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Job Description

Division/Department: Tribal Court

Location: Absentee Shawnee Tribal Complex
                 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Dr
                 Shawnee. OK 74801

Job Title : SUPREME COURT TRIBAL JUDGE

Reports To : Chief Supreme Court Justice

Appointed by Executive Committee by Resolution

Type of Position: Full Time (Salary)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is accepting applications for two (2) positions of Supreme Court Justice.  Applicants must be admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association and be in good standing with no disciplinary actions pending against them.  The positions are on an as needed basis with compensation set by Tribal statute.  Duties include handling both civil and criminal matters.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To be eligible for selection or confirmation as a Justice of the Supreme Court, a person shall:
(a)         be either
           (1)           an enrolled member of the Tribe, or
           (2)           the parent, child, or spouse of an enrolled member of the Tribe, or
           (3)           actually domiciled within the territorial jurisdiction of the Tribe, or
           (4)           an attorney, or
           (5)           a lay advocate who has regularly practiced before the Court as a member of the Bar of the Court for
                           a period of seven years, for
           (6)           an Indian graduate of an American Bar Association approved Law School, or a Paralegal program                            approved by the Supreme Court; and
(b)          have demonstrated moral. integrity and fairness in his business, public and private life, and
(c)          have never been convicted of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude, whether or not actually               imprisoned, and have not been convicted of any offense, except traffic offenses, for a period of five years next               preceding his appointment.  The five year period shall begin to run from the date the person was               unconditionally released from supervision of any sort as a result of a conviction.
(d)          have regularly abstained from the excessive use of alcohol and any use whatsoever of illegal drugs or psycho               toxic chemical solvents.
(e)          be not less than thirty (30) years of age.
(f)           not be a member of the Executive Committee, or the holder of any other elective Tribal Office of this Tribe,                provided, that a candidate who is a member of the Executive Committee, or the holder of some other elective               Tribal Office, may be confirmed as a Justice subject to his resignation.  Upon resignation from his office, he                may be sworn in as and assume the duties of judicial office.

POSTED DATE:
August 1, 2009

CLOSING DATE:
Until Filled