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Civil Rights Revisited: Minority Bar Convention 2011

Date: April 15, 2011
Location: Desert Willow Conference Center
4340 E Cotton Center Blvd Suite 100, AZ 85040
Contact: Diandra Benally at DBenally@ftmcdowell.org
Info: http://www.legalspan.com/azbar/calendar.asp?UGUID=&ItemID=20101207-314499-163234.

NABA-AZ is a co-sponsor of this event.

NABA-AZ/Indian Law Section Panel:
Friday, April 15 – 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
The Ethical Responsibilities of Practicing in Indian Country and Before Arizona’s Tribal Courts

Moderator:
Roger Owers, Owers Altshuler, PLLC
Speakers:
Judith Dworkin, Sacks Tierney P.A.
Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Sheri Freemont, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

 

National Lawyers Guild Southwest Regional Conference

Date: April 15-April 16
Location: U of A Law School
1201 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721
CLE: 2/Friday, 6/Saturday
Questions: southwestrsvp@nlg.org

Panel of Interest: SATURDAY, April 16, 2011

9-10:30am Panel: Native-American Liberation / De-Colonization in the 21st Century

Arizona FBA Monthly Luncheon – Tribal Law and Order Act: What Is It and
What Does It Mean for Arizona?

Join us as a panel of experts in this area discusses the Tribal Law and Order Act and how the Act will (and already does) affect practitioners in Arizona.
Panelists:

• Troy Eid, Chairman, Tribal Law and Order Commission; Greenberg
Traurig, Denver, Colorado

• John Tuchi, Tribal Liaison, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Phoenix

• Karen Wilkinson, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Phoenix

• Alfred Urbina, Chief Prosecutor, Pasqua Yaqui Tribe, Tucson

Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011 Place:
Time: Noon to 1:15 p.m.
Location: Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse Jury Assembly Room
401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003
Lunch Yes
CLE: Yes
Cost: $15.00 (FBA Members)/$25.00 (All others) by April 18
Cost at door: $20.00 (FBA Members)/$30.00 (All others)
R.S.V.P. By Monday, April 18, 2011 to Brenda Wendt at bwendt@omlaw.com. Send checks in advance payable to “Federal Bar Association – Phoenix Chapter” to Mark Hummels, Osborn Maledon, 2929 N. Central Avenue, 21st Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2794. (Please print the name of each attendee on the check.) We look forward to seeing you!

Treaty to Trust to Carcieri: The Economic Future for Indian Lands CLE

Sponsor: ILP Economic Development Program
Date: April 28-29, 2011
Location: ASU Memorial Union
Contact: Darlene Lester at Darlene.lester@asu.edu
More Info: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=893284

Navajo Nation Bar Association Annual Conference
Date: June 9-10, 2011
Location: Gila River Wild Horse Pass Hotel,
5040 Wild Horse Pass Boulevard, Chandler, Arizona 85246
Cost: $200.00 before May 18/$250.00 after May 18/$275.00 on-site
Info: Contact Diandra Benally at DBenally@FTMCDOWELL.ORG