PUBLIC SPEAKING
Prof. Rusco regularly speaks publicly about Federal Indian Law, Tribal Sovereignty, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Native History, and Tribal Citizenship.
PRIOR PRESENTATIONS
Hindsight Distorted: Dispelling Misconceptions about Native Society Prior to 1492 Annual Native American Heritage Month presentation. Kiwanis Club, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Nov. 17, 2022; Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Nov. 5, 2021 and Nov. 11, 2020; and Houston Community College, Houston, Texas Nov. 22, 2019 and Nov. 26, 2018.
Your Next Article (New Scholars Workshop) Southeast Association of Law Schools 2023 Conference, Panelist, Boca Raton, Florida, July 24, 2023.
Implementing ABA 303(c) in the Legal Writing Classroom Southeast Association of Law Schools 2023 Conference, Co-moderator, Boca Raton, Florida, July 28, 2023 (with Prof. Brooke McDonough).
A New Lens: Diversity, Standard 303(c), and Problem Development ALWD 2023 Biennial Conference, University of California, Irvine School of Law, July 14, 2023 (with Prof. Gail Stephenson and Prof. Wendy Shea).
Separate and Unequal in Indian Country Law and Society Association 2023 Annual Meeting, Thematic Panel Discussion, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2, 2023 (with Prof. Winona Singel, Assistant Prof. Dan Lewerenz, and Assistant Prof. Daniel Rice).
ALWD Scholars Workshop Association of Legal Writing Directors, University of Oregon School of Law, Oct. 7, 2022.
Life After Law School Series: Writing Workshop Student Bar Association, Southern University Law Center, Oct. 7, 2021.
Plenary Power, Lone Wolf’s Legacy, and Imperium en Imperio: Can Sovereignty Survive? Tribal Courts and Sovereignty Symposium, Southern University Law Center, Oct. 25, 2019.
Historical Legacies of Blood Quantum in Indian Law State Bar of Arizona CLE, Albuquerque, NM, May 4, 2018.
Taxation of Construction Projects in Indian Country State Bar of Arizona CLE, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 18, 2017.
Tribal Equal Access to Voting Act Eleventh Circuit Legal Scholarship Forum, Stetson University College of Law, Nov. 13, 2015.
Integrating Google Docs Into Your Curriculum Central States Legal Writing Conference, University of Kansas School of Law, Sept. 28, 2013.
Student Emotion, Performance, and Evaluations Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, University of Oregon School of Law, Aug. 11, 2012.
Tribal Citizen Participation in State and National Politics: Welcome Wagon or Trojan Horse? Southern University Law Center Speaker Series, Feb. 25, 2011.
Tribal Citizen Participation in State and National Politics: Welcome Wagon or Trojan Horse? Texas State Bar, Indian Law Section Meeting, Jan. 14, 2011.
Citizenship, Race, and Symbiosis: A Critique of Tribal Citizenship Practices University of Wisconsin Indian Law Conference, March 27, 2009.
Legal Writers Workshop Legal Writing Institute, July 2008. Invited participant.
Mitigating Emotional Barriers to Student Performance: Strategies for New Legal Writing Professors Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, March 22, 2008.
