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National NALSA, the Columbia Law School NALSA, and the Columbia Human Rights Law Review would like to congratulate the top three prize winners in the
2007-2008 NNALSA Writing Competition!
First Place Co-Sponsored by Nordhaus Law Firm LLP and Columbia NALSA Michelle Albert, University of Colorado Law School, "Obligations and Opportunities: The Legal Landscape of Federal Land Management Decisions that Affect Native American Sacred Sites Located on the Public Lands." Ms. Albert's essay will be published in the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.
Second Place Sponsored by Kirkland Ellis LLP
Merrill D. Yesslith, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, "Human Rights Violations in U.S. Government Treatment of American Indians in the Dann Case: Do We Sometimes Overlook the Power of International Law?"
Third PlaceSponsored by Patton Boggs LLP
Toni Stanger, University of North Dakota School of Law, "Protecting Our People: When Tribal Members Challenged The United States Domestic Superfund Laws Across International Boundaries: A Case Analysis of Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Ltd."
Columbia NALSA would also like to thank Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for its support of Columbia NALSA's activities this year, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP for its support of Columbia NALSA's moot court competitors.
We would also like to thank our panel of expert judges, who devoted their time to reviewing the submissions:
Robert Anderson, Associate Professor of Law, Director, Native American Law Center, University of Washington School of Law
Henry M. Buffalo Jr., Jacobson Buffalo Magnuson Anderson & Hogen
Daron T. Carreiro, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Reid Peyton Chambers, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP
Frederick E. Hoxie, Swanlund Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Matthew J. Kelly, Anderson Tuell LLP
Patrice H. Kunesh, Assistant Professor of Law, Director, Institute of American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota School of Law
Maymangwa Miranda, Judicial Clerk, United States Court of Federal Claims
Katie Morgan, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Vanessa Ray-Hodge, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Rhonda Harjo, United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Deputy Chief Counsel
Gyasi Ross, Clearwater Casino
Travis Trueblood, Trueblood Law Group
Thank you as well to all our competitors. The judges were very impressed with your submissions.
Congratulations to the 2008-09 NNALSA Executive Board!*Candidate statements, if available, are linked to the candidate's name PresidentBurton Warrington III, 2L, University of Kansas School of Law, Menominee/Prairie Band Potawatomi/Ho-Chunk Vice PresidentKirsten Kinegak-Friday, 2L, UCLA School of Law, Yup'ik/Cup'ik Eskimo SecretaryAurora Lehr, 2L, University of Washington Law School, Tlingit/Native Hawaiian TreasurerNicole Sieminski, 2L, UCLA School of Law, Tulalip Public Relations Director Nikki Borchardt, 2L, Arizona State University College of Law, Paiute/Ute ABA RepresentativeNathan St. Goddard, 2L, University of Montana School of Law, Blackfeet Area 1 RepresentativeRyan Howard, 2L, University of Arizona Law School, Paiute Area 2 RepresentativeStevie Nichols, 1L, University of New Mexico School of Law, Choctaw Area 3 RepresentativeBrian Lewis, 2L, Arizona State University College of Law, Choctaw Area 4 RepresentativeJosh Clause, 1L, University of Michigan Law School, Mohawk Area 5 RepresentativeJeremy Swett, 2L, Cornell Law School, Lumbee Area 6 RepresentativeKarla General, 1L, Syracuse University College of Law, Akwesasne Area 7 RepresentativeElizabeth Saagulik Hensley, 2L, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Inupiaq Area 8 RepresentativeShane Morigeau, 1L, University of Montana School of Law, Salish
Also, congratulations to:Jason Croxton, 1L of the Year Ray Campbell, 2L of the Year Jerome Clark, 3L of the Year Rose Quilt, Alumna of the Year The University of South Dakota, NALSA Chapter of the Year and the University of Denver and University of Colorado, co-winners of the bid to host the 2009 NNALSA Moot Court!
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