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Kathryn & Steve's UNLV Faculty Lecture Podcast

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Mar 31 2012
Kathryn&Steve visited the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in March.  We guest lectured on tribal gaming law and policy in a Federal Indian Law class, met with the student Gaming Law Society, and presented a faculty lecture on legal education and gaming law and policy.  A podcast of our faculty lecture, which connects tribal gaming, the practice of gaming law, professionalism, and legal education, is available at http://gaming.unlv.edu/podcast.html .

Thanks to David Schwartz with the UNLV Center for Gaming Research for hosting the podcast!

Steve & Kathryn to Visit UNLV

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Mar 16 2012
We're off to Las Vegas to visit UNLV's William S. Boyd School of Law on March 26&27.  We're slated to give a presentation on gambling law education, as well as visit classes and meet with faculty and students.  On March 26, we'll visit Professor Rolnick's Indian Law class and meet student members of the Gaming Law Society.  On March 27, we'll give a public lecture on gambling law education, stemming from our work on an Indian gaming ethic and its role in professional values and ideals.  Looking forward to it!

New Article on Gaming Law Courses & Legal Education

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Mar 2 2012
Kathryn's latest article appears in the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of the Gaming Law Review&Economics: "Educating Lawyers Through Gambling Law: How a Course in Gambling Law Furthers Knowledge, Skills, and Values in Legal Education."  In it, she discusses the Carnegie Report on legal education and the three "apprenticeships" necessary to effectively educate aspiring attorneys.  Kathryn argues that a well designed and taught gambling law course can further students' substantive knowledge of the law, their skills as practicing attorneys, and their understanding of the values and ideals of the legal profession.

The citation is 16 Gaming L. Rev. & Econ. 8-14.  A pdf of the article is available on request.

Kathryn to Present at ABA Gaming Law Minefield

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Feb 7 2012
Kathryn is scheduled to present at the ABA's National Institute on the Gaming Law Minefield in Las Vegas, Feb. 23-24, 2012.  Her presentation is part of a panel on "Ethics and the Gaming Industry," which will discuss ethical issues faced by lawyers practicing in the gaming industry, with a focus on the relationship between the regulators and the regulated.  Kathryn's presentation will further develop Kathryn&Steve's concept of an "Indian Gaming Ethic" to guide tribal decisionmaking and to inform decisionmaking by non-tribal folks as well.

Some Recent Citations to Rand & Light in Federal Court Cases

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jan 6 2012
Menominee Indian Tribe v. U.S. Dep't of Interior, No. 09-C-496 (E.D. Wis., Nov. 4, 2010) (slip opinion).  This district court decision by Judge Griesbach concerns the ongoing effort to build an off-reservation tribal casino in Kenosha, Wis., along the I-94 corridor between Milwaukee and Chicago.  (We wrote an article on this all the way back in 2001: Light&Rand, "Are All Bets Off?

Light & Rand's First Book Featured as Recommended Gaming Book

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jan 4 2012
In December 2011, Indian Country Today ran a short piece on recommended gaming books, perfect for holiday gift giving.  The list includes our first book, Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise, by Steven Andrew Light and Kathryn R.L. Rand (University Press of Kansas, 2005).  The book is described as “well-balanced” and “offer[ing] a more comprehensive analysis of the industry. The authors’ succinct delivery starts with gaming’s history and details the development of Indian law and policy.”

New Article on Internet Gaming and "Tribal Gaming Ethic"

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jan 4 2012
 Steve and Kathryn have an article in the November 2011 issue of the Gaming Law Review&Economics:

Indian Gaming on the Internet: How the Indian Gaming Ethic Should Guide Tribes’ Assessment of the Online Gaming Market
Kathryn R.L. Rand and Steven Andrew Light
Gaming Law Review and Economics. November 2011, Vol. 15, No. 11: 681-691

It’s available through the journal’s web site (or email us if you'd like a pdf of the article):
http://www.liebertonline.com/toc/glre/15/11

Kathryn & Steve to Present at NIGA Tradeshow

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Mar 21 2011
Kathryn and Steve are panelists at the upcoming National Indian Gaming Association Tradeshow and Convention, April 3-6, 2011, in Phoenix.  They will participate in a panel on Internet Gaming: Federal and State Legislative Outlook, scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, at 9 am.  Their take on the topic will include issues related to Internet gaming that tribes should examine as tribal governments -- that is, beyond the profitability and feasibility of Internet gaming, what are the policy issues tribes should consider in deciding whether and how to pursue Internet gaming

Kathryn and Steve at NIGA Mid-Year Meeting

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Oct 12 2010
Steve and Kathryn are scheduled to participate in the National Indian Gaming Association's Mid-Year Meeting on October 19, 2010.  The meeting will take place at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, MN.  Steve will moderate a panel and Kathryn will serve as a panelist, both speaking on Internet gambling, legislative updates, and what it all means for Indian gaming.

Steve & Kathryn on Obama Administration in Latest Issue of GLRE

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Sep 23 2010
Kathryn and Steve wrote an article on "The Obama Administration's 'Path Forward on Indian Gaming Policy' and What It Signals for Off-Reservation Gaming" in the current issue of the Gaming Law Review and Economics.  The cite for the article is 14 Gaming L. Rev.&Econ. 449-54 (2010).  Send us an email if you're interested in the article.