The topic was one of the most complicated in American law– aboriginal title–but Mitchell students were undaunted, placing four teams in the top 16 at the national Native American Law Students Association’s (NALSA) moot court competition, with one of the Mitchell teams finishing third overall. In the individual competition, Mitchell students took second and third …
Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer has been named chair of a U.S. Department of Justice federal advisory committee designed to develop protocol for responding to sexual assault in tribal communities. Continue reading →
One hundred fifty years ago, hundreds of people were killed as Minnesota became a battleground during the six-week U.S. – Dakota War. The war and its historical ramifications will be the subject of a symposium Friday, Oct. 26, in the William Mitchell Auditorium. Continue reading →
William Mitchell will be well represented in the National Native American Law Students Association in 2012-2013. Two second-year students, Matt Elias and Veronica Newcomer, were elected to leadership positions at the organization’s recent national conference. Continue reading →
An exhibit featuring photographs, paintings, and historical documents related to the Dakota War is now on display at William Mitchell College of Law. Continue reading →
William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer will participate in a panel discussion entitled Violence Against Women: Reforming Global Attitudes and Stemming the Tide from 9:20 to 10:40 am during The XX Factor: Advance Women’s Rights. Change the World, a human rights conference presented by Amnesty International and the Ford Foundation Thursday, Nov. 17. The discussion will be …
The Indian Law Program at William Mitchell College of Law is hosting the Second Annual Indian Law CLE: Hot Topics in Federal Indian Law on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 8:30 am to 5 pm at William Mitchell. Continue reading →
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention announced today that William Mitchell College of Law Professor Sarah Deer was selected to be a member of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence. The task force will identify promising practices, programming, and community strategies used to prevent …
On Thursday, July 14, William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer, testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. In advance of her testimony, Deer, a Native women’s advocate and member of Amnesty International USA’s Native American and Alaska Native Advisory Council, released the following statement Continue reading →
Deer’s advocacy for Native women’s issues contributed to passage of Tribal Order Act Sarah Deer, an advocate for Native crime victims and a professor at the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn., received the National Sheila Wellstone Award in Washington, D.C., at a Sept. 29 event attended by Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and …
William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer will join President Obama at a Bill Signing Ceremony for The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 on Thursday, July 29 at the White House. Deer played a key role in helping members understand the bill, which gives Native American tribes more control …
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