2024 NNBA Annual Bar Conference | Navajo Nation Bar As

NNBA Annual Bar Conference

2024 Navajo Nation Bar Association, Inc. Annual Bar Conference

June 7, 2024

Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort

Twin Arrows, Navajo Nation (Arizona)

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Early Bird (March 25 - April 19)

$300 NNBA Members (for CLEs)

Nonmember (no CLEs)

$150 Law Student

Standard (April 19 - May 17)

$350 NNBA Members (for CLEs)

Nonmember (no CLEs)

$175 Law Student

Late/On-Site (May 17 - June 7)

$400 NNBA Members (for CLEs)

Nonmember (no CLEs)

$200 Law Student

Advocate Training/Paralegal Program/ Law School Student/Recent Graduate Registration:

Must be received by May 26, 2024. Must provide proof of current enrollment or graduation in 2022 or 2023. Please send required documents to yolanda@navajolaw.info to verify registration. On-site verification is accepted as well.

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Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort Information:

Lodging available at $141.00++/night

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Direct: (928) 856-7541

2024 NNBA Annual Bar Conference Recording

$350.00

Agenda

Agenda, available here

6:30 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.

7:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Check in and Breakfast

Invocation & National Anthem and Welcoming

Speaker: Amy Naazbah Reeves-Begaye, 23-24 Miss Navajo Nation

Plenary 1: Ethics and Rules Presentation

Panel:

Lewnell B. Harrison, Ethics and Rules
Ronald Haven, Attorney
Raymond Etcitty, Attorney

Plenary 2: Round Table: Pro Bono and How It Affects the Navajo Nation members

Panel:

Katherine LeBlanc, Attorney
Joseph Austin, Attorney
Justice Raymond Austin (ret.)

Plenary 3: "Nihikeyah Navajo Homeland" book review with Shawn Attakai

Panel:

Shawn Attakai, NNBA Vice President
Robert Yazzie, Former Chief Justice

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

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Luncheon Program: NNBA Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award: C. Benson Hufford

Member of the Year:

30-Years Awards:

Ramon Ruben Gallegos
Malcolm M. Laughing
Luralene D. Tapahe
Veronika Fabian
Betsy Lynn Snow

Presenter: Alvina Earnhart

Plenary 4: Navajo Law and Culture: Dine Bibeehaz'aanii, An Introduction

Speaker: Rodgerick Begay, Assistant Attorney General for the Chapter Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Plenary 5: Firekeepers Circle: Elevating the Voice of Native American Women Attorneys: A Report Examining the Experiences of Native American in the Law and a Path Towards Equity

Panel:

Linda Benally, Immediate Past President, National Native American Bar Association
Dean Stacey Leeds, ASU, College of Law
Alvina Earnhart, Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP

Plenary 6: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women History

Panel:

Amber Kanazbah Crotty, Navajo Nation Council Delegate
Laurelle Sheppard, Program Director, Victim Witness Services, Northern Arizona

Plenary 7: Intellectual Property Panel

Panel:

Professor Angelo Baca, Cultural Activist, Scholar, Filmmaker
Lillian Schwales, Senior Attorney, Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Eugenia Charles-Newton, Navajo Nation Council Delegate

Adjourned, Have a Safe Travel Home

Total CLE: 7.0 Navajo Law & 2 Ethics

2024 NNBA Annual Bar Conference