REGISTRATION FORM

Name: Address: City, ST: Contact Number: E-mail: Registering As: Non-Attorney Community Member ($150) Non-Attorney CTWS Employee ($150) Private Attorney ($300) Non-Profit Attorney ($200) For Non-Attorneys / Community Members ONLY I would like to apply for a tuition scholarship IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP, answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper (one paragraph for each).
1) What is your main motivation for participating in this training? 2) How will you use the knowledge and skills you learn in this training? 3) Describe what your personal experiences have been like dealing with the legal system (if any). If your experience is limited, what is your understanding/biases/perception of the Tribal Court system in general?

Lead Trainers: Ms. Roberta Armstrong,

WA State & CTWS Bar Member Founder and Executive Director Stewards of Indigenous Resources Endowment, a Non-Profit Professional Service Corporation Keeping Tribal Lands in Members Hands!

Zip: -

Reina Estimo, CTWS Legal Aid

Administrator / Advocate and Bar Member

Other Contributing Trainers:

Walter Langnese III, Warm Springs Tribal Court
Associate Judge

Warm Springs Tribal Code Introductory Course & Advocacy Basics Training
December 3-7, 2012

Leona Ike, CTWS Parole & Probation Manager Nancy Seyler, CTWS Chief Prosecutor Louie Pitt, CTWS Governmental Affairs Liaison
Legal Disclaimer: This training is offered the Warm Springs Public Defenders office and not by the Warm Springs Tribal Court. Furthermore, Warm Springs Legal Aid does not guarantee a passing score on the Tribal Bar Exam or admission to the Tribal Bar by taking this training.

Hosted By

Warm Springs Legal Aide Tribal Public Defenders Office 1106 Wasco Street PO Box 850 Warm Springs, Oregon, 97761 (541) 553-2212 phone (541) 553-2224 fax

Scholarship DOES NOT include $30 cost for course materials / training packet, paid by Money Order to CTWS by 11/26/12 at the Warm Springs Legal Aid Office. Total Amount Due:

Warm Springs, Oregon

Deadline: WHERE:

TRIBAL CODE INTRODUCTION COURSE & ADVOCACY BASICS TRAINING

11 / 26 / 12
Education Building (Old Boys Dorm), Warm Springs, OR December 3-7, 2012 8:30 5:00 P.M. (hour lunch)

How will the material be taught?

First three days will be on Tribal, Federal and State law. This information will be taught by using a combination of fill-in-the-blank style worksheets, discussion, lecture, and exercises. The second portion will be 1 days on Trial Advocacy. During this time students will do interactive exercises and mock trial hearings using a real case, real discovery, and real documents which was heard in Warm Springs Tribal Court. The last half day will be used to take the training exam (non-attorney) or bar exam (attorneys).

DATES: TIME:

COST: $300 Private Attorneys, $200 Non-profit Attorney $150 Non-Attorney* + $30 Materials (Required) TRAINING PURPOSES: - Train lay people to serve as Tribal Court Advocates - Prepare attorney participants to pass Warm Springs Tribal Bar Exam - Increase the efficiency & effectiveness of Tribal Court TRAINING DESCRIPTION: - Knowledge of laws governing CTWS o Treaty Rights / Unwritten Law o Warm Springs Tribal Code o Applicable Federal & Oregon State Law o Court Rules & Procedure - Basics of trial court advocacy for criminal and civil cases TRAINING OUTCOMES:

What will be taught in Tribal, Federal, and State Law?

Treaty of 1855 Constitution & By-Laws Indian Civil Rights Act Major Crimes Act Indian Child Welfare Act Criminal & Civil Procedure Appeals Evidence Law Crimes & Elements Traffic Domestic Code (Family Law) Juveniles

How will the material be taught in regards to Trial Advocacy?

Trial advocacy training will be done using multiple mock trial exercises where you will have to use the information in your trial notebook (from a real Warm Springs Tribal Court case) to do multiple mock trial hearings for every step in the court process, including, but not limited to: Bail/Bond Hearings Arraignment Trial (all phases) Appeal

What does a Provisional admittance to Warm Springs Tribal Bar consist of?
Those participants who successfully complete this training and final exam, will be allowed to advocate in Bail/Bond hearings for criminal cases in Warm Springs Tribal Court. Additional details can found at
http://warmsprings.indianwillsonwheels.org

Upon successful completion of training:

Upon passing training exam, non-attorney will receive Advocacy training certificate The bar exam will be available for Attorneys who choose to seek admission to WS tribal court.

Course Packet Includes:

1) Training Booklet 2) Code Book (Treaty, Federal Law, and
Warm Springs Tribal Code)

*Scholarships available for non-employed community members

(see http://warmsprings.indianwillsonwheels.org for more details)

3) Trial Notebook (Mock Trial Discovery)