U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and a panel of other Native American women “firsts” are featured in the ABA Presidential Speaker Series Thursday, Nov. 2.
The discussion will be followed by the release of a study from the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession in collaboration with the National Native American Bar Association titled “Excluded and Alone: Examining the Experiences of Native American Women in the Law and a Path Towards Equity.”
The report will be discussed by Firekeepers Circle Co-chairs Jin Hwang, commissioner of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, and Linda Benally, past president of the National Native American Bar Association.
The program, which is part of the ABA’s recognition of Native American Heritage Month, will be available at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Nov. 2.
No advance registration is required, the program can be viewed here.
The event is co-sponsored by the National Native American Bar Association.
In addition to Haaland, the panel will include:
• Abby Abinanti (Yurok), Chief Judge, Yurok Tribe and the first Native American Woman to pass the California Bar Exam
• Kimberly TeeHee (Cherokee), the first Delegate-designate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Cherokee Nation and former senior policy adviser for Native American affairs in the White House
• Stacy Leeds (Cherokee), Willard H. Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and first Native American woman to serve as a law school dean
• Valerie Nurr’araluk Davidson (Yup’ik), President/CEO of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and former lieutenant governor of Alaska and the first female Alaska Native to serve in that role.
The ABA Presidential Speaker Series, an initiative of ABA President Mary Smith, is a collection of diverse virtual conversations with globally recognized figures.
Under the theme “Lifting Our Voices, Charting the Future,” these fireside chats will promote dialogue, civility and exposure to diverse viewpoints, innovative ideas and career insights.
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