For more information or to become involved with any committee, please contact the chair of the respective committee

Indian Law Section

Section Committees and Activities

For more information or to become involved with any committee, please contact the chair of the respective committee.

Continuing Legal Education

The CLE Committee is responsible for planning and organizing CLE courses sponsored by the State Bar of New Mexico and/or the Indian Law Section. The CLE events for 2013 will be announced soon.

Chair: Autumn Monteau
Email: autumn.monteau@gmail.com

Outreach and Recruiting

The Outreach & Recruiting Committee was created to increase section membership and participation in section events.

Chair: Nikki Borchardt Campbell
Email: nborchardt@luebbenlaw.com

Bar Preparation Scholarship

The Bar Preparation Scholarship was established to help defray the costs of bar examination application fees and preparation courses for third-year UNM law students who intend to take the New Mexico Bar and practice Indian Law.

Congratulations to the Indian Law Section
Bar Preparation Scholarship Recipients

2013 Indian Law Section Scholarship Winners

Left to right: Veronique Richardson, Autumn Monteau, 2013 Indian Law Section Bar Preparation Scholarship winners, LeeAnne Kane and Leland Begay, and Delilah Choneska.

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2011 - Ms. Natasha Cuylear and Ms. JoEtta Toppah

2010 - Ms. Veronique Richardson and Ms. Selesia Winston

2009 – Ms. Alicia Sanasac and Mr. Aaron Choneska

2008 – Ms. Gertrude Lee, Ms. Carrie Martell and Mr. Jonathan Tsosie
2007 – Ms. Nelissa Kennedy
2006 – Mr. Casey Douma and Ms. Suzanne Martinez

Thanks to following Bar Preparation Scholarship Donors

1st Judicial District Bar Association (2007)

Appleby Law PLLC (2011)

Diandra D. Benally (2011)
Marianne Bettinger (2011)
Dean Burbridge (2010)
Rodina Cave (2011)

Chestnut Law Offices (2006 and 2009)
Cuddy, Kennedy, Albetta & Ives, LLP (2006, 2007, 2008)
Cuddy & McCarthy LLP (2011)
Dr. Robert A. Currier (2007)

M.P. Gross Law Firm, P.C. (2011)

Mr. Robert Gruenig (2007)

Ellen R. Kemper (2011)

Laguna Development Corporation (2010)

Leubben, Johnson & Barnhouse, LLP -
(2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011)
Long, Pound & Komer, PA (2007)
Modrall Sperling (2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011)
Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash & Bladh, LLP -

(2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011)
Pueblo of Acoma (2007)
Pueblo of Sandia (2006 and 2007)
Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom,
Schoenberg & Bienvenu, LLP (2006 and 2008)
State Bar Young Lawyers Division (2007)

Stetson Law Office (2010)
Sutin, Thayer & Brown (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011)

Dean Kevin Washburn (2010)

John D. Wheeler & Associates (2008)

The ILS continues to accept tax-deductible donations throughout the year. Please send your check as follows:

Payable to: Indian Law Section Bar Preparation Scholarship

Mail to: State Bar of New Mexico, 5121 Masthead NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109

Now accepting applications!

Co-chairs:

Natasha Cuylear
Email: natasha.cuylear@jaasociatesnm.com

Veronique Richardson
Email: vrichardson@luebbenlaw.com