On Jan. 29, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the first meeting of a White House task force to address the incidence of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Lauren Klosinski Posts
The Denver Post Examines Recent Rulings on the Indian Child Welfare Act
by Lauren Klosinski | Jan 22, 2020 | American Indian Law
Politicians, judges and social workers in Colorado are on the front lines of a brewing legal battle over a federal law that helps keep Native American children from being adopted outside their tribes.
DOJ Announces Procurement Collusion Strike Force
by Lauren Klosinski | Nov 20, 2019 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
On Nov. 5, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the formation of the new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) focusing on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes.
DOJ Announces Pilot Program for Use of Body-Worn Cameras by Federally Deputized Task Force Officers
by Lauren Klosinski | Oct 31, 2019 | Policing
On Oct. 28, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing a pilot program that will allow federally deputized task force officers to use body-worn cameras while serving arrest warrants, or other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants.
October 2019 Council Updates
by Lauren Klosinski | Oct 22, 2019 | Children and the Law, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations, Policing, Property, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct
During its meeting in New York City on October 17 and 18, the ALI Council reviewed drafts for seven Institute projects. Drafts or portions of drafts for six projects received Council approval, subject to the meeting discussion and to the usual prerogative to make nonsubstantive editorial improvements.
The University of Wisconsin Releases Preliminary Findings From 2019 AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct
by Lauren Klosinski | Oct 22, 2019 | Student Sexual Misconduct
The University of Wisconsin-Madison released the preliminary findings from the 2019 Association of American Universities Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct on October 15.
Can Deputization Pacts Ease Tribes’ Jurisdiction Woes?
by Lauren Klosinski | Oct 14, 2019 | American Indian Law
An article for Law360 details the difficulties that law enforcement agencies face in attempting to regulate and ensure public safety in Indian Country, an area of jurisdiction which includes the United States’ 300 reservations as well as other tribal lands.
In Indian Country, A ‘Maze Of Injustice’ Persists For Women
by Lauren Klosinski | Sep 16, 2019 | American Indian Law
An article for Law360 Access to Justice details the complicated maze indigenous women must navigate in order to obtain legal protection when faced with domestic and sexual violence.
16th Annual MSU ILPC/TICA Indigenous Law Conference
by Lauren Klosinski | Sep 13, 2019 | American Indian Law
The 16th Annual Indigenous Law and Policy Center and Tribal In-House Counsel Association Indigenous Law Conference, hosted by Michigan State University College of Law, will take place October 10-11, 2019 (With pre-conference activities on October 9).
Law360 Article Argues In Favor of Risk Assessment Tools
by Lauren Klosinski | Aug 16, 2019 | Sentencing
An article for Law360 entitled “Risk Assessment Tools Are Not A Failed ‘Minority Report’” discusses the use of risk assessment tools used by judges in criminal cases. The article comes in response to a New York Times op-ed which implied that risk assessment tools make future violence seem more predictable than it actually is.