Henderson Center's fall 2012 symposium: Heeding Frickey's Call: Doing Justice in Indian Country

Conference/Symposium | September 27 – 28, 2012 every day | 100 Boalt Hall, School of Law

Sponsors: Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, Center for Native American Issues Research on, Native American Law Student Association at Berkeley Law

A few years before his untimely death the renowned Indian law scholar Phillip Frickey delivered a lecture citing the "failure of scholarship in federal Indian law to grapple with the law on the ground in Indian country" and encouraged his colleagues to educate a judiciary with little knowledge of Native culture.

This symposium will bring together tribal leaders, jurists, Indian law scholars and practitioners to highlight the challenges facing tribal communities today and to explore ways in which the legal academy can contribute to meeting those challenges.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Registration required: $15.00 General Attendee,  $0.00 Student Attendee

Registration info: Register online.

Event Contact: henderson.center@berkeley.edu, 510-642-6969