On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, the Criminal Law and Policy Speaker Series will present Casey Ross-Petherick (Cherokee).
Casey Ross-Petherick is the Deputy Director of the Native American Legal Resource Center at the Oklahoma City University School of Law. She is a member of the adjunct faculty, teaching the American Indian Wills Clinical Course, Native American Victims Rights, the Native American Externship course, and Tribal law. Prior to joining the staff at OCU, Casey served as the Senior Legislative Officer in the Cherokee Nation’s Washington D.C. Office, working on legislative and agency advocacy issues for the Cherokee Nation and its subsidiaries. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and is originally from Oklahoma City. She attended Oklahoma City University School of Law, and is licensed to practice law in the State of Oklahoma. Casey also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Oklahoma City University. During Graduate School, Casey worked as a Tribal Advocate for Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, and also completed a fellowship with the National Association of Public Interest Law (NAPIL, now Equal Justice Works). Her fellowship project was awarded the NAPIL Exemplary Service Award in 2001.
Professor Ross-Petherick will be discussing the historic Congressional Acts and Supreme Court decisions that have shaped tribal sovereignty today, with a focus on the jurisdictional maze that has been created as a result.
We will meet in Room 156, at the Rogers College of Law, 1201 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ. This event is open to the University community, the legal community, and the public. Pizza will be served at 12:05 p.m., with the talk beginning at 12:15 p.m. and ending by 1:20 p.m.
CLE credit for Arizona attorneys.
