 | $50,000
When we awarded funding to GlobalResolve it had 28 students involved in projects.
Today, it has about 140 in eight countries.
Henderson, its executive director, says our involvement was important to its success: “Thank you so much for the funding you gave us. It came very early in our founding and we have really made strides since then.”
GlobalResolve is a social entrepreneurship program in which students and faculty work
together on projects that improve the lives of people around the world. The
project we funded helped students develop clean alternatives to cooking fuel as
smoky cooking fires cause so many illnesses, especially in women and children.
Today students are working on projects from India to Peru. One student even developed a prototype light source powered by a chunk of coal, which is inexpensive and readily available to poor villagers.
Indian Legal Clinic | 2004–05 | $20,000
Patty Ferguson-Bohnee and her students were articulate advocates for the clinic,
which champions Native American voting rights and legal training at ASU.
Our funding was important because until last year the clinic received no state funding,
Patty said, and our grant helped establish its reputation: “With
the initial money we received from you we were able to ask for money from
others, and because it was a success they were willing to donate.”
Native American voting rights is still a pressing issue. Arizona’s Native Americans
weren’t allowed to vote until 1948 and even then the state added literacy
restrictions that prevented many from voting until well into the 1970s. We
learned from third-year student Lily Yan how the Arizona Native Vote Election
Protection Project works to remove those obstacles.
We learned from third-year student Fernando Anzaldua how the clinic is making an
impact locally and nationally. In Arizona, students from the clinic do legal
work in tribal prosecutors’ offices as well as in civil cases. Nationally,
students are involved in important cases like that brought by Gulf Coast tribes
in Louisiana who are suing BP for the 2010 oil spill that devastated their
fishing grounds.
“How proud are you of what we’ve done?” Cindy asked after
spending time with these inspiring students and faculty. “Let’s be sure we keep
that going!”
How do we keep that going?
Guest speaker Roz Abero, vice president and managing director of Affinity at the ASU
Foundation, said Women & Philanthropy is building a culture of
philanthropy within our families and communities that will ensure our
collective and individual impact endures.
At the same time, ASU and the foundation are deeply committed to connecting people back tothe university where they can connect to their passions. “The
cool thing about ASU is — whatever you are passionate about, we’re doing it.
And we’re doing it well,” Roz said.
One way to continue that impact is to help meet our goal of 100 percent
participation in the Women & Philanthropy New American University
Scholarship Endowment. So far, 62 members have contributed $87,000.
“If you haven’t already invested in the scholarship — please do so. To those who have, we thank you,” Roz said. “How could anyone not want to be a part of this kind of impact?”
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Clinton interviewed on Voice of Russia American Edition
04/19/2013
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| Robert Clinton |
Robert Clinton, Foundation Professor of Law, and affiliated faculty member of the College of Law’s Indian Legal Program, was interviewed by Carmen Russell-Sluchansky on The Voice of Russia: American Edition, on Tuesday, April 17.
Russell-Sluchansky’s segment, Due Diligence, explored The U.S. Supreme Court case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, which asks whether a federal law can limit the adoptions of Native American children.
In the initial hearings in trial court and the South Carolina Supreme Court, it was held that non-Native parents Matt and Melanie Capobianco could not adopt a Native American child without complying with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The adoptive couple in this case petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case, and the court agreed to hear the case on April 16.
After the initial rulings, the child was turned over to the biological father, Dusten Brown.
“The Indian tribes have a right to control who adopts their kids,” Clinton said in the interview. “In many ways, the ICWA was intended to bolster that right.”
According to Clinton, the biological father of the adopted child has been misrepresented in an effort to overturn the State Supreme Court’s decision.
To hear the interview, click here.