Tribal Courts Clinic - Law 696C
| Instructor: Raymond D. Austin View Faculty Page |
| Email: rdaustin@email.arizona.edu |
| Coteachers: Guss, Mary |
| Units: 2 - Graded |
| Prerequisites: Federal Indian Law or permission of Instructor |
| Recommended Courses: Tribal Courts and Tribal Law |
| Overview: Students provide research support to tribal courts in Arizona and the Southwest, including serving as law clerks, drafting rules and procedures, and drafting training materials. |
| Materials: Reading supplements. |
| Course Format: |
| Written Assignments: Clinic projects. |
| Type of Exam: None. |
| Basis for grading: Dedication to and required hours in pursuit of assigned project. |
| Additional Comments: Open to J.D. (2L & 3L), LLM, and SJD law students. Students must complete a minimum of 100 hours of work, including class attendance, for two academic credits. |
Human Rights Advocacy Professor Robert A. Williams, Jr., with the assistance of IPLP students and staff, is representing the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group (which consists of six First Nations in British Columbia, Canada) on a case pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The case alleges the Canadian government has violated the Hul’qumi’num peoples’ rights to property, culture and equality of the law, as protected by the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man.