NARF law clerk participates as judge in local television show, Grill vs. Grill

Current law clerk Samuel Kohn is serving as a judge on Grill vs. Grill, a show that searches for Colorado’s best BBQ and grilling masters.  The short video on NARF that plays at Samuel’s introduction on the show is available here.

Grill vs. Grill airs on Altitude Sports each week this summer.  New episodes air every Friday night at 6:00 p.m. and are re-shown throughout the week.  The schedule for June is below – please check your local listings for the channel number.  If you don’t have Altitude Sports you can watch current episodes on the Grill vs. Grill website.

• Tuesday, June 18 at 11:30 am.
• Wednesday, June 19 at 8:30 p.m.
• Thursday, June 20 at 1:00 a.m.
• Friday, June 21 at 8:00 p.m.
• Sunday, June 23 at 8:30 a.m.  
• Sunday, June 23 at 10:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, June 25 at 11:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday, June 27 at 1:00 a.m.
• Friday, June 28 at 6:00 p.m.
• Sunday, June 30 at 8:30 a.m.
• Sunday, June 30 at 10:00 p.m.

Join NARF for a Bike to Farm Ride and Midsummer Celebration!

Please join the Native American Rights Fund on Thursday, July 11 for a midsummer celebration of good food, good friends, and good health.  Dine under the stars and listen to live music at 63rd Street Farm.  To work up an appetite, bike to the dinner with us starting from the NARF office at 1506 Broadway in Boulder at 4:00 p.m.  This event is a benefit for NARF by Awe-Struck Outdoors.  If you'd like to join us for just dinner and music there is that option as well.  Please call (303) 807-6634 for more information or to purchase tickets for this great event!

This Bike to Farm Ride might be one of the most fun nights of your summer.  There is something about a group night ride that puts a buzz in the air.  After the creekside journey, indulge in a 3-course farm dinner paired with a wine tasting from Settembre Cellars.  Take a detour and our guides will show you the best spot to pick warmed-in-the-sun raspberries. Spots are still available – $39 for the full bike to farm event, or dinner and music only for $25 – but act quick! 

NARF Executive Director John E. Echohawk and Staff Attorney David L Gover featured in new ICWA educational resource video

NARF Executive Director John E. Echohawk and Staff Attorney David L Gover are featured in a new educational resource for judges, courts, child welfare, and judicial educators, "Bringing our Children Home: An Introduction to the Indian Child Welfare Act.”  The video is the culmination of the ongoing collaboration between the Mississippi Courts, Child Welfare Agency, and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in consultation with the National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues and the National Resource Center for Tribes. 

NARF welcomes 2013 summer law clerk Santee Lewis

Santee Lewis is a joint MBA/JD candidate at the University of New Mexico School.  She is the co-managing editor of the Tribal Law Journal, a student liaison to the Indian Law Section of the New Mexico Bar, and a member of the Native American Law Student Association and the Business Law Society.  Santee received her B.B.A. in accounting from the University of New Mexico and went on to work for KPMG, LLP, the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians at the Department of the Interior, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, and the Navajo Nation as an auditor prior to law school.  Last summer she interned at the Office of the Solicitor at the Department of the Interior.  Santee is an enrolled member of the Navajo Tribe.

Each summer NARF hosts the summer clerkship program, a ten to twelve week program for second year law students.  NARF law clerk projects consist mainly of legal research and writing.  The projects are extremely challenging because NARF practices before federal, state, and tribal forums, and because most of our cases – whether at the administrative, trial, or appellate level – are complex and involve novel legal issues.  To learn more about the law clerk program, click here.