UM | NALSA » icwa http://students.law.umich.edu/nalsa University of Michigan Native American Law Student Association Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 ©Robert Teel http://students.law.umich.edu/nalsa/?feed=podcast robteel@umich.edu (Robert Teel) robteel@umich.edu(Robert Teel) Law 1440 Native,American,Indian,law Guest Speakers and Events University of Michigan Law School Native American Law Student Association guest speakers and events Robert Teel Robert Teel robteel@umich.edu No no http://students.law.umich.edu/nalsa/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/Logo_NALSA_sm.jpg UM | NALSA http://students.law.umich.edu/nalsa 144 144 NALSA Indian Law Day http://students.law.umich.edu/nalsa/2009/04/03/nalsa-indian-law-day/ http://students.law.umich.edu/nalsa/2009/04/03/nalsa-indian-law-day/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:54:35 +0000 Robert Teel http://students.law.umich.edu/nalsa/?p=197 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.

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