NAVAJO NATION BAR ASSOCIATION, INC. 2017 Annual Bar Conference Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort [ALL TIMES SHOWN ARE ARIZONA (STANDARD) TIME] “

NAVAJO -- A NATION IN TRANSITION Thursday, June 8, 2017

7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks by: NNBA President/Vice-President 8:20 a.m. Invocation by: Otto Tso Navajo Nation Council Delegate, Western Agency Navajo Nation Law and Order Committee Member

8:30 a.m. Message from Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye

9:00 a.m. Welcome from Bryce Warren, TANCR General Manager

9:10 a.m. Welcome from Walter Phelps, Leupp Chapter, Council Delegate Birdsprings, Coalmine Canyon, Cameron, Leupp, and Tolani Lake

9:20 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Tribal Law and Order Act and 2013 Room: VAWA Reauthorization: A View from the Federal Bench Dine Event Center Keynote Speaker: Honorable Diane J. Humetewa U.S. District Court Judge United States District Court District of , Arizona [Available CLE credit 0.75 hour Navajo Law]

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Plenary 1: Lessons from DAPL for the Navajo Nation Room: Presenters: Diné Event  Lynn Slade and Walter Stern, Attorneys, Modrall Sperling Law Center Firm, Albuquerque, NM  Mariana Kahn, Attorney, Navajo Nation Office of Legislative Counsel, Window Rock, Arizona  Andrew Curley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [Available CLE credit 1 hour Navajo Law]

11:15 a.m.- Plenary 2: NNBA Committee Reports 12:00 p.m. Admissions Committee Report and Updates Raymond Etcitty, Committee Chairperson, General Counsel, Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise

CLE Committee Report and Updates Judy Dworkin, Committee Chairperson, Attorney Sacks Tierney P.A., Scottsdale, AZ

Disciplinary Committee Report and Updates James Jay Mason, Committee Chairperson Mason & Isaacson P.A., Gallup, NM

Judicial Evaluation Committee Report and Updates Genevieve K. Chato, Committee Chairperson Law Office of Genevieve K. Chato

Training Committee Report and Updates Paul Spruhan, Assistant Attorney General, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Rules Committee Report and Updates Patterson V. Joe, Attorney Flagstaff, Arizona

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

Report by Navajo Nation Judicial Conduct Commission Presenter: Navajo Nation Chief Justice Emeritus Robert Yazzie [Available CLE: .5 hour Navajo Law]

Report by Navajo Nation Council Law & Order Committee Presenter: Edmund Yazzie, Committee Chairperson

Recognition of 30-year members of the NNBA – 1987 through 2017.  Lee R. Belone  Kathleen Bowman  Levon B. Henry  Loritta J. Largo  Jennifer Johnson-Martinez

1:00–2:00 p.m. BK 1 – Break Out Session One

Room: BK1 . A . Criminal Law Nuts & Bolts Diné D Presenter: Jennifer Henry, NN Prosecutor, Ramah District [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: BK 1.B. Protecting All of Our Relatives: Twins Addressing Violence Against Animals to Protect Women, Arrows A Children and Elders in Tribal Communities Utilizing the Principles of Diné Fundamental Law Presenters:  Christine Schwamberger, Attorney, NN Dept. of Justice  Diana Webster, Attorney & President of Native America Humane Society, Los Angeles, CA  Gregg Martinez, Director of Another Way Domestic Violence Shelter, Page, AZ  Glenda Davis, Program Director, Navajo Nation Animal Control [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: B K 1 . C . Lessons from the Proposed Utah Water Settlement Twin Presenter: Stanley M. Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Arrows B Navajo Nation Department of Justice [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: B K 1 . D . A Conversation with Former Navajo Chairmen and Diné B & E Presidents [conducted in Diné and English] Presenters:  Hon. Peterson Zah  Hon. Peter MacDonald Sr.  Hon. Kelsey Begaye  Hon. Ben Shelly  Hon. Albert Hale  Hon. Russell Begaye

Moderator: Casey Watchman, NNBA Vice-President [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

2:00–3:00 p.m. BK 2 – Break Out Session Two (Repeat of One)

Room: BK2 . A. Criminal Law Nuts & Bolts Diné D Presenter: Jennifer Henry, NN Prosecutor, Ramah District [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: BK 2.B. Protecting All of Our Relatives: Twins Addressing Violence Against Animals to Protect Women, Arrows A Children and Elders in Tribal Communities Utilizing the Principles of Diné Fundamental Law Presenters:  Christine Schwamberger, Attorney, NN Dept. of Justice  Diana Webster, Attorney & President of Native America Humane Society, Los Angeles, CA  Gregg Martinez, Director of Another Way Domestic Violence Shelter, Page, AZ 3

 Glenda Davis, Program Director, Navajo Nation Animal Control [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: B K 2 . C . Lessons from the Proposed Utah Water Settlement Twin Presenter: Arrows B Stanley M. Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, NN Department of Justice [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: B K 2 . D . A Conversation with Former Navajo Chairmen and Diné B & E Presidents [conducted in Diné and English] Presenters:  Hon. Peterson Zah  Hon. Peter MacDonald Sr.  Hon. Kelsey Begaye  Hon. Ben Shelly  Hon. Albert Hale  Hon. Russell Begaye Moderator: Casey Watchman, NNBA Vice-President [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15– 4:15 p.m. BK 3 – Break Out Session Three

Room: B K 3 . A. – Navajo Appellate Practice Diné D Presenters:  LaVerne H. Garnenez, Law Clerk, NN Supreme Court  Michael V. Smith, Court Clerk, NN Supreme Court [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: B K 3 . B . – How Diné Fundamental Law Treats Children Diné G Presenters:  Troy Eid, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Denver, CO  DeAnna Goldtooth, Paralegal, DNA-People’s Legal Services [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: B K 3 . C . – Navajo Housing Issues – Home Site Lease & Twin Landlord/Tenant Arrows B Presenters:  Edward J. Hermes, Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP, Phoenix, AZ  Michael Halona, Program Manager, Navajo Nation Land Department [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: B K 3 . D . – Indian Child Welfare Act: The New Regulations Twin Arrows A Presenters:  Katherine Belzowski, Senior Attorney, Litigation & Employment Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

 Kandis Martine, Assistant Attorney General, Human Service & Governmental Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice  Heather Tanana, Associate, Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson, L.L.C. [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

4:15 – 5:15 p.m. BK 4 – Break Out Session Four (Repeat of Three)

Room: B K 4 . A. – Navajo Appellate Practice Diné D Presenters:  LaVerne H. Garnenez, Law Clerk, NN Supreme Court  Michael V. Smith, Court Clerk, NN Supreme Court [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: BK4 . B . – How Diné Fundamental Law Treats Children Diné G Presenters:  Troy Eid, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Denver, CO  DeAnna Goldtooth, Paralegal, DNA-People’s Legal Services [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: BK4 . C . – Navajo Housing Issues – Home Site Lease & Twin Arrows B Landlord/Tenant Presenters:  Edward J. Hermes, Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP, Phoenix, AZ  Michael Halona, Program Manager, Navajo Nation Land Department [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

Room: BK4 . D . – Indian Child Welfare Act: The New Regulations Twin Presenters: Arrows A  Katherine Belzowski, Senior Attorney, Litigation & Employment Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice  Kandis Martine, Assistant Attorney General, Human Service & Governmental Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice  Heather Tanana, Associate, Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson, L.L.C. [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

1st Day Total Navajo Law: 6.25 AND Navajo Ethics: 0 Available CLE (Yearly CLE Required: 6.0 Navajo Law & 2.0 Navajo Ethics) Hours

5:15 p.m. – CURRENT ISSUES FACING THE NNBA  Providing access to legal services for the Navajo people  Providing services to NNBA Members and the Public  An equitable Pro Bono system  Opportunities for volunteering 5

* * * * PUBLIC MEETING * * * *

7:30 p.m. NNBA Board of Bar Commissioners Meeting Board Room for NNBA Commissioners and Officers. Diné Event NNBA Committee Members, and Bar members are Welcome! Center

NAVAJO NATION BAR ASSOCIATION, INC. 2017 Annual Bar Conference

Friday, June 9, 2017

7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15 a.m. Invocation by: Daryl Junes, NNBA Member, Shiprock, Retired Navajo Nation Prosecutor

8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Message from the Navajo Nation Speaker LoRenzo Bates, Navajo Nation Legislative Branch, Office of the Speaker

8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Plenary 3: NNBA Treasurer Report Presenter: Michael J. Barthelemy, Attorney, Albuquerque, NM

9:15–10:30 a.m. Plenary 4: Law Updates Federal Case Law Update Paul Spruhan, Assistant Attorney General Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Navajo Nation Case Law Update Tina Tsinigine, Staff Attorney Navajo Nation Judicial Branch – Tuba City District

Navajo Nation Legislative Update Ed McCool, Principal Attorney, Legislative Counsel Navajo Nation Office of Legislative Counsel

[Available CLE: 1.25 hour Navajo Law]

10:30 -10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 –11:45 a.m. Plenary 5: Navajo – A Nation in Transition – Indian Self Determination Presenters:  Michael P. Gross, Attorney, Gross Law Firm, Santa Fe, NM  R. Gehl Tucker, Attorney, Hufford, Horstman, Mongini, Parnell, & Tucker Law Firm, Flagstaff, AZ [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law]

11:45 a.m. – Plenary 6: Practical Ethics Issues and Possible 12:45 p.m. Solutions Presenter: James Jay Mason, Committee Chairperson, NNBA Disciplinary Committee [Available CLE:1 hour Navajo Ethics]

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Luncheon Program: General Discussion by NNBA Officers and NNBA Board of Bar Commissioners

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Plenary 7: Oral Argument before Navajo Nation Supreme Court in the matter of The Northern Edge Navajo Casino, et al. v. Window Rock District Court, et al. , Case No. SC-CV-67-16 Honorable Justices of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court  Acting Chief Justice Allen Sloan,  Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley, and  Associate Justice Malcolm Begaye, sitting by designation

LaVerne H. Garnenez, Law Clerk, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Michael Smith, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Clerk

Parties and Counsel of Record Joshua M. Montagnini, Gallup, NM for Petitioners – Northern Edge Navajo Casino and the Navajo Nation; Robyn Neswood-Etsitty, Window Rock, Navajo Nation for Respondent; Daniel P. Abeyta, Farmington, NM for Real Party in Interest, Irene Johnson, [Available CLE: 1.50 hours Navajo Law]

3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Plenary 8: Swearing-In Ceremony for New Members of the Navajo Nation Bar from the March 2017 Bar Exam; and Swearing--In of Navajo Nation Prosecutors Honorable Justices of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court  Acting Chief Justice Allen Sloan,  Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley  Associate Justice Malcolm Begay, sitting by designation

LaVerne H. Garnenez, Law Clerk, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Michael Smith, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Clerk

4:00 – 4:15 p.m. Break

4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Plenary 9: Ethics from the Client’s Standpoint Presenters:  Martha Garcia, Ramah Navajo Chapter 638 Program Community Development, Cibola County, New Mexico Commissioner  Nancy R. Martine-Alonzo, Executive Director for Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. [Available CLE: 1.0 hour Navajo Ethics]

2nd Day Total Navajo Law: 3.75 Available CLE Navajo Ethics: 2 Hours (Yearly CLE Required: 6.0 Navajo Law & 2.0 Navajo Ethics)

5:15 – 5:30 p.m. Wrap Up Session and Discussion Presenters: NNBA Officers & NNBA Board of Bar Commissioners

5:30 p.m. Adjournment