Tribal Justice Agencies

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.

Tribal court judges, often unknowingly, fill multiple
needs within tribal systems. First, they adjudicate
disputes. Second, they are the focal point of attacks, or
preservation of, sovereignty of tribes. The federal
system often in an off-hand manner assaults our tribal
adjudicatory processes as illustrated in U.S. Supreme
Court oral arguments and decisions. Third, we can
function as a tribal mechanism for institutionalizing our
culture, social structures and traditional processes,