Tribal Remedies for Violation of Domestic Violence Protection Orders

Tribal Remedies for Violation of Domestic Violence Protection Orders

Webinar

The webinar serves to introduce participants to the federal laws and tribal remedies available to protect victims of domestic violence. Additionally , the session will include discussion regarding the safety needs of victims and how tribal court civil and criminal remedies (such as protection orders and criminal sanctions) are important to safeguarding victims. Finally the webinar will include important discussion regarding reparations for victims that should be considered by the tribal court for damages resulting from crimes or acts that have already occurred. Victim centeredness during the trial process will be emphasized.


Details

About

This webinar is specifically designed for Office of Victims of Crime Comprehensive Tribal Victim Assistance (CTVA) and Children’s Justice Act (CJA) grantees.

What's In It For You

During this webinar, you will learn: * What inherent authority Tribes have to issue civil protection orders against Indians and non-Indians * The impact of 18 USC §2265(e) on inherent tribal authority to issue DV protection orders against non-Indians and the due process requirements for those protection orders * What civil penalties Tribes can impose for violations of civil protection orders both under tribal law and under federal law * What jurisdiction Tribes have to criminally punish Indians and non-Indians for violations of protection orders within their territory and the definition of protection order under 25 USC §1304 * The level of punishment (misdemeanor or felony) Tribes can impose upon Indians and non-Indians for violations of protection orders

Instructors
- BJ Jones
BJ Jones   Director of the Tribal Judicial Institute - University of North Dakota School of Law

BJ Jones is the Director of the Tribal Judicial Institute at the University Of North Dakota School Of Law where he also teaches Indian law and social justice courses as an Adjunct. The Institute has been providing technical assistance to Indian tribes and their justice systems since 1993. He is also the Chief Judge for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, and also serves as the Chief Judge for the Prairie Island Indian Community and an Associate Judge for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Tribes in North Dakota as well as a Justice on the Oglala Sioux, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Courts of Appeals. Judge Jones is a former legal services attorney on the Rosebud and Standing Rock reservations and is a 1984 graduate of the University of Virginia School Of Law. He was formerly the Domestic Violence Integrated Court Judge for the MHA Nation on the Fort Berthold reservation.

BJ Jones   Director of the Tribal Judicial Institute - University of North Dakota School of Law

BJ Jones is the Director of the Tribal Judicial Institute at the University Of North Dakota School Of Law where he also teaches Indian law and social justice courses as an Adjunct. The Institute has been providing technical assistance to Indian tribes and their justice systems since 1993. He is also the Chief Judge for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, and also serves as the Chief Judge for the Prairie Island Indian Community and an Associate Judge for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Tribes in North Dakota as well as a Justice on the Oglala Sioux, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Courts of Appeals. Judge Jones is a former legal services attorney on the Rosebud and Standing Rock reservations and is a 1984 graduate of the University of Virginia School Of Law. He was formerly the Domestic Violence Integrated Court Judge for the MHA Nation on the Fort Berthold reservation.

All Scheduled Trainings

No other dates for this training are scheduled at this time.

Contact Information

Devin Rieckmann-Sell
(855) 866-2582
rieckman@fvtc.edu
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