September 09, 2011
Tribal Governmental Business Law CLE Institute
9:00 a.m.
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12:15 p.m.
Location: Sullivan Hall, Room 309
This institute prepares tribal lawyers and business professionals, as well as those who transact business with tribal entities, for new legal challenges with Indian tribes. New challenges that are encountered as Indian tribes develop diversified economies and engage in increasingly complex commercial transactions both on and off Indian lands.
The institute meets in-person or via webinar eight times from September 2011 to April 2012. The institute is offered through the law school's Center for Indian Law and Policy and Continuing Legal Eduction program. It is the first certificate program of its kind offered in the country.
Course Schedule and Faculty for 2011-2012
(Courses are on Fridays from 9:ooam PST/12:oopm EST to 12:15pm PST/3:15pm EST)
September 9, 2011 - Government Contracts
Presenters: Sarah Lukin, Executive Director, Native American Contractor's Association, Washington, D.C. and W. Gregory Guedel, Chair, Native American Legal Services Group, Foster Pepper PLLC, Seattle, Washington.
September 23, 2011 - Insurance
Presenters: Gabriel Galanda, Galanda Broadman, Seattle, Washington
October 21, 2011 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Presenter: John Bickerman, Bickerman Dispute Resolution PLLC, Washington D.C.
November 18, 2011 - Construction Contracts
Presenter: Steven J.W. Heeley, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Haier & Feld LLP, Washington D.C. and Phoenix, Arizona
January 20, 2012 - Labor & Employment Law
Presenter: Kaign Smith, Drummond Woodsum, Portland, ME
February 24, 2012 - NEPA & Employment Law
Presenters: Catherine O'Neill, Professor, Seattle University School of Law
Jana Walker, Stetson Law Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bradley Bledsoe Downes, Bledsoe Downes & Rosier PC, Phoenix Arizona
March 23, 2012 - Energy Development
Presenter: Douglas Macourt, Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, Oregon
April 20, 2012 - Tribal Gaming Law
Presenter: Lael Echo Hawk, Council to the Chair, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington D.C.
For more information and course registration: http://www.regonline.com/2011TGBLI
Individual sessions available as space permits.
Contact cle@seattleu.edu or call 206-398-4233 with questions