The Law of Gaming and Gambling - Law 631E
| Instructor: Melissa L. Tatum View Faculty Page |
| 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 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.