3/22/2009
ILSA Prepares for 23rd Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference
This week will see UW play host to the 23rd Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference. Featured speakers include UW alumni Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith (Business) and Henry Buffalo (Law) of Jacobson Buffalo Magnuson Anderson & Hogen. A full conference schedule is available at http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/ilsa/conference.html. The conference is free and open to the public.
3/1/2009
Congratulations Moot Court
ILSA congratulates Dan Lewerenz (2L/Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska) and James H. Schlender Jr. (2L/Lac Courte Orielles Ojibwe) for winning 2nd Place Best Brief at the National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court in Boulder, Colo. ILSA sent four teams to the competition, each of which did an excellent job representing UW Law: Lewerenz and Schlender; Dan Cornelius (4L/Oneida) and Lisa Uresti (2L); Chandra Harvey (2L) and Cate Kellett (2L); and Faun Moses (2L/Sault Ste. Marie Ojibwe) and Patricia Spatafora (2L).
11/25/08
Emmitt LeeLoy Speaks to UW Law School
Last week (November 17), ILSA welcomed Emmett LeeLoy to the UW Law School. Mr. LeeLoy talked about the history and current legal status of Native Hawaiians, including issues of property rights and indigenous governance. (More to come . . . )
9/2/08
Congratulations to our 2008-09 board members!
- James Schlender Jr., President
- Justin Strock, Vice President
- Faun Moses, Treasurer
- Christina Bokas, Secretary
- Dan Lewerenz, Community Liaison
- Rebecca Maki, LEO Representative
- Jeremy Marshall, 1L Representative