Director Angela Riley to speak at Harvard Law School’s conference on Tribal Courts and the Federal System

Tribal Courts and the Federal System
November 8th and 9th, 2012
Harvard Law School
Please RSVP to Seth Davis at sdavis@law.harvard.edu.

Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction: Theory and Practice

  • Angela Riley, Professor of Law, UCLA;
  • Professor Ron Whitener, University of Washington Public Defense Clinic;
  • Anita Fineday, Annie E. Casey Foundation (former White Earth Tribal Judge)

What are the major jurisdictional issues that tribal courts confront? How do tribal courts approach sentencing alternatives? What should be the long-term plan for strengthening tribal courts? What is being done to provide defense for indigent defendants?

For more information about the conference, visit http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/nalsa/events-calendar/