FACULTY Highlights
Professor Stephen R. Miller will serve as a principal investigator on a $240,000 grant from the U.S. Forest Service’s Landscape Scale Restoration Project and the Idaho Department of Lands to address an ever-growing hazard of wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface. Professor Richard Seamon has joined with College of Law alumnus and Law Advisory Council member John Bush ’88 to co-author a petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, James v. City of Boise. Professor John Rumel was honored by the Idaho State Bar as one of the 2015 Distinguished Lawyers of the Year. Professor Rumel was recognized at the July ISB Annual Meeting held in Sun Valley July 14-16. Professor Angelique EagleWoman has been elected Deputy Chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Section Executive Board. Professor EagleWoman previously served as the Secretary of the section. Professor Don Burnett was a coordinator and speaker of the Idaho Teachers’ Institute in June, co-sponsored by the Idaho Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for Idaho, and the College of Law. The Institute was titled “The Rule of Law and the Role of an Independent, Impartial Judiciary” and was designed for secondary school educators. Professor Wendy Gerwick Couture has been granted tenure at the University of Idaho College of Law. Professor Couture is known for her excellent teaching, scholarship and her service and outreach to the greater legal community. She was selected by the graduating class of 2014 to receive the Peter E. Heiser Award for Excellence in Teaching.
MBA/Juris Doctorate degree option is now available from the College of Law in partnership with Boise State University. Students can earn a law degree and master of business administration (MBA) simultaneously. Special thank you to the adjunct professors who served the College of Law in 2015: Nancy Baskin ’98 Law Clerk for Judge Edward J. Lodge, Trial Skills Charles Bauer ’79 of Bauer and Ryan PLLC, Family Law Jon Bauman ’82 of Elam & Burke, Legislative Law Allan Bosch of Capitol Law Group, Partnership Tax Ron Caron of RGC Tax & Estate Solutions PLLC, Wills, Trusts and Estates Matt Christensen of Angstman Johnson, Real Estate Law, International Business Transactions Merlyn Clark ’64 of Hawley Troxell, Negotiation and Appropriate Dispute Resolution Tecla Druffel ’11 of TED BK PLLC, Bankruptcy Hon. Andrew Ellis ’01 of the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, Children and the Law Ford Elsaesser ’78 of Elsaesser Jarzabek Anderson Elliott & Macdonald CHTD Kevin Griffiths ’09 of Duke Scanlan Hall PLLC, Insurance Law Edwin Litteneker ’78 private practice, Negotiation and Appropriate Dispute Resolution Hon. David Manweiler ’86 of the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, Juvenile Justice Joseph Meier of Cosho Humphrey LLP, Bankruptcy David Metcalf, Chambers of Judge B. Lynn Winmill, Complex Litigation Hon. Terry Myers ’80 Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho, Bankruptcy Stephen Nipper, Buchanan Nipper, Boise Duncan Palmatier, Moscow, Patents Hon. Jim Pappas ’77 Bankruptcy Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho, Bankruptcy Jeff Severson, Chambers of Judge B. Lynn Winmill, Complex Litigation Hon. B. Lynn Winmill of the U.S. District Court, District of Idaho, Complex Litigation George Wentz of Davillier Law Group LLC, International Business Transactions
2015
Professor Anastasia Telesetsky has been awarded the Ian Axford New Zealand Fellowship in Public Policy. Professor Telesetsky will focus her research on the topic of “Marine Food Security and Sustainable Fishing Practices: The Role of Law and Policy in Reducing Waste in the Fishing Sector.”
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