ACS New Mexico: Tribal Justice: Honoring Indigenous Dispute Resolution

Join the ACS New Mexico University School of Law Student Chapter for the 20th Anniversary Symposium of the Tribal Law Journal (TLJ). Speakers include Congresswoman Debra Haaland (D-NM01), one of the first Native American women elected to the U.S. Congress, and Chief Justice Robert Yazzie, Chief Justice Emeritus of the Navajo Nation. The symposium will also include a screening of the award-winning documentary Tribal Justice, which highlights the efforts of tribal courts to create alternative systems of justice, and features judges asserting tribal sovereignty and invoking their own traditions to heal their people and raise them out of poverty and inequality. After the screening, there will be a panel discussion featuring judges from the film and local indigenous judges.

Please click here to register and view a full agenda. The $15 registration fee covers the cost of lunch and parking. There is a $50 charge for CLE credit for attorneys.

Featuring:

The Honorable Abby Abinanti, Judge, Yurok Tribal Court

The Honorable Cheryl Fairbanks, former Judge, Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals

The Honorable Deb Haaland, U.S. Representative from New Mexico

The Honorable Claudette White, Chief Judge, San Manuel Tribal Court

The Honorable Robert Yazzie, Chief Justice Emeritus of the Navajo Nation

3.0 hours of General MCLE credit and 1.0 hour of Ethics/Professionalism MCLE credit for New Mexico have been approved.