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Veterans Webinar Series

Coordinating Legal Services to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans.

Veterans Webinar Series

Coordinating Legal Services to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans.

Veterans Webinar Series

Coordinating Legal Services to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans.

NAICJA staff & consultants presented at the HTWC Enhancement Training on September 26-27, 2022 on Developing Collaborative Models of Linking Healing Court Participants to Legal Services and Veterans' Outreach and Legal Assistance in Rural and Geographically Vast and Diverse Areas. Additionally, NAICJA moderated a Roundtable/Symposium session to discuss challenges/barriers and suggested legal service needs for AI/AN Veterans, and receive feed back on the Native Veterans project logo design.

Monthly meetings with the individual pilot project sites, Oklahoma Indian Legal Services (OILS) that include Quapaw Nation Tribal Court in order to plan and implement a holistic defense pilot project.

Monthly meetings with the individual pilot project site, Nevada Legal Services (NLS) to plan and implement a holistic defense pilot project.

NDCRC co-directors Dr. Christina Lanier presented at TLPI's annual Enhancement Training on September 26-28, 2022 in New Mexico. The title of the workshop was "Making Data Work for You." This workshop was an opportunity for Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts (THWC) to learn how to use the data collected regarding THWC participants to answer questions and better understand how well a program is performing.

Monthly meetings with the individual pilot project site, Alaska Legal Services Corporation (ALSC) to plan and implement a holistic defense pilot project.

Webinar Title: Native Veterans Project: Protecting those who Protected Us
The Native Veterans Project is a BJA-funded project on creating a veterans clinic in
Indian Country. There is limited access to legal assistance by low-income individuals,
including veterans, appearing in tribal courts. A tribal legal clinic model will focus on
and address the needs of Native American veterans as a high volume of requests from
veterans seeking solutions to their legal issues. The clinic will use medical-legal

The Policy Project team meets monthly, to work on the planning and development of the Collateral Consequences Policy Publication. NAICJA staff meets with Consultant Amanda Whiteeagle monthly to coordinate on the project. The project will develop publication on the collateral consequences of the new tribal authorities VAWA and TLOA on justice-involved people in tribal courts.