Federalist Society western conference on Native Americans

Third Annual Western Conference

Federal Sovereignty, State Sovereignty, and the Sovereignty of 562 Native American Tribes: A Match Made in Heaven or Somewhere Less Pleasant?

John Fund, Carole Goldberg, Dan Kolkey, Joe Matel, Walter K. Olson, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Maimon Schwarzschild, Tom Sansonetti, Alexander Tallchief Skibine, Carlos T. Bea, Kenneth W. Starr

Start : Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:00 AM

End : Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:00 PM

Location:
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Telephone: (805) 522-2977
Fax: (805) 520-9702

The Federalist Society
presents its
Third Annual Western Conference:

Federal Sovereignty, State Sovereignty,
And The Sovereignty Of 562 Native American Tribes:
A Match Made In Heaven Or Somewhere Less Pleasant?

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
January 24, 2009

For directions, visit: http://www.reaganlibrary.com/pma/maps.asp.

Views and opinions expressed by the Federalist Society are not necessarily shared by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Agenda:

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Conference Registration

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Roundtable Discussion: How Comfortably Does Tribal Sovereignty Fit With American Democratic Ideals?

12:00 noon – 1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Address

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: International Law and Indian Law

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Debate: The Apology Resolutions and the Akaka Bill

4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Student/Lawyer Reception

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
General Reception

Featured Speakers:

• Hon. Carlos Bea, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• John Fund, Wall Street Journal
• Prof. Carole Goldberg, UCLA School of Law
• Dan Kolkey, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP
• Joe Matel, Legislative Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
• Walter Olson, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
• Hon. Diarmuid O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• Prof. Maimon Schwarzschild, University of San Diego School of Law
• Hon. Tom Sansonetti, Holland & Hart LLP
• Prof. Alexander Tallchief Skibine, University of Utah College of Law
• Hon. Kenneth W. Starr, Dean, Pepperdine University Law School

Registration details:

$30.00 for all Non-Students

CLE also available for an additional $20.00

Free for Students