The Law of Gaming and Gambling - Law 631E

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Instructor: Melissa L. Tatum
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Email: melissa.tatum@law.arizona.edu
Units: 2 - Graded
Prerequisites:

Completion of first year of law school

 
Recommended Courses:

None

 
Overview:

After Indian Tribes won the right to regulate gaming within their jurisdictions in the Supreme Court, Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 which created the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), and struck a balance between state, tribal, and federal interests.   This course will explore the IGRA statute ,as well as and issues involved in tribal gaming from the tribal, state and federal perspectives.  Topics include (but are not limited to):  The role of the NIGC, the division between Class II and Class III gaming, gaming compacts between states and tribes, and taking land into trust. 

 
Materials:

TBA

 
Course Format:

Lecture and Discussion.

 
Written Assignments:

None.

 
Type of Exam:

Final Examination. 

 
Basis for grading:

Students will be graded based on final examination.

 
Additional Comments:  

Tribal Public Defender

 Tribal Public Defender photo Tribal Public Defender Students in the Indigenous Peoples Law Clinic work on a variety of projects. Joseph Morsette (LLM 2010) spent his clinic hours working in the Pascua Yaqui public defenders' office.