Native Nations Law & Policy Center

February 2022 Newsletter

Bozho,

The Spring semester is in full swing, and we are grateful to be together in person. The Native Nations Law and Policy Center has a full semester of programming, activities, and courses planned. Two stellar NALSA students, Grace Carson and Alyssa Sanderson, represented UCLA at the National Native American Law Students Association Annual Moot Court Competition this weekend. We hope all the participants had a fun and fulfilling event. Speaking of oral advocacy, the U.S. Supreme Court has a busy docket with Indian law cases. As we track and absorb recent briefings and oral arguments, we are building our speaker series to highlight the numerous important issues being considered before the highest court. Stay tuned for dates on exciting panels to come.

Megwetch,

Angela R. Riley (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)

Professor of Law and Director, Native Nations Law and Policy Center

NNLPC NEWS

Heather Dadashi, UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Fellow and former TLDC student, wrote about tribal cultural resource protection. Read it HERE

NNLPC Founding Director, Carole Goldberg was quoted in the Tulsa World on the Supreme Court and tribal lands.

Tribal Legal Development Clinic

This semester, the Tribal Legal Development Clinic is working with the Hualapai Court of Appeals. Students will work with the Justices of the court to draft bench memorandums and conduct legal research. The Hualapai Court of Appeals is part of the Tribe’s judicial branch. The Hualapai Tribe is located in northwestern Arizona. “Hualapai” (pronounced Wal-lah-pie) means “People of the Tall Pines.

NALSA Moot Court Competition

The National Native American Law Students Association, in partnership with the University of Colorado Law School, and the CU NALSA Chapter, hosted the 30th Annual NNALSA Moot Court Competition virtually on February 26th and 27th, 2022.

Our students Grace Carson and Alyssa Sanderson represented UCLA.

Womxn of Color Collective (WoCC) at UCLA School of Law Gloria Allred Service Award

Lauren van Schilfgaarde, TLDC Director, was honored by the Womxn of Color Collective (WoCC) at UCLA School of Law and was recognized at the Galentine’s Gala on February 17th with their Gloria Allred Service Award. This award goes to a person who has advanced the status of womxn this year, has created opportunities for womxn, promoted womxn's excellence, conducted research, mentorship, or service work representing womxn in a positive way, or has shown any other sorts of excellence or outstanding accomplishments related to womxn.

EVENTS

Please join us for our Spring Speakers Series as we engage Indian country on cutting edge issues in the field.

More information will be forthcoming!

Watch recordings of past events HERE

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