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UW Tribal Clinic students are in their second or third year of law school and hope to practice in some capacity in Native American communities. Stacey Lara, assistant teaching professor at the university, said that the focus of the Public Defense Clinic is to strengthen tribal justice systems and ultimately strengthen tribal sovereignty. “We find that many law schools focus on state and federal law, [but] there is a third sovereign, and that is the tribes,” said Lara. “And so, in seeking to enrich the students’ understanding of tribal sovereignty and being prepared to work in tribal communities, we have a comparative approach to some of what we do.”
In a 7-2 decision, the nation's highest court has upheld a law that says an attempt must be made to play tribal foster kids with extended family members or another Indian family before considering non-Indian adoptive or foster families. Stacey Lara, assistant teaching professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
鈥淚ntervening simply means that a tribe has the ability to come in and make recommendations regarding a child,鈥 said Stacey Lara, an assistant teaching professor at the 红桃视频.
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In three minutes, Stacey Lara, 红桃视频 Assistant Teaching Professor and Co-director of the Tribal Court Public Defense Clinic, covers the Supreme Court ruling and how it will affect Indian Country.
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