Tribal-State Collaboration for Indian Child Welfare

• Speakers in this webinar will share their experience in building that tribal-state court collaboration, including:
  • Creation and development of tribal-state court councils
  • Training of state judges, lawyers, and social workers on collaboration with tribes on child welfare under ICWA
  • Creation of joint-jurisdiction courts where tribal and state judges sit together to decide how best to care for tribal children

Faculty:

• Honorable William A. Thorne, Utah Court of Appeals (Retired)
• Honorable Michael Petoskey, Chief Judge, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
• Honorable Sheldon Spotted-Elk, Ute Indian Tribal Court of Appeals
• Honorable Korey Wahwassuck, District Judge, Minnesota 9th Judicial District