Advanced Judicial Essentials and Specialized Court Clerks Training
The Intertribal Court of Southern California (ICSC) has requested specialized onsite TTA training. This training will focus on (7) core areas of daily operation for tribal court staff:
1) Advanced Judicial Essentials; 2) Indian Child Welfare; 3) Torts; 4) Specialized Court Clerks Training & Ethics; 5) Self-Represented Litigants; 6) Duties and Responsibilities for Case Flow Management; and 7) The Relationship Between the Chief Judge and Tribal Court Administrator.
This training will be specifically tailored to the Intertribal Court of Southern California, their codes, rules and procedures.
The audience will be tribal court judges, court clerks, court administrators, a bailiff, and Tribal administrations for member tribes. The audience is estimated to be approximately 40 participants from: All Mission Indian Housing Authority; Cahuilla Band of Indians; Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel; Jamul Indian Village; La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeño Indians; Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians; Pauma Band of Mission Indians; Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians; San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians; Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation; Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians; Tuolumne Band of Mee-Wuk Indians; and Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians.
We will cover 18-member tribes during this onsite—including four PA 3 grantees.
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Email exchanges with Rosemary Glaser:
7/29/2019 Training Request; 7/30/2019 Response to Training Request; 8/14/2019 Sent Sample On-site Training Request; 9/5/2019 Office-Based Discussion Regarding TTA Request; 9/9/2019 Confirmation of Office-Base Discussion for TTA Request; 9/17/2019 Response to request for earlier TTA Request Discussion; 9/18/2019 Ironing out details about date availability for ICSC conf. call; 9/23/2019 Outreach to NCJFCJ for ICSC agenda support; 9/26/2019 Conf Call to determine Office -based TTA vs. Onsite TTA; 9/30/2019 Conference call review of TTA Request for ICSC with NAICJA staff; 10/14/2019 Review of TTA request with NAICJA staff; 10/28/2019 Response to ICSC for Onsite vs. Office-based TTA Training; 11/18/2019 Finalization of request for Onsite TTA Training; 11/19/2019 Date finalization for onsite training to Intertribal Court Judges and Staff; 11/21/2019 Request for lodging in Valley Center, CA for onsite TTA; 12/11/2019 Judicial Code of Conduct for Information Requested from ICSC; 12/13/2019 Sent skeleton agenda for ICSC; 1/3/2020 Sent tentative ICSC agenda with Judicial Ethics and a Court Clerk track; 1/8/2020 Sent tentative ICSC agenda with Judicial Ethics added to Part 2, Sec. J of ICSC agenda; 1/8/2019 Request to Rosemary Glaser re: Travel Expenses for Judge Joe Wiseman
1/15/2020 Request for more information re: Torts on the tentative agenda; 1/16/2020 Additional requests to ICSC re: Rules of Procedure; Dockets; Ordinances; ICWA trasfers; Tort cases; Tribal Codes; and Court Clerk Manual; 1/22/2020 Request to ICSC for SRL Guide; 1/24/2020 Request for information re: tribal attorney’s representing the tribal parties; 1/27/2020 Discussion with ICSC attorney re: Additional requests; 1/29/2020 Request for discussion re: ICSC agenda finalization; 1/30/2020 Sent ICSC Agenda for Review; 1/30/2020 Sent ICSC Agenda with time modifications
1/30/2020 Sent ICSC Agenda to reflect compression of Judges training to 1 day with the remaining 1.5 days for Court Administrators, Court Clerks, and any Judges attending; 1/31/2020 Venue questions; 2/4/2020 NAICJA staff arrived and heading over to tribal building; 2/10/2020 Sent Advanced Judicial Essentials & Specialized Court Clerks Training, Valley Center, CA Sign in sheets.
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