Indian Gaming Now

Presentations

Kathryn R.L. Rand and Steven Andrew Light are available for informative and entertaining speaking engagements before all types of audiences on a wide range of topics related to Indian gaming. They have presented their work on Indian gaming at numerous national and international conferences, trainings and seminars, and symposia. In addition to their scholarly and professional presentations, they also provide training presentations tailored to specific audiences, such as “Indian Gaming 101,” “Indian Gaming: Fact or Fiction?,” and such topics as off-reservation gaming, tribal sovereignty, and recent legal and political developments. Rand and Light also serve as facilitators. Recent national presentations include:

Date Presentation
March 2012 A Gaming Law Ethic, presented at the 16th Annual ABA National Institute on the Gaming Law Minefield in Las Vegas, NV, February 24, 2012
February 2010 "Indian Gaming Now: Law, Policy, and Politics in the Next Decade," at University of Kansas School of Law Native Nations Law Symposium, February 12, 2009
September 2009 Statement Before the Sycuan Gaming Commission, Factfinding Hearing on Regulation of Class II Gaming, May 2009
September 2009 Statement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Oversight Hearing on the NIGC, April 2008
September 2009 "Tribal Sovereignty and Indian Gaming," Symposium on Tribal Sovereignty: Legal Trends and Directions, Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America, March 2008, in Washington, DC
September 2009 "Morality Policymaking and Indian Gaming," Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 2008, in Las Vegas
September 2009 "The Hand That's Been Dealt," Drake University Law School Gambling Law Symposium, September 2008, in Des Moines, IA
September 2009 "Indian Gaming and Economic Trends," at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of IGRA, October 2008, in Tempe, AZ
September 2009 "The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: 20 Years Later," at the ABA National Institute on Gaming Law Minefield, February 2009 in Las Vegas
March 2007 2007 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (presentations on state law, tribal-state intergovernmental relations, and Indian gaming)
October 2006 Annual Watkins Lecture, East Central University, October 2006 in Ada, Oklahoma. Light and Rand were invited to give ECU’s annual Watkins Lecture. Read more.
September 2006 Pedagogy of American Indian Law Conference, October 2006 in Grand Forks, ND (moderated discussions of teaching federal Indian law topics)
April 2006 13th International Conference on Gambling and Risk-Taking, May 2006 in Tahoe, NV (presentations on Indian gaming law and policy reform)
March 2006 Bingo.II Conference, March 2006 in Las Vegas, NV (presentations on the law and politics of Class II gaming)
May 2005 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, June 2005 in Las Vegas, NV (presentation on the influence of popular media accounts of Indian gaming on law and policy)
April 2005 Indian Law Conference, April 2005 in Grand Forks, ND (presentation on tribal-state revenue sharing agreements)