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8:30 – 9:00                   Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00                             Welcome

9:30 – 10:15                 Why law?  Panel discussion - Native American lawyers on the

various motivational factors for attending law school     

10:15-11:00                 Native American Law Programs at TU, OCU and OU

Panel discussion - course work, curriculum and instruction

10:50-11:15                 Break

11:15-12:00                 Mock class – Professor G. William Rice

12:00-1:00                   Luncheon Speaker

                                    Stacy Leeds, Professor of Law, University of Kansas

1:15- 1:45                    What is law school really like? - Point of view from students                                              

                                     enrolled in the NALSA program.

1:45 – 2:30                 Where do I sign up?

            Discussion on admissions and financial aid process.

2:30-2:45                     Where do I go from here?

            Question and answer session.

2:45- 3:30                    Additional Questions and Wrap-Up

3:00- 11:00                  Shuttles to Powwow location

3:00 – 11:00                 Powwow

Beginning in 2005, the TU NALSA chapter and TU’s Native American Law Center  has co-sponsored an annual Native Justice Powwow.  The focus of these powwows is to honor Native American attorneys, judges, court personnel, and law enforcement officers.  The honorees will include a head singer, master of ceremonies, head gourd dancer, head man dancer, head lady dancer, and arena director.  We will follow the same tradition of selecting honorees who work in the legal profession.  The Powwow will follow the traditional format of gourd dancing in the afternoon and war dancing in the evening.

Proposed Tentative Schedule for Powwow:

3:00                             Invocation

3:30                             Introduction of Afternoon Head Staff

4:00                             Honor Song for Officers and Employees of the Court (Lawyers, Judges, Court Clerks)

4:30                             Third Set of Gourd Dances

5:00                             Honor Song for all Law Enforcement Officers

5:45                             Prayer, Dismissal for Community Supper

6:30                             Final Set of Gourd Dances

7:00                             Honor Song for Honoree

7:30                             Remarks

7:35                             Grand Entry, Memorial Song, Flag Song, Round Dances,

Social Dancing, Introduction of Evening Head Staff

8:00                             Opening Set of War Dances

8:30                             Snake Dance, Buffalo Dance

9:00                             Second Set of War Dances

9:30                             Two Step

10:00                           Honor Song for Law Students and

10:30                           Closing Set of War Dances, Closing Prayer