Mining is mission-critical to addressing the climate crisis. And so is confronting the legal and environmental issues surrounding mineral extraction.
Jurisdictions across the globe are racing to transform their energy sources to meet decarbonization goals and transition away from fossil fuels. This energy transition depends on a robust and reliable supply of critical minerals, which must be mined, processed, and distributed in ways that often create environmental and health risks, and in the process can reshape global political dynamics.
The Emmett Institute’s 2024 symposium will explore the wide range of pressing issues raised by this ever-expanding need for critical minerals. Our moderators and panelists from around the world will confront the policy drivers of this energy transition; governance questions related to supply chains; the rise of resource nationalism with its implications for the U.S. and the global order; and the risks to communities created by critical minerals mining and ways to reduce those risks.
Join us on Friday, March 8 at the UCLA School of Law for an all-day exploration of these topics through a keynote address and three panel discussions. Please RSVP here at this link and stay tuned for more details about the symposium.
Date: Friday, March 8, 2024
Location: UCLA School of Law
This is an in-person event.
This symposium will be in collaboration with the UCLA Law Review, Native Nations Law and Policy Center at UCLA and the Indigenous Peoples' Journal of Law, Culture, and Resistance.
The legal landscape around tribal sovereignty and Indigenous rights to self-determination is shifting. Recent cases like Castro-Huerta v. Oklahoma and Navajo Nation v. Arizona show that the Supreme Court may be willing to overturn hundreds of years of settled precedent in favor of states’ rights and corporate interests. Even when tribes do prevail, cases like Haaland v. Brackeen hint at potential future challenges to Indian rights. This year’s Symposium will bring together the country’s leading legal scholars, Indigenous communities, and students to discuss the most salient questions facing Indian law and Indigenous rights today.
We are proud to center tribal sovereignty at such a pivotal moment.
The UCLA Law Review holds steadfast to its core values of inclusion, justice, and excellence in scholarship, and this year’s topic underscores that mission.
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This year, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered major decisions on affirmative action, voting rights, free speech and Indigenous sovereignty, among other issues.
UCLA School of Law experts stepped in to break down the impact of the term in a variety of places: “Whither the Court: The Allan C. Lebow Annual Supreme Court Review” program, a webinar titled “From the Frontlines: The Supreme Court Rulings on Affirmative Action, LGBTQ Rights, and Student Debt,” public writings and even social media videos.
Native Nations Law and Policy Center welcomes you to join us for our webinar, "Cultural Expression in Indigenous Art and Design". Featured panelists include:
- Kristen A. Carpenter, Council Tree Professor of Law and Director of the American Indian Law Program, University of Colorado Boulder
- Sonia Katyal, Roger J. Traynor Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Berkeley School of Law
- Angela R. Riley (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), Professor of Law and Director of the Native Nations Law and Policy Center, UCLA Law
Moderating this event is our own Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Cochiti Pueblo), Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant Director of the Native Nations Law and Policy Center.
RSVP HERE ! (11/20/2023)
As the Supreme Court’s most recent term has now ended, observers are left to consider the many historic decisions that will have a lasting impact for years to come.
In a June 30 webinar titled “From the Frontlines: The Supreme Court Rulings on Affirmative Action, LGBTQ Rights, and Student Debt,” public writings and even social media videos, UCLA School of Law experts have stepped in to break down some of the most pivotal decisions.
Here is what they had to say.
Affirmative action
Please join us this upcoming Monday, June 26th to convene for a discussion of the 5-4 #SupremeCourt 🏛 ruling in Arizona v. Navajo Nation.
Register using the short link:
https://bit.ly/NNLPCWater
UCLA School of Law professor Carole Goldberg has been honored with the prestigious 2022–23 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award for her outstanding contributions since she retired. Goldberg, a leading authority on Indian law and longtime member of the UCLA Law faculty, is Distinguished Research Professor, the Jonathan D.
This article was originally published on the UCLA Newsroom website on October 10, 2022. We share it here with UCLA Newsroom's permission.
Alumnus returns to UCLA to deliver Regents Lecture on the future of Indian country
by Jessica Wolf
UCLA School of Law has received a gift of $4.265 million from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. This generous contribution creates two chairs in Native American law that are endowed in the honor of, respectively, Distinguished Professor Carole Goldberg and Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris. The chairs will recruit, retain, and support faculty members of the highest professional caliber, who will advance the study and practice of tribal law.