National Native American Law Students Association

2010 National NALSA Job Fair

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35th Annual Indian Law Conference

Thank you to all who attended. At Fed Bar Awards were given to:

Chapter of the Year — The University of South Dakota

3L of the year — Katie Station (University of Oregon School of Law)

2L of the year — Robin Commada (Arizona State University)

1L of the Year –  Nick Hamze (University of South Dakote)

Alumni of the Year —  Ann Marie Blesdoe Downes

Congratulations to everyone who won.

Winners of the 9th Annual

NNALSA Writing Competition

1st:  Dan Lewerenz, University of Wisconsin, “Historical Context and
the Survival of the Jay Treaty Free Passage Right”; Sponsor: Holland &
Knight LLP

2nd: Jessica Bell, Columbia, “Fair Treatment and Meaningful
Involvement: Protecting Tribal Interests in Natural Resources”;
Sponsor: Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry LLP

3rd:  Karla General, Syracuse University
Law School, “INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES: An
Alternative to the Land-into-Trust Process in the Wake of Recent
Developments in International Indigenous Rights Law”; Sponsor: Orrick,
Herrinton & Sutcliffe LLP

Congratulations