NAICJA Membership

Membership in NAICJA has many benefits, including free subscription to the NAICJA Newsletter (NAICJA News), discounts on the National Tribal Judicial Conference fees, and a pipeline to a national information network concerning issues of interest to tribal justice systems.

Please download Membership and Conference registration form here.

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Annual NAICJA membership fee is $50

Annual conference fee is $200

For more info please contact us at naicja@ku.edu.

The By-laws of the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) provide for four categories of membership as set forth below. Please note, however, that only active members are entitled to vote on Association issues.

(1) Active Member - limited to appointed or elected judges or other judicial officers currently serving in a tribal judicial system. You may contact us  at naicja@ku.edu for more information.

(2) Associate Member - limited to any person who had previously held the office of judge or other judicial officer in a tribal judicial system. You may contact us  at naicja@ku.edu for more information.

(3) Honorary Member - any person that the Association determines has performed distinguished service. You may contact us  at naicja@ku.edu for more information.

(4) Supporting Member - open to any person associated with the administration of a tribal justice system, practices before a tribal justice system, is employed in the field of Native American law, or who shares the goals of the Association. You may contact us  at naicja@ku.edu for more information.