9:00 a.m. Welcome and Call to Order
Opening Remarks - Committee Chair
9:05 a.m. Committee Membership Vacancies- See Section 3 of Administrative Rule 37 - Attachment B (April 4, 2002)
- Vacancies:
* Tribal Court Support Representatives (2)
* State Court Judge (1)
* Public Member (1) [Public member must have an interest or expertise in the operation of tribal and state court systems]
9:30 a.m. Indian Law Question for State Bar Examination
- Review recent action of New Mexico Supreme Court in adding a question on Indian law to the bar examination for new lawyers - See, Attachment C (April 4, 2002)
- Discussion of possibility of adding an Indian law question to North Dakota bar examination
10:00 a.m.Future Committee Activities and Subjects for Review
- Discussion of future work for the Committee and areas of interest or concern to tribal and state courts which require attention
- Possible discussion points:
* Indian Child Welfare Act and Adoption and Safe Families Act
* Child support and custody
* Criminal jurisdiction and prosecution
* Juvenile issues
* Civil jurisdiction
* Full faith and credit recognition of judgments
* Participation in state jury pools
* Uniform laws development
12 noon Lunch
12:45 p.m. Cont'd Discussion of Committee Objectives
1:15 p.m. Meeting Schedule
- July 12 --- Location ?
- October 11 --- Location ?
1:30 p.m. Adjourn