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40 St. & Loc. L. News 1 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/stlolane40 and id is 1 raw text is: IIIN Section of State and Local Government Law LOCAL LAW The Section serves as a collegialforumfor its members, the profession, and the public to provide leadership and educational resources in urban, state, and local government law and policy. 1 Editor's Message With the 2016-2017 bar year, we wel- come Ellen Rosenblum as Section Chair and her message of inclusion for all Section mem- bers. Participation in Section conferences and committees is both professionally rewarding and fun! Our Chair is running for re-election as Oregon Attorney General. We look forward to toasting her success at the Fall Conference in Phoenix starting November 17. This conference is the first joint ABA-Tribal Affairs conference. Special thanks to Robert Saunooke, our Tribal Law Committee Chair, Diandra Benally, President-Elect of the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA), and Linda Benally, immediate Past President of NNABA, for their leadership in organizing this conference. We include an article on confer- ence highlights as well as the agenda. There are two important substantive articles. Thomas Mitchell, Reporter for the Uniform Heirs Property Act highlights the adoption of the Act in South Carolina and sets out a compelling history of the need for this legal remedy, already adopted in eight states since it was first made avail- able for consideration by the states in 2011. Sophia Stadnyk, our U.S. Supreme Court reporter, returns with an analysis of the famous eight- Justice 2015-2016 term. Finally, we welcome Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Associate Editor of our Section law review, The Urban Lawyer, and Beth E. Kinne, the new Asso- ciate Editor of this publication, and publish their bios. Erica Levine Powers Plan YourYear to Include Great Live CLE from the Section of State and Local Government Law February 2-5,2017 ABA Midyear Meeting and Section Midyear CLE and Networking Conference Featuring the Annual Land Use Institute (February 1-2) and Diversity Issues Miami, Florida April 27-30, 2017 Section Spring CLE and Networking Conference Social Justice Co-sponsored by the Public Contract Law Section, Civil Rights and Social Justice Section, and Forum on Affordable Housing. St. Louis, Missouri August 10-13,2017 ABA Annual Meeting and Section Annual CLE and Networking Conference New York, New York - Chair's Message, page 3 - Section News -Save the Date: Fall Meeting November 17 in Phoenix, page 4 -Meet Our New Associate Editors, page 11 -Member News, page 11 - The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, page 6 - Supreme Court Watch: Court, Interrupted, page 12 Published in State & Local Law News, Volume 40, Number 1, Fall 2016. © 2016 American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. Vol. 40, No. 1, Fall 2016

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