Friday Job Announcements

Arianna Morseau

Sep 22

To post an open Indian law or leadership job to Turtle Talk, send all of the following information to indigenous@law.msu.edu

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A typed brief description of the position which includes

Position title
Location (city, state)
Main duties
Closing date
Any other pertinent details, such as a link to the application
An attached PDF job announcement or link to the position description

Bureau of Trust Funds Administration

Management and Program Analyst. Virtual / Remote. Located within the Settlement Division of the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration. Serves in a senior role with broad responsibilities that include monitoring, tracking, and reporting on the BTFA Administrative Appeals Program. Coordinates case management and assignment to ensure appropriate staffing levels/skills mix and oversees Administrative Appeals Program docket calendar and tickler system to ensure regulatory and internal deadlines are met. Researches and drafts decisions in administrative appeals cases, as well as provides briefings and/or issue papers, talking points or reports. Serves as a project manager, overseeing the development of project management plans, leading records production and historical accounting, managing contractors, reviewing work products, tracking budget and expenditures, or other activities. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) or, until COR II certification obtained, supports COR in managing and administering contracts. Closing date: Friday, October 6, 2023.

Yurok Tribe

Summer 2024 Law Clerk. Klamath, CA. Main duties include legal research, writing internal legal memoranda, drafting ordinances, conducting policy analysis, and attending tribal department meetings and Tribal Council. We are recruiting on a rolling basis, we consider fall, winter, and spring positions, and we do not have a closing date.

Alaska Legal Services Corporation

Native Law Staff Attorney. Bethel or Anchorage, AK. Full-time (35 hours per week) staff attorney to provide legal services to Association of Village Council Presidents ("AVCP") member Tribes and tribal members. This position primarily involves representation of tribal clients in state child welfare proceedings, enforcing the Indian Child Welfare Act; and managing a caseload of state court child in need of aid cases. Other duties may also involve litigating other Native law matters on behalf of AVCP Tribes and tribal members. Position open until filled.

Montana Legal Services Association

Intake Specialist. Helena or Billings MT. Montana Legal Services Association is hiring for an Intake Specialist. Responsibilities include: Answer incoming HelpLine calls and perform interviews of applicants for legal services, maintain calendars in the case management system and schedule advice appointments with MLSA advocates as appropriate, ability and willingness to work cooperatively and collegially within a decentralized statewide law firm, determine the legal needs and financial eligibility of the applicant for program services. Screening of applicants will begin immediately and we hope to fill the position before October 31, 2023. However, the position will remain open until filled.

Disaster Outreach/Intake Assistant. Billings MT. Montana Legal Services Association is hiring for a Disaster Outreach/Intake Assistant. Responsibilities include: Respectfully interview potential applicants for legal services who may be under stress of legal action, elicit factual information from applicants, analyze the type of legal problem presented to determine whether MLSA may assist, or whether a referral is appropriate, and evaluate legal need and financial eligibility of the applicant. Work with MLSA's Disaster Relief Program Coordinator and/or the Pro Bono Project Coordinator to integrate disaster legal assistance into MLSA's statewide program. Regularly connect with MLSA's Communications Manager to ensure that Disaster Outreach efforts reflect and coincide with the movement of MLSA's communications as a whole. Recruit and support volunteers across the state willing to assist with the civil legal needs of victims of disaster. Screening of applicants will begin immediately and we hope to fill the position before October 31, 2023. However, the position will remain open until filled.

Medical Legal Partnership Attorney. Missoula, Helena or Billings MT. Montana Legal Services Association is hiring two attorney positions for our Medical Legal Partnership Program. Responsibilities include: Travel to partner Community Health Centers to conduct training, hold regular office hours, and provide legal services to address patients' needs, provide orientation and training activities for Health Center partners, including how to make appropriate referrals, Interview, advise, and represent eligible clients on civil matters, develop and maintain specialized knowledge of the health-harming legal needs of patients, provide services ranging from brief counsel and advice, to more extended representation on core legal issues affecting patients in the Community Health system. A law degree and current license to practice law in Montana is preferred. We will consider applicants with the ability to waive in with a qualifying UBE score, or a willingness to take and pass the next Montana Bar Exam. Screening of applicants will begin immediately and we hope to fill the position before November 30, 2023. However, the position will remain open until filled.

Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Program Administrator - Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute. St. Paul, MN. Main duties: Provide support for all operational aspects of the NALS Institute and to the Director of the Institute, Coordinate events and conferences for NALS Institute including registration, venue, food, drum group, prayer, and guest speaker travel arrangements. Assist in recruiting Native American students to the NALS Institute specifically, and law school more generally (i.e., pathway programs), including but not limited to coordinating open houses, participating in college and law school fairs, and responding to applicant inquiries.

Lead and supervise production of a monthly media presence for NALS Institute alumni, including creative planning, compiling, and editing content on social media platforms and other informational methods, and engage in other efforts designed to connect alumni to the NALS Institute and current students. Other duties as assigned. Closing date: Review begins October 6th, 2023.

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

Public Defender. Agency Village, SD. It is the duty of the Public Defender to represent indigent defendants charged with crimes within the boundaries of the Lake Traverse Reservation. The licensed attorney should have experience in criminal defense, filing pretrial motions, representing their client at all stages of the proceeding, and conducting bench and jury trials. This individual will assist with representing parents in all juvenile cases, including but not limited to, child abuse, neglect, dependency, and unruly and delinquent cases. The applicant may be needed to assist with Indian Child Welfare Act cases, and should be able to understand motions to intervene and/or transfer from State Court ICWA proceedings. This position is OPEN UNTIL FILLED. (Tribal Preference will apply).

New Mexico Legal Aid

Director - Native American Program. Santa Ana, NM. New Mexico Legal Aid is seeking a Director for its Native American Program. The Native American Program (NAP) provides free legal services to low-income Native Americans living on or near the nineteen (19) Pueblos, and outreach and community education to the community of the Mescalero Apache Nation. NAP is funded by the Legal Services Corporation and is part of New Mexico Legal Aid's statewide program. Deadline to apply: Until filled.

Pine Tree Legal Assistance

Staff Attorney. Bangor, ME. Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. is seeking a staff attorney for its Indigenous Peoples Unit. This is primarily a litigation position, and the attorney will be in court or appearing in administrative proceedings on a regular basis for low-income tribal members. Most cases are in the Passamaquoddy Tribal Courts and the Penobscot Nation Tribal Court. The attorney will also be responsible for creating client education materials, coordinating with tribal community partners, and performing outreach across the five Wabanaki tribal communities. Experience working with tribes and tribal members is strongly preferred. Position is open until filled.

California Indian Legal Services

Executive Coordinator. Sacramento, CA. The Executive Coordinator to the Executive Director is a highly visible position at CILS requiring interaction with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and playing a key role in the fulfillment of our mission. This position provides overall administrative and project support to the Executive Director and serves as a key liaison to the Board of Trustees. The Executive Coordinator also has extensive interaction with other staff and community stakeholders. Professionalism, the ability to cultivate relationships, and flexibility to adapt to the changing needs and priorities of a growing organization are essential. This is a full-time position reporting directly to the Executive Director. We will accept applications until the position is filled.

Staff Attorney. Eureka Field Office but the option of fully remote is considered for CA residents only. Supervised by the Directing Attorney, the Staff Attorney will work collaboratively with other staff to provide exceptional legal services in all areas of Federal Indian law. Our fast-paced office provides legal services on issues of jurisdiction, tax, estate planning, trust assets, environmental law, natural resource development, tribal governance, employment, and the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The Staff Attorney will assume a varied caseload that may include: brief counsel and services to low-income Indian individuals; state and federal court litigation; contract negotiation; advising tribal clients; developing and implementing constitutions, codes, and policies for tribal clients; and making community presentations. The Staff Attorney will be expected to appear on behalf of tribal clients in state dependency actions where the ICWA is applicable. We will accept applications until we fill the position, but CILS does not accept incomplete applications. Open until filled.

Michigan Indian Legal Services

MMIP Attorney. Traverse City, MI. Michigan Indian Legal Services (MILS) has a 3-year grant-funded attorney position to work out of its Traverse City, Michigan office. The focus of this position will be to increase access to free legal services to help decrease the number of Native Americans vulnerable to becoming missing or murdered and to support family members of those missing or murdered. This position will require overnight travel. (Starts October 1, 2023).

MMIP Legal Assistant. Traverse City, MI. Michigan Indian Legal Services (MILS) has a 3-year grant-funded Legal Secretary/Assistant position to work out of our Traverse City office. The focus of this position will be to increase access to free legal services to help decrease the number of Native Americans vulnerable to becoming missing or murdered and to support family members of those missing or murdered. This position will require overnight travel. The Legal Secretary/Assistant will primarily be working with a full-time attorney under the grant on their state-wide case work, performing intakes, maintaining client files. (Starts October 1, 2023).

Part-time Legal Assistant. Traverse City, MI. Michigan Indian Legal Services (MILS) has an opening for a part-time Legal Secretary/Assistant to work out of our Traverse City office. The Legal Secretary/ Assistant will primarily be aiding attorneys with their state-wide case work, performing intakes, maintaining client files. Open until filled.

Rothstein Donatelli LLP

Associate Attorney – Indian Law. Tempe, AZ. Rothstein Donatelli LLP has offices in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Tempe, Arizona. The Tempe office is seeking an associate attorney for its Indian law practice group. The ideal candidate will have three or more years of experience with a demonstrated commitment to the highest quality of legal practice, excellent research and writing skills, and an interest in representing tribal Nations. Experience in Indian law is not required. Open until filled.

St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

Staff Attorney. Siren, WI. Provides legal representation to the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. The candidate will assist the St. Croix Legal Department in legal research, drafting documents, contract review, and review/revise existing St. Croix code of laws. The candidate must be barred in the State of Wisconsin. Indian preference applies. Open until filled.

Walsh Gallegos Treviño Kyle & Robinson PC

Associate Attorney. Albuquerque, NM. The position calls for an attorney who can successfully work to defend public schools and other governmental entities on issues involving special education/disability rights litigation as well as provide advice and consultation to public schools in the area of special education/disability rights. Attention to detail and excellent research and writing skills are required. Public speaking experience, strong interpersonal skills, IDEA due process proceeding and litigation experience, State and OCR Complaint experience, and experience with school districts or other governmental entities are preferred. A background in special education or education is a plus, as is experience representing governmental entities in federal litigation.

Associate Attorney. Albuquerque, NM. The position involves the representation of public school districts and other educational institutions in areas of labor and employment, governance including Open Meetings Act and Inspection of Public Records Act, administrative law, real estate, construction, business issues, and student issues, including civil rights/constitutional law/disability law. Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and excellent research and writing skills are required. Public speaking experience, strong interpersonal skills, and experience with school districts or other governmental entities is preferred.

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