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ABOUT THE AMERICAN INDIAN LAW REVIEW

The American Indian Law Review serves as a nationwide scholarly forum for analysis of developments in legal issues pertaining to Native Americans and indigenous peoples worldwide.  Adhering to the traditional law review format, the Review offers in-depth articles by legal scholars, attorneys and other expert observers. In addition, the Review offers comments and notes written by student members and editors on a wide variety of Indian law-related topics.

Each year the American Indian Law Review sponsors the American Indian Law Writing Competition, which is open to currently enrolled law students throughout the United States and Canada. The top three entries are awarded cash prizes and the first place entry is published in the Review.

WHAT'S NEW ON AILR

The American Indian Law Review has launched a new section of the AILR website dedicated to publishing analytical summaries of current cases.  The first summary, covering the D.C. Circuit's March 1 decision in Muwekma Ohlone Tribe v. Salazar, is now available on the Case Analysis page.

Vol. 37, no. 1 of the American Indian Law Review has been completed and will be published in early April.

The American Indian Law Review, Student Bar Association, Native American Law Student Association, and Native American Studies program presented the Overcoming Barriers Symposium March 7 at the College of Law The daylong symposium featured renowned scholars and practitioners discussing ideas on how to resolve intra-tribal conflict and define jurisdictional boundaries. Symposium presenters included: Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior; David Mullon, Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs; Ed Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General of the United States; Leroy Sage Not Afraid, Justice of the Peace, Big Horn County, Montana; Tracy Toulou, Director of the Office of Tribal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice; Barbara Anne Smith, Honorable Supreme Court Justice, Chickasaw Nation; Michael Colbert Smith, Honorable Judge, Sac and Fox Nation.

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  • The American Indian Law Review is dedicated to publishing scholarly work in the field of federal Indian law and issues affecting indigenous peoples. The editorial board consists of law students, not licensed attorneys, and cannot provide legal advice. For assistance with legal issues please contact your local legal aid society. 

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    Paige E. Hoster, Editor-in-Chief
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    Michael Waters, Editorial Advisor
    Email: mwaters@ou.edu 
    Phone: (405) 325-5191 

    Subscription Inquiries: Jan Ragon
    Email: jragon@ou.edu 
    Phone: (405) 325-4798

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