E-Weekly Update (Week of May 22-26, 2023) | |
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Greetings Relatives,
This week we would like to share some news and upcoming opportunities. We hope you have a great week!
This updated version of the E-Weekly includes a registration link to Tribal Law and Policy Institute’s National Treatment Court Month webinar series that is taking place throughout the week.
Respectfully,
Tribal Youth Resource Center
www.TribalYouth.org
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The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) will host a series of 75-minute webinars each day throughout the week of May 22-26, 2023 at 10am AKDT / 11am PDT / 12pm MDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT to provide your program with the knowledge to design an innovative and successful wellness court model, to heal and restore members of your community. The webinars will cover topics related to the history and evolution of Healing to Wellness Courts, drafting wellness courts into tribal law, and joint jurisdiction collaboration.
Digital copies of all training materials, including publications, handouts and PowerPoint presentations, will be available at WellnessCourts.org.
Questions:
For any questions or comments, please contact Wellness@tlpi.org.
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Continuing Legal Education Information
This event is approved for 6.25 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit hours from the California State Bar.
If you are interested in obtaining CLE credits, please note the following:
- An official record of attendance sign in link will be shared daily in the Zoom chat box.
- Ensure that your Zoom name accurately reflects your first and last name to verify your attendance for each activity.
- The sign in and evaluations need to be completed for each webinar to obtain your certificate.
For any questions regarding CLE credits, please contact Chelsea@tlpi.org.
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Monday, May 22, 2023
10am AKDT / 11am PDT / 12pm MDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT
Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: History and Evolution
Session Description: This session will look back at lessons learned from the first four Healing Wellness to Courts and a look to the future. Healing to Wellness Courts have evolved from responses to addiction issues in tribal communities to respected programs that work collaboratively with non-tribal jurisdictions. Healing to Wellness Courts are opportunities for tribal communities to become innovative in their response to addiction issues and the criminal justice system, some of these innovations will be highlighted in this presentation.
Presenters:
- Kristina Pacheco, Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Specialist, Tribal Law and Policy Institute
- Grace Carson, Skadden Fellow, Tribal Law and Policy Institute
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
10am AKDT / 11am PDT / 12pm MDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT
Putting the Wellness Court into Code
Session Description: This session will discuss the recent Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) publication: Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: Formalizing Healing to Wellness Courts in Tribal Law (2022), which tracks ways in tribes have drafted Wellness Courts into tribal law. Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts are restorative justice components of the Tribal Court. To the extent they operate a docket, adjudicate cases, and most critically, heal and restore members and the community, some tribes have noted their existence in the tribal code. Because each tribe is structurally and culturally unique, there is no one correct way to promulgate a Wellness Court into tribal law, or if that exercise is even necessary. This session will identify the considerations for code drafting, identify variations, and push tribes to contemplate how the Wellness Court operates in relation to other parts of the tribal judiciary and tribal law.
Presenter:
- Lauren van Schilfgaarde, Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
10am AKDT / 11am PDT / 12pm MDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT
An Overview of Legal Issues & Support for Native American and Alaska Native Veterans
Session Description: The webinar will set forth basic demographic and historical information about the diverse backgrounds of Native American veterans including common experiences many share. It will highlight key issues of importance to medical and legal practitioners seeking to connect with veterans, including cultural issues and stereotypes affecting veterans; issues related to entering and exiting the military; the impacts of trauma; the benefit of linking services with medical and mental health systems and/or wellness and treatment courts; and the importance of tribal members and veterans in leadership roles with broad consultative influence in designing program models and outreach.
Presenters:
- Raymond Daw, Behavioral Health Consultant
- Regina Roanhorse Begay, Court Administrator, Navajo Nation Judicial Branch Judicial District of Alamo and Judicial District of To’Hajiilee
- Andrea Seielstad, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Dayton and Tribal Law Consultant, National American Indian Court Judges Association
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
10am AKDT / 11am PDT / 12pm MDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT
Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts as Restorative Justice
Session Description: “Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts as Restorative Justice” will explain how the foundations of Healing to Wellness Courts (HTWC) are rooted in restorative justice principles, and how HTWCs have since evolved from these restorative foundations. This webinar will explore restorative justice approaches, current restorative justice practices found in HTWCs, and how to increase restorative approaches in HTWCs. There will also be discussion about why restorative justice is an important aspect of HTWCs, the wellbeing of our community members, and tribal sovereignty.
Presenter:
- Grace Carson, Skadden Fellow, Tribal Law and Policy Institute
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Friday, May 26, 2023
10am AKDT / 11am PDT / 12pm MDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT
Joint Jurisdiction Healing to Wellness Courts 101: An Overview
Session Description: Tribal, state, federal and local courts have overlapping jurisdictions and face common challenges and resource limitations. To address these concerns, several jurisdictions have come together in a joint jurisdictional Healing to Wellness Courts (HTWC) model that acknowledges each other’s autonomy, while sharing resources for better outcomes for everyone. This workshop will discuss what joint jurisdictional courts are, how they began, and how through different forms of intergovernmental collaboration, tribes have been successful in operating joint jurisdictional HTWC courts.
Presenter:
- Hon. Korey Wahwassuck, Judge, Ninth Judicial District, Itasca County, Minnesota
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Addressing Family Violence and Abuse dual event!
Join the Native American Fatherhood and Families Association (NAFFA) for the double event in June 2023. NAFFA and the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council will be hosting an Addressing Family Violence Abuse facilitator training and Seminar! You don't want to miss out!
AFVA Facilitator Training
June 5-7, 2023
8:00 AM - 05:00 PM
AFVA Seminar
June 8-9, 2023
Billings Hotel & Convention Center
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