NALSA Events Calendar - Law School Calendar

August 18

NALSA (Executive)
1:00 p.m. - Old Tabula

August 26

(President, V-President, meet with Dean McLean).
Regarding Week for new 1Ls and other interested students.
12:00 p.m.

September 3

NPILC Speaker Series - "Why Take Indian Law Courses?"
- Prof. Keith Richotte
12:10 - 1:10 p.m., Baker Courtroom

September 8

NALSA (Executive)
12:15 to 1:10 p.m., Law Bld - Room 103

September 10

Annual FALL PICNIC
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
American Indian Student Services Building
315 Princeton, UND Campus

September 24

NPILC Speaker Series - "20 Years of Tribal Gaming under IGRA"
- Prof. Kathryn Rand
12:10 - 1:10 p.m., Baker Courtroom

When Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988, about 80 tribal bingo halls earned $100 million.  Twenty years later, Indian gaming is a $25 billion industry, with some 225 tribes operating over 400 gaming establishments, many of them full-scale, Las Vegas-style casino resorts.  How and why has tribal gaming changed in the last two decades, and what does the future hold?

October 6

NALSA (Executive)
12:15 to 1:10 p.m.
Law Bld - Room 103

October 20

NALSA (General)
12:15 to 1:10 p.m.
Law Bld - Room 103

October 22

"Incorporating Indian Law into Legal Writing"
Prof. Tonya Kowalski, Washburn Univ. School of Law
12:15 p.m., Baker Courtroom

Professor Tonya Kowalski (Washburn University School of Law) will give a public lecture on incorporating federal Indian and tribal law into legal writing courses (which typically are part of the required first-year law school curriculum). The lecture would be of interest to law students and students considering law school, as well as any faculty, staff, or students interested in de-marginalizing tribal issues in higher education.  Professor Kowalski is an Associate Professor of Law at Washburn University School of Law, where she teaches first year Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing.  Before joining Washburn’s law faculty, Professor Kowalski was visiting associate clinical professor for the College of Law at Arizona State University.  She also was a staff attorney for the Indian Legal Clinic in Tempe, Arizona.  The lecture is part of a faculty exchange program between UND School of Law and Washburn University School of Law, and is free and open to the public.

3 on 3 Basketball
Fundraiser
Time/Date TBA

November 3

NALSA (Executive)
12:15 to 1:10 p.m.
Law Bld - Room 103

November 5

NPILC Speaker Series - "Tribal Court Civil Jurisdiction: As Clear As Mud"
- Prof. B J Jones
12:10 - 1:10 p.m., Baker Courtroom

Professor Jones will be discussing the Case:  Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Company Inc., et al., 554 U.S. (2008); and the increasing complexity of tribal court civil jurisdiction.

November 12

NPILC Speaker Series - "Environmental Justice in Indian Country"
- Prof. James Grijalva
12:10 - 1:10 p.m., Baker Courtroom

January 28

“We Have to Re-educate Them” – The Impact of Ignorance & Stereotypes on Legal & Intergovernment Relations
NALSA’s Indian Issues Infusion (3I) Speaker Series
- Professor Greg Gagnon
12:15pm to 1:10pm, Baker Courtroom

Words and the concepts underlying them make a difference.  Dr. Gagnon synthesize his research on stereotypes and tribal governments to explore the legacy of enduring misconceptions about American Indians and Tribal Governments.  Factual and attitudinal errors provide a basis for biased attitudes that impact not only popular judgments about Indians and their governments but also affect the way court and inter-governmental decisions are made.  Conflation of culture and tribe, what is a “real” Indian, tribal governments’ relationship to pressure groups, taxation, tribes as parts of states, and others are among the words and concepts to be explored for their influence on decisions.

February 3

“Tribal Court Civil Jurisdiction: As Clear as Mud.” 

NALSA’s Northern Plains Indian Law Center (NPILC) Speaker Series
- Professor BJ Jones
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm, Room 212

Professor Jones will be discussing the Case:  Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Company Inc., et al., 554 U.S. (2008); and the increasing complexity of tribal court civil jurisdiction.

February 9

NALSA (Executive)
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm, Room 103

February 23

NALSA (General)
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm, Room 103

February 25

Public Law 280
NALSA’s Indian Issues Infusion (3I) Speaker Series
Chief Judge Anita Fineday, White Earth Tribal Courts
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm, Baker Courtroom

February 27-28

Annual NATIONAL NALSA Event
NNALSA Moot Court Competition
February 27-28, 2009
Wolf Law Building at the University of Colorado at Boulder Law School.

March 9

NALSA (Executive)
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm, Room 103

March 23

NALSA (General)
12:10 pm to 1:10 pm, Room 103
Election of New Executive Officers.

April 1-3

Annual NATIONAL NALSA Event
Federal Bar Associations, 34TH Annual Indian Law Conference
Buffalo Thunder Casino and Resort, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Job Fair, Presentations, Panel-Discussions

April 6

NALSA (Executive)
12:15 pm to 1:10 pm, Room 103
Announcement of New Officers
Transitional Meeting between Outgoing and Incoming NALSA Executive Officers.
Announcement of the New Officers (via e-mail, prior to the scheduled meeting)

April 13-17

COMMUNITY SERVICE WEEK