Main Areas of Responsibility:
NMLA’s Native American Program (NAP) provides free legal services – both civil and criminal – to eligible low-income Native Americans living on or near the 19 Pueblos and the Mescalero Apache tribe in New Mexico. In addition to cases promoting family and economic stability, NAP prioritizes cases arising because of someone’s status as a Native American, including tribal and Indian law, estate planning involving tribal property, racial discrimination, and tribal criminal court cases.
Additional Areas of Responsibility:
The Litigation Managing Attorney is primarily responsible for providing oversight of NAP’s legal work, ensuring compliance with Legal Services Corporation regulations, ensuring that NAP is meeting the legal priorities in conformance with NMLA and NAP policies and procedures, and providing litigation-related professional development to NAP Staff Attorneys.
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