Lewis & ClarkLaw School

Summer Session

Indian Law 2012 Summer Courses

We invite you to join us for a unique opportunity to study Federal Indian law this summer at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. This program offers exciting study, travel, and discovery opportunities combining substantive courses in Indian Law with several field studies in Indian Country. Two five-week sessions with evening classes, along with two, two-week intensives, allow participants to take several classes during all or part of the summer, or take advantage of the other summer school courses offered at Lewis & Clark Law School.

Thanks to the generous gifts from supporters all students/participants in the Lewis & Clark Indian Law Summer Program are encouraged to apply for scholarships.

For specific questions about the Lewis & Clark Indian Law Summer Program, please e-mail indianlw@lclark.edu.

Session I

Classes:  May 29 – June 28, 2012

Final Exams: June 29 and/or July 2

  • Federal Indian Law 354-1I
    This course surveys the development of federal Indian law from the late 19th century to the present, with emphasis on the unique principles regarding tribal sovereignty, the federal trust relationship, tribal treaty rights, and the interplay among tribal, state, and federal jurisdictions. Federal statutes pertaining specifically to Native Americans will be examined.
    Federal Indian Law   354-1I
    Visiting Professor: Frank Pommersheim
    3 credits
    Class meets Tuesday May 29  - Monday July 2
    3:30pm - 5:30pm in Room Lezak
    Exam unscheduled June 29 and/or July 2
  • Indian Gaming & Economic Development 901-1I
    This course will examine the development, structure and application of the law governing gaming on Indian lands in the United States, including with respect to the respective roles of tribes, states and the federal government in authorizing and regulating such activity, tribal-state gaming compacts, enforcement, gaming on after-acquired lands, the distinction between Class II and Class III games, employment law, finance and transactional issues and tribal regulation.
    Indian Gaming & Economic Development 901-1I
    Adjunct Professor: Colin Cloud Hampson
    3 Credits
    Class meets Tuesday May 29 - Monday July 2
    5:30pm - 7:30pm in Room Lezak
    Exam: Unscheduled June 29 and/or July 2
  • Strategies and Innovations to Strengthen Indian Children and Families 907-1I
    The course takes a multi-disciplinary look at evolving family systems (boarding schools to urban populations), social controls (culture and ceremony), institutional structures (tribal, councils, state and federal courts and laws) violence data and racism.
    Strategies and Innovations to Strengthen Indian Children and Families 907-1I
    Professor Sarah Deer
    3 credits
    Class meets Tuesday May 29 - Monday July 2
    9:00am - 12:00pm in Room Lezak
    Exam: No exam

Session II

Classes:  July 3 – August 6, 2012

Final Exams:  August 3 and/or August 6

  • Alaska Natives and the Law 903-2I
    The laws governing Alaska Natives, their tribes, and their village and regional corporations present unique opportunities in the field of Indian law theory and practice.
    Alaska Natives and the Law  903-2I
    Adjunct Professor: David Voluck
    3 credits
    Class meets Tuesday July 3 - Monday August 6
    9:00am - 12:00pm, in Room 6
    Exam: Unscheduled August 3 and/or August 6
  • Contemporary Issues in Indian Law 917-2I
    Focusing on recent as well as upcoming cases, the class will focus on current issues relating to jurisdictional conflicts in Indian country, the implementation of the trust relationship, and the implementation of federal legislation such as the Native American Grave Protection Act, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the Indian Child Welfare Act, implementation of treaty rights, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.  
    Contemporary Issues in Indian Law 917-2I
    Visiting Professor: Alexander Tallchief Skibine
    3 credits
    Class meets Tuesday July 3 - Monday July 30
    3:00pm - 5:30pm Room Lezak
    Exam Scheduled Monday July 30, 3:00pm
  • Criminal Law in Indian Country 904-2I
    This course Criminal Law in Indian Countryis designed to reflect upon crime and punishment in Indian Country, and the embedded story within the shared “criminal” history of tribal nations.
    Criminal Law in Indian Country 904-2I
    Professor: Barbara Creel
    3 credits
    Class meets Tuesday July 3 - Monday August 6
    5:30pm - 7:30pm in Room Lezak
    Exam TBA
  • Themes in Sovereighnty 914-2I
    Focus on specific topics that support tribal self-governance, including federalism and Indian law, economic development and taxation in Indian country, criminal law enforcement in Indian country, state and tribal relations, and environmental regulation in Indian country.
    Themes in Sovereighnty 914-2I
    Professor Gerald Torres
    3 credits
    Class Meets Tuesday July 3 - Monday August 6
    1:00pm - 3:00pm in Room Lezak
    Exam unscheduled August 3 and/or August 6

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