ABA MEETINGS AND EVENTS 

 Future Board Meetings:

            February 26, 2010 - TBD

            March 12, 2010 – Whirlwind Golf Clubhouse

            April 23, 2010 – Salt River Prosecutor's Office

            May 28, 2010 -  ASU College of Law

 Save the Date:

            NABA-AZ Golf Tournament
            Date:                March 20, 2010
            Location:          Whirlwind Golf Course
            Time:                Shotgun start at 7:45 AM
            RSVP:              Steve Heeley at sheeley@akingump.com

            NABA-AZ Annual Meeting and Perspectives from the Hill Panel
            Date:                June 11, 2009
            Time:                12:00 – 2:00 PM
            Location:          Glendale Renaissance

The Native American Bar Association of Arizona is pleased to present "Perspectives from the Hill: The Evolution of Federal Indian Policy," a panel discussion about the changing political trends in the Congress over the past twenty years and the impact on Federal Indian Law and Policy from the perspective of current and former Congressional staffers. The panel will include  Professor Eric Eberhard, Seattle University School of Law and former Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs under Senator John McCain (R-AZ),  Tadd Johnson,  Legislative Director for the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa and former Staff Director of the House Subcommittee of Native American Affairs under Congressman George Miller (D-CA), and Allison Binney (invited), the current Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs under Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND).  The panel will be moderated by Steven Heeley, Policy Consultant, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld LLP and a former Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs during the 104th Congress. 

 Other Events:

            Repatriation at Twenty
            Date:                January 28-29, 2010
            Location:          Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
            RSVP:              http://community.law.asu.edu/event/REPATat20 

Tribal Energy Economies:  Investing in a Sustainable Future
            Date:                March 25-26, 2010
            Location:          ASU Memorial Union
            RSVP: http://www.regonline.com/TribalEnergy  

2010 Minority Bar Convention
            Date:                April 15-16, 2010
            Location:          Black Canyon Conference Center, Phoenix
            Theme: Empowering Ourselves through Challenges: Then and Now

            Pre-Law Summer Institute Golf Tournament
            Date:                April 7, 2010
            Location:          Buffalo Thunder Resort
            Time:                1 PM
            RSVP:              Matt Campbell at mcampbell@cuddymccarthy.com  

Federal Bar Association's Annual Indian Bar Conference
            Date:                April 8-9, 2010
            Location:          Buffalo Thunder Resort 

AZ State Bar Convention – Indian Law Section Seminar
            Date:                June 11, 2010
            Time:                9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
            Location:          Glendale Renaissance
            Topic:               Criminal Law in Indian Country
            Annual Meeting to precede Seminar