Although the workshop topics and schedules have not been finalized at
this time, we are seeking to develop a pool of talented persons who would be
available to provide one day workshop training programs for tribal court
judicial officers and staff within the next three years. Topics mentioned or
under active consideration range from:
(1) jurisprudential (tribal common law <custom and tradition> usage in tribal
court, and tribal court reconstruction on tribal common law procedural,
substantive, and structural principles), to
(2) esoteric (understanding the 37th exception to the 26th exception to the
Supreme Court's latest Indian jurisdictional balancing test), to
(3) pragmatic (what agency(ies) can be used to provide services to .... in
these circumstances) (how do judges/court clerks/prosecutors/public defenders
go about .....), to
(4) classical legal CLE issues (new developments in the law of ....).
We hope to begin providing these workshops by April, 1995 and continuing
thereafter.
If you have a background in law, court administration, social or family
services, or other court related programs and are interested in participating
in this program, we invite you to submit a resume with a letter indicating the
topic(s) and subject matter(s) you would be interested in presenting to a
workshop group and any other relevant information. In your letter, please
indicate any dates you will not be available over the next year (if you know
by now). Submittals will be matched against workshop requests as the workshop
requests are received and processed, and arrangements made at that time with
the Presenter selected. We would expect to provide a reasonable "lead" time,
and would, in most circumstances, request that the Presenter selected provide
an outline or short paper containing pertinent reference and citation details
for future reference of the tribal court officers and staff. The program has
funds available for a reasonable honorarium and a limited travel
reimbursement.
NPTJTI is also interested in supplementing the funds and resources
provided by the Bush Foundation and the University of North Dakota School of
Law by obtaining donated technical assistance or material (Indian and/or law
related comments, columns, editorials, cartoons, etc.) in the development of
the newsletter, bench book and annual judicial conference. If you would be
willing and able to provide pro bono assistance in editing, layout, structure,
or development of the newsletter or bench book, or would be able to provide
other assistance with this program, or if you have questions, we invite you to
contact the Director.
If you have colleagues or know of others who may be interested in any
phase of this project, or are aware of other appropriate mailing lists for the
posting of this notice, please distribute this notice to those persons or
lists. Thank you.
G. William Rice, Director
(United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in OK)
Northern Plains Tribal Judicial Training Institute
University of North Dakota School of Law
e-mail: bill.rice@thor.law.und.nodak.edu
s-Mail: G. William Rice, Director
NPTJTI, UND School of Law
P.O. Box 9003
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201
Telephone: (701) 777-6176
If no answer: (701) 777-2961 or (701) 777-2962
Telefax: (701) 777-2217