Committees

The NNBA includes the following standing committees: the Admissions Committee, the Disciplinary Committee, the Training Committee, the Judicial Evaluation Committee, and the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee, and the Rules Committee.

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Raymond Etcitty Jr., Chair - Window Rock
Robert Yazzie - Window Rock
Howard Brown - Tuba City
Ronald Haven - Chinle
Emery McCabe -Chinle
Michelle Begay - Window Rock'
Patricia Salazar Ives - Ramah/Alamo/Tohajiilee
Keith Smith - Shiprock

The Admissions Committee shall have eight (8) members, including the Chair. The Committee shall be responsible for determining the qualifications of applicants for the Bar, administering the NNBA Bar Examination, and processing requests for changes to membership status and requests to withdraw from the NNBA.

James J. Mason, Chair - Crownpoint
Steven Boos - Tuba City
Nona Lou Etsitty - Window Rock
James Ledbetter - Tuba City
Arita M. Yazzie - Window Rock
Meena Allen - Ramah/Alamo/Tohajiilee

The Disciplinary Committee shall consist of seven (7) members, including the Chair. The Committee shall hear and decide complaints of violations by members of the Navajo Nation Rules of Professional Conduct. The Committee shall regulate the unauthorized practice of law and shall determine appropriate penalties for the same.

Kevin Barnett, Chair - Window Rock
Brandy Toelupe - Shiprock
Alexandra Trousdale - Window Rock
Loya M. Honaghaanii Henderson - Alamo/Ramah/Tohajiilee
Bradley Burns - Tuba City

The Rules Committee shall consist of five (5) members, including the Chair. The Committee shall regularly review the various Rules of the Navajo Nation Courts, and may propose to the Board amendments to such Rules.

Katherine Belzowski, Chair - Window Rock
Jordan Oglesby - Alamo/Ramah/Tohajiilee
Brandi McAlexander - Inactive
Gary Lasky - Shiprock
Julianne Begay - Window Rock
Michelle Garcia - Ramah/Alamo/Tohajiilee
Shawn Attakai - Crownpoint
Valentina Smith - Kayenta

The Training Committee shall consist of eight (8) members, including the Chair. The Committee shall recommend to the Board minimum standards for paralegal training programs, advocacy programs, apprenticeship programs, or their equivalent, and to approve courses which meet these standards. The Committee shall also administer Navajo Law, Culture, Traditions, and History courses and NNBA Bar Examination review courses.

Judy Apachee, Chair - Tuba City
Edward Hermes - Window Rock
Calvin Lee Jr. - Window Rock
Vacant
Vacant

The Judicial Evaluation Committee shall consist of five (5) members, including the Chair. The Committee shall solicit judicial evaluations from the NNBA membership. The Committee shall act as the NNBA liaison with the Law and Order Committee of the Navajo Nation Council and the Courts of the Navajo Nation for purposes of evaluating candidates for Judge positions, sitting Judges, and Administrative Hearing Officers.

Judith Dworkin, Chair - Tuba City
R. Ruben Gallegos - Window Rock
Martha L. King- Shiprock
Keith Mier - Alamo/Ramah/Tohajiilee & Crownpoint
Vacant

The Continuing Legal Education Committee shall consist of five (5) members, including the Chair. The Committee shall oversee continuing legal education (CLE) requirements for the NNBA, including, but not limited to: (1) regularly reviewing and, if necessary, proposing appropriate changes in or revisions to the NNBA CLE Standards to the Board; (2) certifying programs for CLE credit; (3) approving CLE credit for persons who prepare articles or make presentations at programs; (4) monitoring members' compliance with CLE requirements; and (5) encouraging the provision of low- cost or no-cost CLE programs.

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Committees