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She was the co-author of the third edition of one of the leading textbooks on Indian Law, Cases & Materials on American Indian Law, and is the editor-in-chief of Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law, the only treatise on the subject: "Indian law and policy are complicated and difficult subjects, for writers as well as for teachers. Felix S. Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law (1982) has canonical stature, but it is organized for lawyers who want questions answered.[1] Ward Churchill's works bubble with the anger appropriate to the subject, but offer little that could be successfully taken into a...

South Bend, IN (LifeNews.com) -- Adding insult to injury, the University of Notre Dame announced today the appointment of a new law school dean who made donations to pro-abortion candidates, including President Barack Obama. The Catholic college is already under intense criticism for inviting Obama to give its commencement speech. On Wednesday, Notre Dame officials announced that Nell Jessup Newton, most recently chancellor and dean of the Hastings College of the Law at the University of California, has been appointed as the new law school dean. Rev. John Jenkins, the UND president who has come under fire for inviting Obama...

South Bend, IN -- Adding insult to injury, the University of Notre Dame announced today the appointment of a new law school dean who made donations to pro-abortion candidates, including President Barack Obama. The Catholic college is already under intense criticism for inviting Obama to give its commencement speech. Newton gave Obama's presidential campaign $2,300 during the first quarter of 2007. Newton also gave $500 to pro-abortion Catholic presidential candidate John Kerry during the first quarter of 2004 in his race against pro-life President George W. Bush.