Tribal Law and Policy Institute

Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) with the Native Alliance Against Violence (NAAV), American Bar Association on behalf of its Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence (ABA), Tribal Judicial Institute at the University of North Dakota School of Law (TJI), and the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) promote effective collaboration amongst victim advocates, lawyers, and lay advocates to advance trauma-informed, victim-centered, and culturally appropriate legal assistance service delivery to survivors on tribal lands.

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) provides training and technical assistance to Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) and tribal governments grantees and potential grantees interested in planning for, implementing, and exercising criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit certain crimes within tribal jurisdictional boundaries, including tribal leaders, judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, tribal general counsel/in-house counsel, victim advocates, law enforcement, court staff, child welfare staff, probation/parole/re-entry, corrections, and other disciplines that may be necessary to plan for and exercise STCJ.

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) provides training and technical assistance, through semiannual Inter-Tribal Working Group (ITWG) meetings, to special tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ), tribal governments, and potential grantees on the challenges and gaps that tribal nations encounter in their planning, implementation, and exercise of jurisdiction over non-Indians. The target audience for this project is all tribes interested in implementing STCJ and ITWG participants including tribal council members, judges, victim advocates, defense attorneys, law enforcement, prosecutors, court staff, tribal general counsel/in-house counsel, probation/parole/re-entry, corrections, and other disciplines that may be necessary to plan for and exercise STCJ.