The course provides a more in-depth engagement with topics in the field, including topics on major federal legislation and regulation within and involving tribal governments and populations. Legal issues surrounding American Indian religious freedom, graves protection, cultural property protection, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the protection of tribal children under the Indian Child Welfare Act, environmental regulation, and the jurisdictional issues arising from the Public 280 federal legislation may be covered, as well as other contemporary issues impacting tribal sovereignty. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses."A distance education course is one in which students are separated from all faculty members for more than one-third of the instruction and the instruction involves the use of technology to support regular and substantive interaction between the students and all faculty members, either synchronously or asynchronously. Source: ABA Standards Definition (7) and 306. PreReq: LAW-3455
Prerequisites