The Bureau of Indian Affairs will be hosting more tribal court training sessions.

The BIA's Office of Justice Services is providing training to tribal court prosecutors, defenders and judges. The sessions are required by the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010.

The first session in the 2013 OJS Tribal Court Trial Advocacy Training Program takes place on May 14-16 in Missoula, Montana. The focus will be handling domestic violence cases.

The second session takes place June 17-20 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, with a focus on cases involving sexual assaults on children. The third session, from July 22-25 in Reno, Nevada, will focus on illegal narcotics.

The fourth training will be held August 6-9 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, with a focus on domestic violence cases. The final session takes place December 2-5 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with a focus on cases involving sexual assaults on adults.

Every session also includes a roundtable on S.47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, which recognizes tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians in domestic violence cases.

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