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8:45-9:15am ET Welcome
Linda Greene, Dean, Michigan State University College of Law
Dean Ferguson, DESO, Michigan State University College of Law
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor & Director, ILPC
Doreen McPaul, President, TICA
9:15-10:15am ET Ch-ch-changes: From Tribal Judge to Assistant Secretary and Everything In Between
Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs
and conversation with Whitney Gravelle, President, Bay Mills Indian Community
10:15-10:30am Break
10:30-11:45am ET Tribal Traditional Law in Practice
Rodgerick Begay, Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Chapter Unit
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Michigan State University College of Law
Robert Alan Hershey, Clinical Professor of Law Emeritus, Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program, University of Arizona Rogers College of Law
Materials:
Ghost Road Comic Book (Fletcher)
#20-2145 Tenth Circuit Pueblo of Jemez vs United States of America
US Forest Service
Hopi Sand Woman
11:45-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:00pm ET Consultation Practices
Moderator: Ian F. Tapu, Law Clerk, Hawaii State Judiciary
Joe Sarcinella, Partner, Drummond Woodsum
Wenona Singel, Associate Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Associate Professor of Law at the Michigan State University College of Law
Tehani M. Louis-Perkins, Student, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2:00-2:15pm Break
2:15-3:30pm ET Beyond Brackeen: Ongoing Protections for Indian Children
Moderator: Cassondra Church, Legal Counselor, Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Michigan State University College of Law
April Olson, Attorney, Rothstein Donatelli
Kate Fort, Director of Clinics, Michigan State University College of Law
Austin Moore, Attorney, Native American Disability Law Center
Materials:
3:30pm ET End of Day 1 Sessions
Join us for the evening reception!
