From Diverse: Issues in Higher Education:
Melissa Velky, a third-year law student at Michigan State University’s College of Law, is not waiting until graduation to immerse herself in a serious legal confrontation. With the livelihood of her native tribe at stake, Velky, daughter of Schaghticoke Nation Chief Richard Velky, is working now to help restore [...]
Interesting program hosted by MSU students, featuring Joseph and John Trimbauch, and Tim Giago. Commentary about Wounded Knee, “Incident at Oglala,” Leonard Peltier, Russell Means, and others. April 23 at the Kellogg Center.
From Arizona Native Net:
All LLM and JD students are eligible to participate. The deadline for submission is May 16, 2008. Essays are expected to be between 12 & 15 pages.
The topic this year is:
Provide an in-depth discussion of the past and current legal authority for development of renewable and non-renewable energy resources on Indian lands [...]
Though they’re competing with our own Cohen panel on March 28, I have to point out the good work that the U of M NALSA is going in continuing the long-standing tradition of “Law Days” at the law school. Here is this year’s flyer — American Indian Law Day 2008
From the Ingham County Ledger:
MSU Students Win 3rd Place in Best Brief and Place in Overall Competition
Great job Nova and Alicia!
Our students have reached the sweet 16 in the National Native American Law Students Association annual moot court competition, held this year in Tempe! Go Alicia and Nova!
The National Native American Law Students Association released the 2008 moot court competition problem. You can download it here: 2008 Problem. You can download the rules here: 2008 Rules.
Arizona and Arizona State are the hosts this year.
You can download the calendar here: MSU Native Heritage Month Calendar
Highlights include Pat LeBeau’s talk on mascots on the 7th and NALSA’s panel, Tribal Extinction, featuring Marilyn Vann of the Cherokee Freedmen, on the 9th.
Students in the Federal Law and Indian Tribes class at MSU Law traveled to the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians for a day of meetings titled “Sovereignty in Practice.” Students were kindly hosted by the Tribe at the government buildings, where they met with tribal judges, the tribal council, the chief of police, [...]
