Please consider joining us for our upcoming Webinar, “I Am a Native Law Student”: Diverse Perspectives Panel on the Native Law School Experience, on Tuesday, August 3rd at 4:00 PM ET.
Webinar:
“I Am a Native Law Student”: Diverse Perspectives Panel on the Native Law School Experience (A NNALSA-AALS Section on Indian Nations & Indigenous Peoples Collaboration)
Date & Time:
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2:00 PM (MT) / 3:00 PM (CT) / 4:00 PM (ET)
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcldOygqjouGdJ7jybI0n-2qXAbwRUZSe4u
Description:
Law school is not inclusive enough of Native students — not by a long shot. Fewer than 1 in 10 ABA-Accredited law schools have a single Native faculty member and fewer than 1 in 100 enrolled law students identify as Native American. But more and more Native students are going to law school. Who are they? This panel is an opportunity to hear from some of these students. What are their experiences and what are their hopes for a more inclusive legal education? Panelists will provide perspectives of value for both incoming Native students and legal educators looking to better serve Native students.
Learning Objectives:
- Cultivate an understanding of the diversity of the Native law school student experience
- Engage with implications of curricular and pedagogical choices on Native law student experiences of inclusion
- Dispel misconceptions resulting from Native underrepresentation in legal education
Moderators:
- Ryann Garcia, UCLA Law
- Angelique EagleWoman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate, Co-Director, Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute and Professor of Law, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Panelists:
- Ashleigh Fixico, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, ASU Law
- Mitchell Forbes, Native Village of Shishmaref, Michigan Law
- Kelsey Haake, Iñupiaq, Penn Law
- Michael LaValley, Blackfeet Nation; Gros Ventre, ASU Law
- Sheldon Standish, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of the Three Affiliated Tribes, UND Law