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Title: Petition to Include Indian Law Question on Arizona Bar Exam
Parties: Arizona attorneys
Date enacted/published: pending approval, petitioned 2009

Description:

Provides the justification and support for inclusion of a federal Indian law question on the Arizona State Bar Exam. The petition is sponsored by the Federal, State, and Tribal Forum in Arizona.

For additional information contact:
David Withey
dwithey@courts.az.gov
State, Tribal and Federal Court Forum
Arizona Judicial Branch
Title: State and Tribal Court Interaction: Building Cooperation, an Arizona Perspective
Parties: Arizona tribal courts, Arizona courts
Date enacted/published: 1991

Description:

The Conference of Chief Justices sponsored a project designed by the National Center for State Courts focused on enhancing cooperation between tribal and state courts as it related to civil jurisdiction. This project involved a research phase in which the nature and extent of the problems between state and tribal courts were determined. From this research, it appeared that jurisdictional disputes had arisen most frequently in the areas of the Indian Child Welfare Act, domestic relations (family law), contract law as well as taxation, hunting and fishing, and certain other areas. Three states, including Arizona, were then selected to work on model approaches to find solutions to these problems. The Arizona Forum included a combination of state and tribal judges. After study of the issues common in Arizona, they provided this report to the committee overseeing the project. It includes a number of recommendations with assessments of the problems being addressed. The report provides numerous recommendations in the area of

  • Education
  • Jurisdiction
  • Intergovernmental agreements
  • Uniform laws
  • Federal legislation
For additional information contact:
David Withey
dwithey@courts.az.gov
State, Tribal and Federal Court Forum
Arizona Judicial Branch