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NAVAJO NATION BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.

2017 Annual Bar Conference

Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort [ALL TIMES SHOWN ARE ARIZONA (STANDARD) TIME]

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NAVAJO -- A NATION IN TRANSITION

Thursday, June 8, 2017

7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks by:

NNBA President/Vice-President

8:20 a.m. Invocation by: Otto Tso

Navajo Nation Council Delegate, Western Agency

Navajo Nation Law and Order Committee Member

8:30 a.m. Message from Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye

9:00 a.m. Welcome from Bryce Warren, TANCR General Manager

9:10 a.m. Welcome from Walter Phelps,

Leupp Chapter, Council Delegate

Birdsprings, Coalmine Canyon, Cameron, Leupp, and Tolani Lake

9:20 – 10:00 a.m.

Room:

Dine Event

Keynote Address: Tribal Law and Order Act and 2013

VAWA Reauthorization: A View from the Federal Bench

Center Keynote Speaker: Honorable Diane J. Humetewa

U.S. District Court Judge

United States District Court District of , Arizona

[Available CLE credit 0.75 hour Navajo Law]

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Room:

Diné Event

Center

Plenary 1: Lessons from DAPL for the Navajo Nation Presenters:

Lynn Slade and Walter Stern, Attorneys, Modrall Sperling Law

Firm, Albuquerque, NM

Mariana Kahn, Attorney, Navajo Nation Office of Legislative

Counsel, Window Rock, Arizona

Andrew Curley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of

Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[Available CLE credit 1 hour Navajo Law]

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11:15 a.m.-

12:00 p.m. Plenary 2: NNBA Committee Reports

Admissions Committee Report and Updates

Raymond Etcitty, Committee Chairperson, General Counsel,

Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise

CLE Committee Report and Updates

Judy Dworkin, Committee Chairperson, Attorney

Sacks Tierney P.A., Scottsdale, AZ

Disciplinary Committee Report and Updates

James Jay Mason, Committee Chairperson

Mason & Isaacson P.A., Gallup, NM

Judicial Evaluation Committee Report and Updates

Genevieve K. Chato, Committee Chairperson

Law Office of Genevieve K. Chato

Training Committee Report and Updates

Paul Spruhan, Assistant Attorney General,

Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Rules Committee Report and Updates

Patterson V. Joe, Attorney Flagstaff, Arizona

12:00-1:00 p.m. Luncheon Program:

Report by Navajo Nation Judicial Conduct Commission

Presenter: Navajo Nation Chief Justice Emeritus Robert Yazzie

[Available CLE: .5 hour Navajo Law]

Report by Navajo Nation Council Law & Order Committee

Presenter: Edmund Yazzie, Committee Chairperson

Recognition of 30-year members of the NNBA – 1987 through 2017.

Lee R. Belone

Kathleen Bowman

Levon B. Henry

Loritta J. Largo

Jennifer Johnson-Martinez

1:00–2:00 p.m.

BK 1 – Break Out Session One

Room:

Diné D

B K 1 . A . Criminal Law Nuts & Bolts

Presenter: Jennifer Henry, NN Prosecutor, Ramah District [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

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Room:

Twins

Arrows A

BK 1.B. Protecting All of Our Relatives:

Addressing Violence Against Animals to Protect Women,

Children and Elders in Tribal Communities Utilizing the

Principles of Diné Fundamental Law

Presenters:

Christine Schwamberger, Attorney, NN Dept. of Justice

Diana Webster, Attorney & President of Native America Humane

Society, Los Angeles, CA

Gregg Martinez, Director of Another Way Domestic Violence Shelter,

Page, AZ

Glenda Davis, Program Director, Navajo Nation Animal Control [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Twin

Arrows B

B K 1 . C . Lessons from the Proposed Utah Water Settlement

Presenter: Stanley M. Pollack, Assistant Attorney General,

Navajo Nation Department of Justice [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: Diné B & E

B K 1 . D . A Conversation with Former Navajo Chairmen and

Presidents [conducted in Diné and English]

Presenters:

Hon. Peterson Zah

Hon. Peter MacDonald Sr.

Hon. Kelsey Begaye

Hon. Ben Shelly

Hon. Albert Hale

Hon. Russell Begaye

Moderator: Casey Watchman, NNBA Vice-President [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

2:00–3:00 p.m.

BK 2 – Break Out Session Two (Repeat of One)

Room:

Diné D

B K 2 . A . Criminal Law Nuts & Bolts

Presenter: Jennifer Henry, NN Prosecutor, Ramah District [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Twins

Arrows A

BK 2.B. Protecting All of Our Relatives:

Addressing Violence Against Animals to Protect Women,

Children and Elders in Tribal Communities Utilizing the

Principles of Diné Fundamental Law

Presenters:

Christine Schwamberger, Attorney, NN Dept. of Justice

Diana Webster, Attorney & President of Native America Humane

Society, Los Angeles, CA

Gregg Martinez, Director of Another Way Domestic Violence Shelter,

Page, AZ

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Glenda Davis, Program Director, Navajo Nation Animal Control [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Twin

Arrows B

B K 2 . C . Lessons from the Proposed Utah Water Settlement

Presenter:

Stanley M. Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, NN Department of Justice [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Diné B & E

B K 2 . D . A Conversation with Former Navajo Chairmen and

Presidents [conducted in Diné and English]

Presenters:

Hon. Peterson Zah

Hon. Peter MacDonald Sr.

Hon. Kelsey Begaye

Hon. Ben Shelly

Hon. Albert Hale

Hon. Russell Begaye

Moderator: Casey Watchman, NNBA Vice-President [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15– 4:15 p.m. BK 3 – Break Out Session Three

Room:

Diné D

B K 3 . A . – Navajo Appellate Practice

Presenters:

LaVerne H. Garnenez, Law Clerk, NN Supreme Court

Michael V. Smith, Court Clerk, NN Supreme Court [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Diné G

B K 3 . B . – How Diné Fundamental Law Treats Children

Presenters:

Troy Eid, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Denver, CO

DeAnna Goldtooth, Paralegal, DNA-People’s Legal Services [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Twin

Arrows B

B K 3 . C . – Navajo Housing Issues – Home Site Lease &

Landlord/Tenant

Presenters:

Edward J. Hermes, Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP, Phoenix, AZ

Michael Halona, Program Manager, Navajo Nation Land Department [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Twin Arrows A

B K 3 . D . – Indian Child Welfare Act: The New Regulations

Presenters:

Katherine Belzowski, Senior Attorney, Litigation & Employment

Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

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Kandis Martine, Assistant Attorney General, Human Service &

Governmental Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Heather Tanana, Associate, Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson,

L.L.C. [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

4:15 – 5:15 p.m. BK 4 – Break Out Session Four (Repeat of Three)

Room:

Diné D

B K 4 . A . – Navajo Appellate Practice

Presenters:

LaVerne H. Garnenez, Law Clerk, NN Supreme Court

Michael V. Smith, Court Clerk, NN Supreme Court

[Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Diné G

B K 4 . B . – How Diné Fundamental Law Treats Children

Presenters:

Troy Eid, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Denver, CO

DeAnna Goldtooth, Paralegal, DNA-People’s Legal Services

[Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Twin Arrows B

B K 4 . C . – Navajo Housing Issues – Home Site Lease &

Landlord/Tenant

Presenters:

Edward J. Hermes, Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP,

Phoenix, AZ

Michael Halona, Program Manager, Navajo Nation Land Department

[Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room:

Twin

Arrows A

B K 4 . D . – Indian Child Welfare Act: The New Regulations

Presenters:

Katherine Belzowski, Senior Attorney, Litigation & Employment

Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Kandis Martine, Assistant Attorney General, Human Service &

Governmental Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Heather Tanana, Associate, Richards, Brandt, Miller &

Nelson, L.L.C.

[Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

1st Day Total Available CLE Hours

Navajo Law: 6.25 AND Navajo Ethics: 0

(Yearly CLE Required: 6.0 Navajo Law & 2.0 Navajo Ethics)

5:15 p.m. –

CURRENT ISSUES FACING THE NNBA

Providing access to legal services for the Navajo people

Providing services to NNBA Members and the Public

An equitable Pro Bono system

Opportunities for volunteering

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* * * * PUBLIC MEETING * * * *

7:30 p.m. NNBA Board of Bar Commissioners Meeting

Board Room for NNBA Commissioners and Officers.

Diné Event NNBA Committee Members, and Bar members are Welcome!

Center

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NAVAJO NATION BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.

2017 Annual Bar Conference

Friday, June 9, 2017

7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15 a.m. Invocation by: Daryl Junes, NNBA Member, Shiprock,

Retired Navajo Nation Prosecutor

8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Message from the Navajo Nation Speaker LoRenzo Bates,

Navajo Nation Legislative Branch, Office of the Speaker

8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Plenary 3: NNBA Treasurer Report

Presenter: Michael J. Barthelemy, Attorney, Albuquerque, NM

9:15–10:30 a.m. Plenary 4: Law Updates

Federal Case Law Update

Paul Spruhan, Assistant Attorney General

Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Navajo Nation Case Law Update

Tina Tsinigine, Staff Attorney

Navajo Nation Judicial Branch – Tuba City District

Navajo Nation Legislative Update

Ed McCool, Principal Attorney, Legislative Counsel

Navajo Nation Office of Legislative Counsel

[Available CLE: 1.25 hour Navajo Law]

10:30 -10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 –11:45 a.m.

Plenary 5: Navajo – A Nation in Transition – Indian

Self Determination

Presenters:

Michael P. Gross, Attorney, Gross Law Firm, Santa Fe, NM

R. Gehl Tucker, Attorney,

Hufford, Horstman, Mongini, Parnell, & Tucker Law Firm,

Flagstaff, AZ

[Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

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11:45 a.m. –

12:45 p.m.

Plenary 6: Practical Ethics Issues and Possible

Solutions Presenter: James Jay Mason, Committee Chairperson,

NNBA Disciplinary Committee [Available CLE:1 hour Navajo Ethics]

12:45 – 1:45 p.m.

Luncheon Program: General Discussion by NNBA

Officers and NNBA Board of Bar Commissioners

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Plenary 7: Oral Argument before Navajo Nation

Supreme Court in the matter of

The Northern Edge Navajo Casino, et al. v. Window

Rock District Court, et al. ,

Case No. SC-CV-67-16

Honorable Justices of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court

Acting Chief Justice Allen Sloan,

Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley, and

Associate Justice Malcolm Begaye, sitting by designation

LaVerne H. Garnenez, Law Clerk, Navajo Nation Supreme Court

Michael Smith, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Clerk

Parties and Counsel of Record

Joshua M. Montagnini, Gallup, NM for Petitioners – Northern Edge

Navajo Casino and the Navajo Nation;

Robyn Neswood-Etsitty, Window Rock, Navajo Nation for Respondent;

Daniel P. Abeyta, Farmington, NM for Real Party in Interest, Irene

Johnson,

[Available CLE: 1.50 hours Navajo Law]

3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Plenary 8: Swearing-In Ceremony for New Members of

the Navajo Nation Bar from the March 2017 Bar Exam;

and Swearing--In of Navajo Nation Prosecutors

Honorable Justices of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court

Acting Chief Justice Allen Sloan,

Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley

Associate Justice Malcolm Begay, sitting by designation

LaVerne H. Garnenez, Law Clerk, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Michael

Smith, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Clerk

4:00 – 4:15 p.m.

Break

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4:15 – 5:15 p.m.

P l e n a r y 9 : Ethics from the Client’s Standpoint

Presenters:

Martha Garcia, Ramah Navajo Chapter 638 Program Community

Development, Cibola County, New Mexico Commissioner

Nancy R. Martine-Alonzo, Executive Director for Albuquerque

Area Indian Health Board, Inc.

[Available CLE: 1.0 hour Navajo Ethics]

2nd Day Total

Available CLE

Hours

Navajo Law: 3.75

Navajo Ethics: 2

(Yearly CLE Required: 6.0 Navajo Law & 2.0 Navajo Ethics)

5:15 – 5:30 p.m.

Wrap Up Session and Discussion Presenters: NNBA Officers & NNBA Board of Bar Commissioners

5:30 p.m. Adjournment