McGirt and Its Impact on Tribal Rights
Co-Sponsored by the State Bar of Arizona and the State Bar's Indian Law Section
January 20, 2021, 12:00-1:00 MST
1.0 Total CLE Unit (No Ethics nor Specialization Credit)
The decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma has far reaching applications. This seminar describes how McGirt’s endorsement of textualism over policy-driven judging opens up doors for tribal interests to aggressively assert tribal rights in areas of reservation boundaries litigation, federal statutes of general applicability, and inherent tribal powers.
Faculty: Matthew Fletcher, MSU Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center
Chairpersons:Doreen McPaul, Attorney General, Navajo Nation; President, Tribal In-House Counsel Association Virjinya Torrez, Assistant Attorney General, Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Register here: https://azbar.inreachce.com/Details/Information/73d2788f-aaa7-450c-9d1d-2a4c1dc60678
TICA is a non-profit 501(c)(6) organization created to provide resources and networking opportunities to assist tribal in-house practitioners.
