NALSA Indian Law Day

We will serve lunch at 12:30 and we plan to finish the program by 5:00 p.m.

Introduction to ICWA basics:  Colette Routel

Introduction to current ICWA issues (National Perspective).  Keynote speaker, Mark Tilden — Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund (author of ICWA Resource Guide)

Tribal Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of Indian tribes).  Speakers:  Matt Fletcher, GTB member and Professor at Michigan State Law School; Allie Maldonado, LTBB member and in-house counsel for her tribe.

State Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of the state courts).  Speakers:  Judge Laura Baird, Chief Judge, Ingham County; Judge Elizabeth Gleicher, Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals.

Individual Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of parents, both Native and non-Native).  Speakers:  Nancy Dean Attorney at law and Tom Meyers, Staff Attorney, Michigan Indian Legal Services.

Each speaker will probably present for 20-25 minutes.  After everyone on the panel has presented, the audience will have time for questions.