Clinton on panel at Appellate Judges Educational Institute

Clinton on panel at Appellate Judges Educational Institute

Robert N. Clinton Professor Robert N. Clinton of the Indian Legal Program will speak on a panel, "One Country, Separate Sovereigns: Emerging Issues in Indian Law," at the Appellate Judges Education Institute this weekend. The conference, which brings together federal and state appellate judges, appellate staff attorneys and appellate lawyers, will be held at the Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort in Scottsdale on Nov. 13-16. Also on the panel with Clinton will be Judge William Canby Jr. of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a founding faculty member of the College of Law, Judge Joseph Thomas Flies-Away of the Hualapai Tribal Court, and Elizabeth Rosenbaum, an Indian law practitioner. The panel will be moderated by Charles G. Cole of Steptoe & Johnson. Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will speak at the annual dinner on Nov. 15. Clinton teaches and writes about federal Indian law, tribal law, and Native American history, constitutional law, federal courts, civil procedure and copyrights. He also serves as Chief Justice of the Winnebago Supreme Court, as Associate Justice of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals, as Associate Justice for the Colorado River Indian Tribes Court of Appeals, and the Hualapai Nation Court of Appeals, and as a temporary judge for other tribes.