Idaho Law Magazine 2016

A MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO COLLEGE OF LAW

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A MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO COLLEGE OF LAW WINTER 2016 PRESIDENT Chuck Staben DEAN Mark L. Adams ASSOCIATE DEANS Barbara Cosens Lee Dillion Jeffrey A. Dodge EDITORS Terri L. Muse Neil Luther MAGAZINE DESIGN Beth A. Case WRITERS AND CONTRIBUTORS Cara Hawkins-Jedlicka Stacie Jones Terri L. Muse PHOTOGRAPHS Melissa Hartley Joe Pallen

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DEAN’S MESSAGE................................................................2

COMMENCEMENT........................................................... 18

PRACTICE READY.................................................................4

HONORS AND RECOGNITION...................................... 20

20 YEARS of EXCELLENCE: NW Institute for Dispute Resolution.............................. 12

LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL.............................................. 22

DONOR PROFILE ­— Love and Law................................ 14 SENATOR BART DAVIS AND BECK ROAN ON THE STEPS OF THE IDAHO STATE CAPITOL

NEW FACULTY.................................................................... 24 IDAHO LAW: News & Notes........................................... 26

DONOR PROFILE —Becoming an Advocate................ 16

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DEAN’S MESSAGE

Our Successes

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Our skills programs are strong thanks to the support we receive from our alumni and friends. I am grateful to those who have provided externship opportunities in their agencies and offices. We have a wonderful group of alumni and friends who serve as trainers and mentors in our trial advocacy program and with our moot court, mock trial and dispute resolution competitions. Our faculty has lead the way with their early embrace of making skills training a

part of our overall curriculum and with their willingness to modify their teaching to ensure that content learned in the classroom has a connection to the complexity of actual law practice.

In this issue, we also feature examples of how our alumni impact the success of the College of Law by sharing of their time, expertise and giving. Karen and Kim Gowland are both undergraduate and law graduates of the University of Idaho. Over the years they have given back to their alma mater by volunteering their time, by serving on advisory boards, by making the University of Idaho a beneficiary of their personal philanthropy and by being enthusiastic ambassadors for the institution.

I am humbled by their dedication to the university and the College of Law. Another example of giving is Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden. Through his work with the American Legacy foundation he has made a gift to the college in his honor, established the Lawrence G. Wasden

Scholar law student scholarship endowment. This fall we awarded the first scholarship to incoming student Kacie Bitzenburg. This scholarship will allow Ms. Bitzenburg to focus on gaining the skills she will need to enter into the field of healthcare law without the burden of graduating with high debt.

The Attorney General and Ms. Bitzenburg met on her very first day of law school when General Wasden came to Moscow to participate in our professionalism orientation program as a program mentor. General Wasden has given an incredible amount of time to our College and to our students by being a professionalism mentor, a Law Advisory Council member and speaking to our students on a variety of topics. The Lawrence G. Wasden Scholar program is just another example of his commitment to the College of Law. We continue to move forward in the effort to add the first year of law school to our Boise location.

The approval process is on track for us to have firstyear students in Boise for the 2017-2018 academic year. Our “One College – Two Locations” goal will be completely realized with the addition of the first year in Boise.

I am proud to share that we have also made national news this year by our jump in the U.S. News &

World Report’s law school overall ranking – climbing 16 spots to 111 – and by our ranking among the top 20 law schools for our employment outcomes. Most recently, we were also named the No. 8 best value law school in the country by preLaw Magazine. The college rose from being listed as an “A- Best Value School” on the annual list to breaking into the Top 10 this year. Over 200 law schools were considered for this recognition. UI was boosted by a decrease in debt load among its graduates and an increase in post-graduation employment outcomes. These successes are the result of hard work by our faculty, staff, students and by our support from alumni and friends.

We have much to look forward to in this upcoming year and are grateful for our community that continues to support us. My door is always open if you want to know more about our plans for the future or have any other questions. Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly.

Mark L. Adams Dean, College of Law marka@uidaho.edu

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reparing our students for the everyday reality of being a lawyer is a key aspect of the University of Idaho College of Law’s statewide mission to provide an outstanding legal education program.

Practice ready is the focus of our feature story in this Idaho Law magazine issue. As the story illustrates, our students, graduates and the greater legal community agree that the College of Law provides the practice ready training needed for today’s competitive job market. Our students are able to choose from a variety of skills training opportunities through our clinics, externships, competitions and our pro bono program. It is clear that skills training along with doctrinal courses help bridge the gap between law school and legal practice. The proof is in our employment statistics with nearly 85 percent of graduates of the Class of 2015 employed.

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They say practice makes perfect. In the University of Idaho College of Law, students practice for their future careers through legal clinics, externships and other practical training opportunities. But contrary to the famous saying, the goal of these programs isn’t perfection. It’s preparedness.

Alumni say experiential learning helps bridge education and workplace

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PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH PRACTICAL LAWYERING SKILLS, THE UI COLLEGE OF LAW IS PROVING THAT IT’S AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

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n 2011, Tracey (Calderon) Poulos, who had been working as a professional mediator, decided it was time to kick up her career a notch. The 37-year-old single mom and her two young children moved from Boise to Moscow, where she enrolled in the University of Idaho College of Law. Halfway through her first year, however, she began to have doubts.

“That first year of law school was really difficult,” Poulos said. “As a non-traditional student, it had been a long time since I had been in school, and now I was having to learn this very complex material and learn a whole new way of thinking and speaking.”

“I started to question that maybe law school wasn’t for me,” she said. “I almost gave up.”

“It was a turning point for me; I started to excel,” Poulos said. “Being able to develop actual skills through hands-on learning…that’s where I thrived and learned the best.”

She shined not only in the classroom, but also in the workplace. While completing her third year, Poulos applied her new lawyering skills as an extern for the city attorney in Lewiston, Idaho. Her work there impressed Lewiston attorney Paige Nolta, who invited Poulos to join her law firm upon graduation.

Today, just two years out of law school, Poulos is a staff attorney at Nolta Law Office focused on public defense and finds herself in the courtroom almost daily. She has also emerged as one of the area’s go-to child custody mediators.

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OFFERS my practical experiences got me to where I am,” she said. “I honestly don’t think I’d be a lawyer today had it not been for those experiences.”

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In just the last two years, the college has been honored twice TO THOSE IN THE for its practical learning proCOMMUNITY WHO ARE grams, such as its clinics and NOT ABLE TO AFFORD IT. externships. In February 2015 National Jurist magazine named A LEADER IN the College of Law as one of PRACTICAL TRAINING the best law schools for practical training. And in spring 2015, preLaw Magazine gave the colIn today’s competitive job market, employers expect lege a top grade for practical training. law graduates to enter the workforce practice ready. But according to a 2015 national survey by The college’s strong emphasis on practical LexisNexis, 95 percent of 300 hiring partners and skills has strengthened its national reputation. associates surveyed believe recently graduated law Over the last year, the college climbed 16 students lack key practical skills at the time of hiring. spots in the US News & World Report Law While law schools across the nation explore better School rankings. The college was among the ways to close the gap between the teaching of legal few law schools in the nation to see such a doctrine and providing students with practical lawlarge jump up the rankings. yering skills, the UI College of Law is proving that it’s ahead of the curve.

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But she didn’t give up; she changed her strategy. She focused on learning how to act like a lawyer, not just to think like one. In her second and third years, she took professional skills-based courses, competed as part of the college’s Mock Trial Team, and honed her mediation skills in the Mediation Clinic.

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“Our faculty and administration have made a strong commitment to providing our students with practical skills,” said Professor Maureen Laflin, who has served as the college’s director of clinical programs for more than 20 years. “For a law school our size, we have an amazingly strong clinical program.”

The College of Law has long recognized the importance of practical learning in legal education. In 1971, it launched its first legal-aid clinic so students could apply classroom learning to real-life legal situations. Today, the clinical program has grown to six clinics. In Moscow, students can build their lawyering skills through the Main Street Law Clinic, Immigration Clinic and Mediation Clinic. The college leverages its urban location in Boise as its home to the Small Business Clinic, Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and Economic Development Clinic.

“Through our integrated clinical programs, our students not only develop practical skills to practice law, they also gain confidence that they can do it,” Laflin said.

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while also offering legal representation to those in the community who are not able to afford it.

For instance, two years ago, students in the Main Street Law Clinic and the Mediation Clinic worked together to prepare a class-action law suit against the owner of the Syringa Mobile Home Park in Moscow, whose tenants had gone without potable water for 93 days. Clinic students were involved in all aspects of the case, from arguing motions in front of the court, to interacting with the tenants, to investigating evidence, to writing interrogatories and conducting depositions.

“My clinic experience showed me how to approach a case from start to finish,” said Michaela Adams, a 2015 graduate who worked on the Syringa case as a student and is now completing a two-year clerkship with Thomas Ryan, a district judge for the third judicial district in Canyon County. “Clinic, in general, was by far the most rewarding aspect of my graduate experience.”

Clinics can also prepare students for highly specialized practices of law, such as tax law. Teresa Bode ’15 discovered a passion for tax law when she signed up for the Low-Income Tax Clinic, in which students represent low-income taxpayers in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service. The experi-

ence helped spark her career in a complex field that typically requires years of on-the-job training and additional education.

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in addition to providing invaluable experiences, training and education is something the university should be proud of,” she continued. “Who wouldn’t want to go to a school that is just as invested in the quality of your education as they are in getting you a job to use it?”

ONE OF ONLY A FEW LAW “Tax Clinic gave me the baseline SCHOOLS IN THE NATION knowledge I needed to get my foot in the door, and now I am working TO INTRODUCE A TRIAL at what I would consider to be one SKILLS PROGRAM.” of the leading tax firms,” said Bode, who is now an attorney at Woolston COURTROOM PRACTICE & Tarter, P.C., in Phoenix, Arizona.

Trial skills are another critical aspect Her clinical experience connected of practical training. In 1979, the Colher to her current employer, Tim lege of Law became one of only a few law schools Tarter, who had visited the clinic to speak about the in the nation to introduce a trial skills program that profession. gives students a chance to apply their legal educaBode credits Professor Barbara Lock, director of the tion to courtroom situations.

Low-Income Tax Clinic, for “playing a huge role” in The Trial Advocacy Program is an intensive oneher early professional success. week course for third-year law students. Faculty, “Professor Lock made it her priority to see me Idaho judges and legal practitioners — including become a successful attorney,” Bode said. “I have no some of the top litigators in the state — serve as idea what I’d be doing now if it wasn’t for her mentrainers. Focused on a single simulated case throughtorship in the Tax Clinic.” out the week, the trainers demonstrate courtroom “The fact that the University of Idaho focuses on strategies and tactics, discuss the topic, then coach recruiting exceptional professors, like Professor Lock, the students as they try it themselves. Students 2016

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STUDENTS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR ME HAVE HELPED DRAFT PUBLIC POLICY ...”

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practice courtroom skills such as delivering opening statements and closing arguments, direct and cross examination, using exhibits, objections and presenting expert witnesses. Nearly 50 students go through the popular course each year.

“In the 38 years since it began, the program has probably trained 1,000 students on trial advocacy,” Laflin said.

Practical learning opportunities also include the Magistrate Judge Research Assistance Program. Second and third-year law students at both campuses provide research and writing assistance to Idaho’s 90 magistrate judges who do not have law clerks. Students learn more about the judicial system, clerking and writing judicial decisions.

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“Externships help students bridge the gap between substantive learning and legal practice,” said Katie Ball, the college’s externship coordinator in Boise. “In addition to receiving the practical training, the students are able to expand their professional network, build their resumes and get that first law job on their resume.”

Beck Roan, a 2016 graduate, was an extern last spring for Sen. Bart Davis ’80 during the legislative session in the Idaho State Capitol Building, which is adjacent to the college’s campus at the Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center in downtown Boise.

Roan provided research and writing assistance, attended committee meetings and got a front-row seat to the lawmaking process.

“I was impressed with the legislative process,” Roan said. “But even more than that, the most beneficial part of my experience was my time spent with Sen. Davis. I’ve never met anyone like him. He’s not only a powerful political figure, but also a fantastic

attorney, an incredible mentor, and one of the most genuine people I have ever been around.”

Sen. Davis, a longtime supporter of the College of Law, has supervised several UI law students as part of the Legislative Research Assistance Program, which brings second- and third-year law students into the state capitol to help Idaho’s legislators with research and writing projects during the legislative session.

“Many of the students who have worked for me have helped draft public policy or negotiated with me or on my behalf,” he said. “Now their fingerprints are on the Idaho Code. I hope that they take away from the experience a richer understanding of the state government, how the state legislature works, and the complicated process of changing the law, writing the law and approving the law.”

Alumni like Sen. Davis are key to the success of the college’s practical training programs.

“Many of our externship supervisors are UI alumni,” Ball said. “We have a great group of alums who are involved in training the next generation of graduates.”

While an externship or clinic experience is not required to graduate, 80-85 percent of UI law students opt to participate in the college’s practical training programs. Employers of UI law graduates say that’s a wise choice.

“I have always been critical of the general law school experience in that it should provide — from a vocational perspective — more hands-on training on how to practice law,” said James Alderman ’01, assistant general counsel for J.R. Simplot Company. “Take medical school, for example. Medical students have to go through a residency program to become physicians. But in law, there’s no comparable component.

Externships can help add to that missing component of legal education.”

Alderman is doing his part to better prepare today’s law graduates. He served as a supervisor to several UI externs over the years.

“They’ve all been very solid,” he said. “In fact, in the last five years, we’ve hired two former externs as staff attorneys, and both have already been elevated to assistant general counsel.”

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Recognized among the top 25 externship programs nationwide by preLaw Magazine in 2013, the UI externship program is another way the college is preparing law students with the practical skills they need to enter the workforce. Through the program, students earn academic credits while receiving on-

the-job training under the supervision of practicing professionals in a variety of settings, including public agencies, nonprofit organizations, law firms, corporations and offices of state and federal judges.

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he College of Law’s annual Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution marked its 20th year in May. Established in 1997 by Professor Maureen Laflin, director of clinical programs, the institute brings

in nationally recognized faculty to provide dispute resolution training to University of Idaho law students, members of the bar, judges — including members of the Idaho Supreme Court — and other professionals.

Courses are designed to provide basic skills and continuing education in family law mediation, civil mediation and other conflict resolution topics pertinent to today’s justice system.

This year, the program also featured a specialized training course on managing water conflicts, a particularly relevant topic in the Northwest.

Each year, the basic training courses attract approximately 25 participants. More than half of these participants are typically law students.

“What’s great is that in our basic courses, law students get to learn and practice their new skills alongside members of the bar,” Laflin said. “It’s an excellent networking opportunity for them.”

Laflin said lawyers increasingly recognize the value of dispute resolution processes and the importance of learning these skills, either as an advocate or as a neutral third party. As the demand for quality dispute resolution training grows, the program continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of professionals. For example, the institute expanded its outreach to offer advanced family programs in collaboration with the Confluence Resolution Center in Coeur d’Alene. It also partners with the U.S. District Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution program to offer advanced mediation trainings in Boise.

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over the past 20 years, which has resulted in its continued growth,” Laflin said.

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Love and Law UI GAVE START TO ROMANCE AND CAREERS

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“Karen was — and still is — a knock-out,” gushed Kim as he described that pivotal encounter.

“He was funny, charming and sweet,” Karen added. “Neither of us speak Spanish very well now…that tells you how much we paid attention in class that semester.”

The classroom flirtation blossomed into a lifetime partnership. Karen and Kim married between their junior and senior year. The newlyweds completed their accounting degrees in the UI College of Business and Economics in 1981. Then, they headed to the UI College of Law. “Law school had been a goal of mine since before I started college…the law has always interested me,” said Karen, whose middle-school dreams of becoming an FBI agent had evolved into aspirations of becoming a lawyer.

For Kim, who had planned on a career in accounting, the decision to go to law school was a bit more circumstantial.

“It would not have occurred to me to go to law school had it not been for Karen,” he said.

“I don’t know if I dragged him to law school or if he was a willing participant,” chuckled Karen. “But we decided it was easiest to go to law school together.”

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The couple remember their years as law students fondly, telling stories of late-night studying — Karen in front of MTV music videos, and Kim with a ski cap pulled snuggly over his ears – “the 1980s version of noise canceling headphones,” he said.

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after 30 years as legal counsel for Boise Cascade and its affiliated companies, most recently as senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Boise, Inc. Kim also had a successful career, also retiring in 2014 after nearly 27 years in business, real estate, and estate planning law at the Boise firm of Meuleman Mollerup.

The Gowlands now spend their time traveling the world and enjoying the Idaho outdoors surrounding their second home in McCall. They also give back to their community and alma mater. Karen is the current chair of the University of Idaho Foundation Board of Directors and a past chair of the College of Law Advisory Council. They have both served on the leadership boards for several professional and community organizations, and for nearly 20 years, Karen has chaired the Idaho State Bar Professional Conduct Board.

Karen has received several awards for her service, including the Sheldon A. Vinenti Award for Exemplary Service from the College of Law in 2015.

“We give back because UI was the foundation of our success, from both an educational standpoint, and from the fact that there’s an outstanding network of Vandals across the state who continue to help us professionally and personally,” Karen said. “Our best friends today are still the ones we made when we were at UI.” The Gowlands have also been significant financial supporters of both the College of Law and College of Business and Economics. The couple recently made the decision to include the University of Idaho in their estate plans.

“It was difficult but we were extraordinarily happy,” Karen said. “It was a great time in our lives.”

“We are enthusiastic supporters of education,” Kim said.

“It has meant so much in our lives, and we’ve seen what it can do for others. It’s the natural place to devote our time and resources.”

After earning their JDs in 1984, the couple moved to Boise, where they began their family – two sons, Reggie and Riley — and legal careers. In 2014, Karen retired

“We think to support education and the UI is a great investment in the future of our great state…that’s why we do it,” Karen added.

”WE GIVE BACK BECAUSE UI WAS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SUCCESS, FROM BOTH AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT, AND FROM THE FACT THAT THERE’S AN OUTSTANDING NETWORK OF VANDALS ACROSS THE STATE WHO CONTINUE TO HELP US PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY,” KAREN SAID. “OUR BEST FRIENDS TODAY ARE STILL THE ONES WE MADE WHEN WE WERE AT UI.”

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ust one day after their 36th wedding anniversary, Kim and Karen Gowland of Boise seem just as smitten with each other as they were the day they first met at the University of Idaho. Theirs is a love story that began nearly four decades ago when two young Vandals sat side-by-side in a freshman Spanish class.

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Becoming an Advocate: KACIE BITZENBURG

Inaugural Lawrence G. Wasden Scholar his year, Kacie Bitzenburg from Flier, Idaho, became the first Lawrence G. Wasden scholar. After graduating from Boise State University in 2013, her career path was not clear but with a passion to be an advocate, she knew that she was looking for a career where she could help others.

“About a month before graduating with my bachelor’s degree, I experienced the terrifying realization that my original life plan – teaching – might not be the best fit for me,” Bitzenburg said. “Even as a child, I have always gravitated toward and found joy in advocating for others, and my life experiences as a young adult only affirmed my conviction that advocacy must serve a vital role in my career. I merely needed to discover the correct medium through which to achieve that goal.”

Bitzenburg explored other options but she kept returning to the idea of earning her J.D. “I wouldn’t have the power to make the changes I want to see without a J.D.,” she said. “Everything kept leading me back to law school.”

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This especially became apparent when she began working as the program coordinator for the WWAMI Regional Medical Education program and she realized that healthcare law would combine her passions. After spending nine months talking to local lawyers and a few UI professors about the possibility of earning her J.D., it was witnessing medical students on their Match Day that finally helped her decide what direction she wanted to go.

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“On Match Day, the medical students reach the pinnacle of their entire education and discover where they have matched for residency. Every one of them was bursting

with exuberance to begin serving their patients, and I realized that I felt that same gripping passion and enthusiasm for law. It was time to take the plunge.”

This decision brought her to the University of Idaho College of Law and the Lawrence G. Wasden Scholars program. This program includes a student scholarship and support for the education of law students interested in legal and policy dimensions of public health issues arising from tobacco and substance abuse.

“I am excited at the potential that Kacie has, as well the impact that this scholarship is having currently and looking into the future,” said Idaho State Attorney General Lawrence G. Wasden. “I am happy to see the passion that I have for these issues is alive and thriving in Idaho Law’s future generation of lawyers and leaders.”

Bitzenburg can see herself making an impact in two areas; access for Idaho’s rural population and Title IX advocacy. These areas of interest in healthcare law come from her own experiences.

“I grew up in a rural agricultural area in Southern Idaho, where the nearest hospital is thirty minutes away,” she said. “Many individuals in my hometown community are insulated from access to healthcare, whether geographically, economically, or culturally. As a health law attorney in Idaho, I hope to facilitate increased access for rural communities across the state.”

Bitzenburg was also a college athlete running cross country and track for BSU. “As a collegiate runner, I greatly appreciated the opportunities and access that Title IX provided for female athletes,” she said. “It is unfortunate, however, to witness higher education across the nation neglecting to extend

“I AM SO HONORED TO RECEIVE THE the protection of Title IX to all students – male and female – and to support survivors of sexual harassment and assault.”

The Wasden scholarship will allow Bitzenburg to pursue these passions after earning her J.D. along with giving her internship opportunities while still in law school.

“I am so honored to receive the Lawrence G. Wasden Health Law Scholarship,” Bitzenburg said. “The internship component of the scholarship program will facilitate exploration of the health law field, and the financial support relieves a burden of student debt, allowing me to pursue the career path in which I can best make a positive impact on the State of Idaho.”

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THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT RELIEVES A BURDEN OF STUDENT DEBT, ALLOWING ME TO PURSUE THE CAREER PATH IN WHICH I CAN BEST MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE STATE OF IDAHO.” - KACIE BITZENBURG

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you.” Third, he reminded them to “keep learning” and to appreciate how learning and growth continue throughout life. Finally, he advised graduates to appreciate their legal training and the skill of “thinking like a lawyer” but to use this skill carefully and never as a strategy against one’s family.

First, he counseled graduates, “don’t be corrupted by power” and to consider early “what would you not do to be successful.” Next, he warned students to “make peace with money” and to decide early “whether money will be something you control or whether it controls

Judge Mosman was raised in Lewiston, Idaho and earned his Juris Doctor from Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School graduating second in

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Judge Mosman concluded his remarks by instructing graduates that today they became “a human being with a law degree” and not simply that they “became a lawyer as though that degree completely defines you.”

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he Honorable Michael W. Mosman, chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, presented the commencement address to the 2016 graduating class. Judge Mosman shared that experience has made him focus not just in how to succeed but also how not to fail. In his address he offered four pieces of advice for building a foundation for making good decisions in one’s career and life.

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Honors and Recognition FACULTY AWARD OF LEGAL MERIT The Award of Legal Merit recognizes the outstanding contribution of an Idaho law graduate whose career exemplifies the best in the legal profession. The award is determined by a vote of the faculty and is based on an individual’s integrity, competence, service and leadership through work as a legal practitioner, service to the legal profession, service to the community, or service to business/state/national interests.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO ALUMNI HALL OF FAME This award was created in 1962 and recognizes alumni who have achieved national or international distinction by their accomplishments and leadership. Consideration is given for distinction in career accomplishments, leadership within career organizations, voluntary leadership efforts in charitable causes, leadership efforts which have improved the cultural, social, political or economic well-being of society and prior recognition and honors.

FACULTY AND STUDENT AWARDS PETER E. HEISER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING PROFESSOR WENDY GERWICK COUTURE

Professor Couture was selected by students from the 2016 graduating class to receive this award. The award recognizes outstanding dedication to students at the University of Idaho College of Law. Professor Couture previously received this award in 2014.

FACULTY AWARD OF LEGAL ACHIEVEMENT

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JUDGE CANDY WAGAHOFF DALE ’82

JOHN FORD ELSAESSER, JR. ‘78

The Honorable Candy Wagahoff Dale began her appointment as United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Idaho on March 31, 2008 and served as Chief Magistrate Judge from October of 2008 through September of 2015. Among her other duties, she is the supervisor of the Prisoner Litigation Unit and Chair of the Local Civil Rules Advisory Committee. She is a member of the Jury Trial Improvement Committee for the Ninth Circuit and the immediate past chair of the Magistrate Judges Executive Board for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Elsaesser co-founded the Sandpoint, Idaho law firm of Elsaesser Jarzabek Anderson Elliot & Macdonald. He has developed a nationally-recognized practice in bankruptcy law and has extensive experience in every aspect of insolvency, restructuring and bankruptcy issues. His first major Chapter 11, filed in 1985, was the case of Riley Creek Lumber Co. This company was one of the very few lumber companies to successfully reorganize, and the company has now become Idaho Forest Group, one of the largest lumber producers in the Northwest.

Judge Dale is a judge liaison of the Governing Board of the Idaho Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and a member of the Executive Board of the Idaho Legal History Society. She is an Emeritus member of the American Inn of Courts No. 130, where she previously served as president; and the immediate Past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the College of Idaho. Judge Dale received the 2014 Justice for All award from the Idaho State Bar Diversity section and the 2010 Kate Feltham award from the Idaho Women Lawyers.

Mr. Elsaesser also served as the receiver and trustee operating the Schwietzer ski area for three years in the 1990s.

In 1994, he successfully argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, resulting in a 9-0 decision written by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

He has served as chair of the Board of Bonner General Health, which operates the largest community health facility in the region. He recently helped found Food For Our Children, which addresses food insecurity issues for children in low-income households in Bonner County.

Mr. Elsaesser has been a bankruptcy professor for the College of Law for over 10 years and has coached the bankruptcy moot court team to a national championship in 2001. In 2011, he received the College of Law Faculty Award of Legal Merit.

Presented to the graduating law student with the highest cumulative grade point average, this award honors outstanding dedication and success in the pursuit of academic excellence during legal study at the College of Law.

EMPHASIS AREAS OF STUDY The following graduates have completed courses of study focusing on specific areas of law.

Business Law & Entrepreneurship Cody Duane Earl Alexander Phillips Hatter Christopher W. Herzinger Brianne L. Murphy Reid Kermit Peterson Christopher James Schrette Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Kristen Faye Barnhart Alexander Keith Grad Ammon Clark Judy Keith Patrick Scholl

Natural Resources & Environmental Law Ryan Michael Black Patrick Bartholomew Johnson Callie Ann Madsen Brian L. Stephens Lora Marie Todd

PRO BONO SERVICE RECOGNITION Graduates who complete 80+ hours of pro bono service are recognized below with a purple honor cord they wear during the commencement ceremony.

Pro Bono Service with Extraordinary Distinction

(120+ hours) Steven Atwell Atkinson Maria C. Caballero Donna McIntyre Case Christine A. Evangelides Dodd Kendra D. Goetz Mikel J. Hautzinger Caitlin Rose Hurlock Theodore H. Jeckering Ammon Clark Judy Ruvim V. Kuznetsov Jamie P. Laliberte Jaime L. Matier

Vanessa Montoya David James Morse Heather Elise Norton Spencer Rammell Beck C. Roan Keith Patrick Scholl Christopher James Schrette Katelyn Michelle Skaggs Dori L. Smith Lora Marie Todd Cecily Vaughn Allison Kathleen Whipps

Pro Bono Service with Distinction

(80+ hours)

Ryan Michael Black Matthew Ellis Draper Jason Gustaves SarahAnne D. Johns Patrick Bartholomew Johnson Justin Don Jones Shawn E. Logan

Danielle Jean Mayberry Molly Elizabeth Mitchell Chad R. Moody Nicholas Tyler O’Bryant Chikezie Ogbuehi Tyler A. Roberts Stephanie Anne Russell

Native American Law Andrew Warlick Betson Patrick Bartholomew Johnson Danielle Jean Mayberry Chikezie Canice Ogbuehi

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ADVISORY COUNCIL

NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS (CONT.) The Law Advisory Council is made up of graduates and friends of the University of Idaho College of Law. Established in 1996, members assist and advise the dean regarding programs, student recruitment and career placement and play an important role in our development and outreach efforts.

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• Promote the college to various constituency groups; • Identify and acquire additional financial support and resources; • Serve as advocates for the College of Law, both within the university and in the outside community; • Provide advice on college programs; and • Assist with student recruitment and career placement.

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Dwight Baker ‘71 of Baker & Harris, Blackfoot M. Sean Breen ’93 of Manweiler, Breen, Ball & Davis, PLLC, Boise Hon. Roger Burdick ’74 of the Idaho Supreme Court, Boise Laura Burri Brown ’86 of Morrow & Fischer, PLLC, Nampa John Bush ‘86 of Comstock & Bush, Boise, Meghan Sullivan Conrad ‘04 of Elam & Burke PA, Boise Dennis Davis ‘77 of Witherspoon Kelley, Coeur d’Alene Margaret “Peg” Dougherty ‘99 with St. Luke’s Health System, Boise Richard “Ritchie” Eppink ‘06 of the American Civil Liberties Union, Boise Jana Gómez ‘09 of Lewiston City Attorney’s Office, Lewiston Helaman “Helo” Hancock ‘05 of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe Office of Legislative Affairs, Plummer Megan Hofer ‘11 of Beard, St. Clair, Gaffney, Idaho Falls

Hon. Juneal Kerrick ‘81 of the District Court Third Judicial District, Caldwell Reed Larsen ‘85 of Cooper Larsen, Pocatello David Leroy ‘71 of Leroy Law Offices, Boise Lamont Loo ‘95 of Davies Pearson PC, Tacoma, Washington Representative Lynn Luker ‘80 of the Idaho House of Representatives, Boise Nick Marshall ‘95 Ahrens DeAngeli Law Group, LLP, Boise Kenneth McClure ‘80 of Givens Pursley LLP, Boise James Meservy ’79 of Williams, Meservy & Lothspeich, LLP, Jerome Hon. Dayo Onanubosi ‘93 of Idaho’s Third District Magistrate Court, Caldwell Hon. Jim Pappas ’77 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Boise Pele Peacock ‘07 of the Arizona State Legislature, Phoenix, Arizona Mary “Molly” O’Leary ’94 of BizCounselor@Law, PLLC, Boise Anthony “Tony” Riposta ‘79 of Riposta Law LLC, North Arlington, New Jersey J. Walter Sinclair ’78 of Holland & Hart LLP, Boise Gary Slette ‘84 of Robertson & Slette, PLLC, Twin Falls John Zarian of Idaho Mediation Group, LLC, Boise

NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS In 2016, six new members joined the Council; please join us in welcoming them.

M. SEAN BREEN

Manweiler, Breen, Ball, & Davis, PLLC. - Boise, Idaho J.D., University of Idaho ‘94

Sean Breen grew up in Idaho and is a graduate of both Idaho State University and the University of Idaho. Sean is retired from the United States Army having served our country for over 23 years. Sean is an experienced trial attorney who began his practice in 1994 after clerking at the U.S. Department of Justice, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Sean is with the Boise firm of Manweiler, Breen, Ball & Davis and primarily practices domestic relations but also handles general legal matters (e.g. contracts, non-compete agreements, business formation, landlord tenant, probate, employment, personal injury, workers comp, etc.). Sean has litigated hundreds of civil trials in southern Idaho involving a number of different legal matters.

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LAURA BURRI BROWN

Morrow & Fischer, PLLC - Nampa, Idaho J.D., University of Idaho ‘86

Laura Burri is an attorney with Morrow & Fischer, PLLC of Nampa, Idaho. She was formerly a partner with Ringert Law Chartered of Boise, Idaho. Laura’s business practice includes the areas of collections and bankruptcy, including debtor and creditor representation.

She received her B.A. degree, with distinction, in accounting and business administration from Northwest Nazarene College (now Northwest Nazarene University) and her J.D. degree from the University of Idaho College of Law. She is a member of the Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Section and the Real Property Section of the Idaho State Bar and the former president and treasurer and a current active member of the Idaho Women Lawyers.

JUSTICE ROGER S. BURDICK

Idaho State Supreme Court - Boise, Idaho J.D., University of Idaho ‘74

Justice Burdick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Colorado in 1970 and graduated from the University of Idaho, College of Law in 1974. After graduation from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1974, he worked with the law firm of Webb, Pike, Burton & Carlson in Twin Falls, Idaho, then as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Ada County, and finally as a partner with the law firm of Hart and Burdick, in Jerome, Idaho.

He was appointed District Judge in Twin Falls County in 1993.

He again served on the Idaho Judicial Council as the District Court member from 1995 to 2001. He served as President of the District Judges Association from 2001 to 2003. In 2001, he was assigned to preside over the Snake River Basin Adjudication as well as the Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District.

Justice Burdick was appointed in August, 2003 to be the fiftythird Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. He served a four-year term as Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court.

HELAMAN “HELO” HANCOCK

Coeur d’Alene Tribe Office of Legislative Affairs J.D., University of Idaho ‘05

Helaman “Helo” Hancock is attorney and Legislative Director for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and has been with the Tribe in different capacities for over a decade. His current responsibilities include managing the legislative, political and media affairs for the Tribe as well as doubling as counsel for multiple tribal business ventures and large-scale tribal government and gaming issues. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Utah (2002) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Idaho College of Law (2005).

Helo serves on the Board of Directors of multiple tribal business entities, including the Tribe’s real estate development enterprise and federal contracting firm. In addition to local charitable boards, Helo has served for multiple years as the chair of the Indian Law Section of the Idaho State Bar and serves on the Native American Law Advisory Board for the University of Idaho College of Law.

JAMES MESERVY

Williams, Meservy & Lothspeich, LLP - Jerome, Idaho B.S., University of Idaho ’76; J.D., University of Idaho ‘79

Jim Meservy is a partner with the Jerome firm of Williams, Meservy & Lothspeich. He was raised on a farm in Dietrich, Idaho. He attended the University of Idaho and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 and his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1979. He has served as president of the Idaho State Bar.

MARY “MOLLY” O’LEARY

BizCounsleor@Law, PLLC - Boise, Idaho J.D., University of Idaho ‘94

Molly O’Leary is in private practice in Boise.

She has been an active member of the Business & Corporate Law Section since 1997, and served as chair of the Governing Council from 2004-2005, in addition to serving as treasurer for the Section for 2009 and 2010. In 2010, she was elected to serve a three-year term as a commissioner on the Idaho State Bar Board of Commissioners.

Molly began her service as president of the Idaho State Bar in July of 2012, and concluded her service on the Commission in July of 2013. Following her service on the State Bar Commission, she served as president of the Western States Bar Conference for 2016. In addition to her service to the Bar, Molly has been active in many community organizations.

HONORABLE JIM D. PAPPAS

United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho - Boise, Idaho J.D., University of Idaho ‘77

Judge Pappas is a graduate of Idaho State University and the University of Idaho College of Law in 1977. Prior to his appointment to the Federal Court, Judge Pappas practiced throughout the Northwest in the area of commercial and banking law, and all aspects of bankruptcy law representing debtors, creditors, committees and trustees in proceedings under all chapters of the Bankruptcy Code. He was a founder and is a past chair of the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section of the Idaho State Bar. Judge Pappas was appointed to the bench in 1990, and was reappointed to a second term in 2004. He served as Idaho’s Chief Bankruptcy Judge from 1993 to 2004. Judge Pappas served on the Ninth Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, a court that reviews decisions made by other bankruptcy courts throughout the Western United States from 2005-2015, serving as Chief Judge from 2010-2013.

JOHN ZARIAN

Idaho Mediation Group, LLC – Boise, Idaho J.D., University of Southern California ‘89

John Zarian is General Counsel and Director of Administration for the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO). He is also a co-founder of the Idaho Mediation Group and is listed on the roster of approved mediators for the U.S. District Court, District of Idaho. He is President-Elect of the Idaho Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Prior to joining NCCCO, and for nearly 27 years, John’s legal practice emphasized intellectual property litigation, as well as complex business and commercial litigation. From 2011 to 2016, he served as founding managing shareholder of the Boise office of Parsons Behle & Latimer. From 2007 to 2011, he was the co-founder and managing partner of an intellectual property law firm in Boise. From 1989 to 2005, John practiced law in Southern California, where he co-founded a boutique litigation firm which became the Los Angeles office of a national law firm.

John earned his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1989. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Finance and an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, both from the University of Utah, where he was elected student body president.

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Congratulations FACULTY

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to members of our faculty who received promotion and tenure in 2016.

Anastasia Telesetsky

Anna Blaine

Anastasia Telesetsky was promoted to the rank of Professor. Professor Telesetsky joined the University of Idaho College of Law in 2009, after eight years of practicing as an attorney in California, Washington, and abroad. Her practice focused on public international law and environmental law. She had the distinction of representing the Government of Ethiopia before the Ethiopia-Eritrea Claims Commission at the Permanent Court of Arbitration. In 2003 and 2004, she was a Bosch Fellow in Germany where she worked for the German Foreign Ministry on promoting international food security and assisted in drafting guidelines on implementation for the “Right to Food”. As a Fulbright Fellow and a Berkeley Human Rights Center fellow, she collaborated with communities in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea on developing culturally appropriate legal solutions to environmental protection problems. In addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Anthropology, Professor Telesetsky earned her law degree from the University of California-Berkeley (Boalt Hall) and an LLM in International Law from the University of British Columbia.

Assistant Professor and Head of Public Services of the Law Library B.A. California State University, Sacramento M.L.S. Southern Connecticut State University J.D. Gonzaga University School of Law

Stephen Miller Professor Miller joined the University of Idaho College of Law in 2011 as an Associate Professor of Law. He is an expert in land use; local government; local environmental law; sustainability and resilience planning, with an emphasis on wildfire; and local regulation of the sharing economy. His numerous books, chapters, law review articles and editorials have been published by Cambridge University Press, the Harvard Environmental Law Review and the Harvard Journal on Legislation, among others. Professor Miller received his undergraduate degree from Brown University, a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.

John Rumel Professor Rumel joined the College of Law as a full-time faculty member in 2011. Prior to that, he practiced law in Northern California and also taught at two ABA-accredited law schools. John then moved with his family to Idaho where he initially practiced law with a private firm. For the next sixteen years, he served as General Counsel for the Idaho Education Association (IEA), the statewide teachers union. John represented the IEA, its local associations and members in fora ranging from local school board hearings to the United States Supreme Court and also served as an adjunct faculty member at the College of Law. His practice predominantly involved employment and labor law litigation and appeals in the K-12 education setting and he has continued to pursue those interests in his teaching and scholarship. John has received the Alumni Award for Excellence three times and, in 2015, received the Idaho Distinguished Lawyer Award, the highest honor given by the Idaho State Bar to one of its members.

Shaakirrah Sanders Prior to joining the College of Law in June 2011, Professor Sanders served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Honorable Lavenski R. Smith in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She practiced at the Public Defender Association in Seattle, Washington, the Seattle office of K&L Gates, and the New Orleans office of Locke Lord. She also taught at Seattle University School of Law and the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas—Little Rock.

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Professor Sanders teaches Constitutional Law II, Criminal Procedure, Advanced Criminal Procedure, and the First Amendment. Her scholarship on criminal sentencing has been published in the Hastings Law Journal, the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, and the Widener Law Journal. Her scholarship on jury trial rights has been published in the William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal.

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Professor Sanders earned a B.S. in Psychology from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Stacy Etheredge Associate Professor and Reference & Instruction Librarian B.A. University of Puget Sound M.A. and J.D. University of Nebraska – Lincoln M.L.I.S. University of Washington Before joining the law library at the University of Idaho College of Law in 2016, Professor Etheredge worked at the University of South Carolina School of Law and the West Virginia University College of Law. After law school, she worked for the West Publishing Company in Eagan, Minnesota for six years, as well as the VersusLaw and CourtLink, online legal information companies.

Kate Evans Associate Professor and Director, Immigration Clinic B.A. Brown University (magna cum laude) J.D. New York University School of Law (magna cum laude) Kate Evans joins the University of Idaho College of Law as a tenure-track clinical faculty member after completing a teaching fellowship at the University of Minnesota Law School’s Center for New Americans.

Before her Teaching Fellowship, Kate had a private immigration practice focusing on appellate work. Kate clerked on the Minnesota Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Before entering law school, Kate worked for Doctors Without Borders and was stationed in Arua, Uganda and Guatemala City. She will be directing the University of Idaho’s immigration clinic and teaching immigration law.

Jessica Long Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Main Street Clinic B.A., Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo J.D., University of Colorado, Boulder Having taught as a Visiting Associate Professor and as an Adjunct Instructor for many years, Jessica Long is not new to the college, but she has now been appointed as a permanent member of the faculty with the new rank of Associate Professor. A Graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law, she directs the Main Street Law Clinic and teaches Lawyering Process and Trial Advocacy. In addition she is a certified mediator and a member of the Latah County Victim’s Rights Task Force. Prior to joining the College of Law she worked as an associate attorney for a small firm in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She worked as an investigator with the Office of Lawyer Regulation in Madison, Wisconsin. She then worked for the Madison City Attorney’s Office.

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THREE MEMBERS OF OUR FACULTY RECEIVED TENURE.

Before joining University of Idaho College of Law, Professor Blaine served as the Head of Bench and Bar Services at University of North Dakota School of Law and Reference Librarian/Professor of Legal Research at New York Law School. She taught Advanced Legal Research and Intellectual Property Research, served as research advisor to the North Dakota Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, and was awarded the 2015 North Dakota Library Association President’s Recognition Award.

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News & Notes Former Dean and UI Interim President Don Burnett Retires

2016 Denton Darrington Lecture on Law and Government

on Burnett has formally retired from the University of Idaho. This past spring the College of Law held events in Moscow and Boise to celebrate Don’s service to the University and the legal community.

he Lecture was held in Boise at the Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center on February 8 and featured Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis on the topic of “Building the Just, Speedy and Inexpensive Civil Courts of Tomorrow: Why We Cannot Afford to Fail.” Justice Kourlis is a former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and current executive director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System. The Institute is a national, independent research center dedicated to facilitating continuous improvement and advancing excellence in the American legal system.

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Don first joined the University of Idaho in 2002 as the dean of the College of Law. This position brought him back to his home state after 12 years at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law where he was dean and professor.

Don served as the interim president of the University of Idaho from 2013-2014. His professional career has been one of service to his profession and to the communities in which he has lived.

The celebration events for Don featured presentations by members of the bench and bar, elected officials, members of the University leadership and family and friends. The College of Law has recognized Don’s service by naming one of the lecture hall classrooms at the new Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center the “Donald L. Burnett Law Classroom.”

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The Denton Darrington Lecture is sponsored by the College of Law, the Idaho Supreme Court and the Idaho State Bar and Law Foundation. The lecture is named for retired Idaho State Senator Denton Darrington, who served with distinction as chair of the State Judiciary and Rules Committee. The lecture addresses a wide range of topics related to the improved administration of justice, and it features national, state and regional speakers to address Idaho citizens, students and officials from all three branches of government.

Left to Right: Don Burnett, Sen. Denton Darrrington, Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis, Dean Mark Adams, Chief Justice Jim Jones

College of Law Trains Idaho High School Teachers in Civic Education

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This year’s institute was entitled, “Connecting the Rule of Law to the Role of an Independent, Imparial Judiciary.” Program topics included overview of the rule of law concept, importance of an independent and impartial judiciary, the judge’s role as guardian of the national and state constitutions, the judge’s dual tasks of interpreting and following the law; public

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perceptions and occasional misunderstandings of the judiciary, and current challenges in the administration of criminal justice.

Presenters included former Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Linda Copple Trout ‘77; Idaho Supreme Court Justice Daniel Eismann ‘76; U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy W. Dale ‘82; U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson; Richard Rubin, executive director for Idaho Federal Defender Services; Sara Thomas ‘98, public defender for Idaho State Appellate Court; Chief Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush of Idaho’s U.S. District Court; 2nd Judicial District Judge John Stegner ‘82; Professor Emeritus Don Burnett, UI College of Law; UI journalism professor Kenton Bird; and Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review reporter and president of the Idaho Press Club.

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Don Burnett with his wife Karen and their sons Jason and Dave

igh school teachers from around Idaho participated in a special training on civic education and the judiciary during a two-day institute held at the Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center on June 9 and 10. The College of Law partnered with the Idaho Supreme Court and the U.S. District Courts of Idaho on the project. The training is designed to help teachers develop teaching materials they can take back to their classrooms.

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College of Law’s National Reputation Grows In 2016, the College of Law made national law school news with reported increases in our national overall ranking by U.S. News & World Report and with an ABA report ranking. Today the College in the top 20 for law employment outcomes.

The College of Law also climbed 16 spots on the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the best law schools in the nation. The College moved up to position 111 in the report – ahead of other law schools in eastern Washington, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. Several factors the impacted this uptick including the rise in median undergraduate GPA and LSAT scores and improved employment outcomes.

More good news for our students is that the College of Law has been ranked number 18 nationally.

For employment outcomes for its graduates. The ranking makes the College of Law one of the top law schools west of the Mississippi River, behind only the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford.

College of Law Alumni Selected for Judicial Appointments

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ongratulations to the College of Law Alumni who have been chosen for judicial appointments in Idaho and beyond over the past year. We have tried to gather all the appointment information we could and apologize if we have missed anyone. All appointments listed were in Idaho unless otherwise noted.

Changes to alumni contact information including changes in employment, can be made on the University of Idaho website at www.uidaho.edu/alumni/update.

Barbara Duggan ’91 – Shoshone County Magistrate Judge Michael Lojek ’97 – Ada County Magistrate Judge Mayli Walsh ’06 – Kootenai County Magistrate Judge Scott Wayman ’81 – Shoshone County District Judge

In Memoriam The following members of our alumni and law school community passed away in the last year. We extend our condolences to their family and friends.

John Howard Bengtson ‘54 Louis P. Etcheverry ‘73

Class Reunions

he Idaho Law Review will be publishing its 53rd volume during the 2016-2017 term. Of particular note, the Review is currently assembling a Board of Editors for its Natural Resources and Environmental Law (NREL) edition. The NREL edition is distinguished as one of a limited number of formally peer-reviewed law journals, with all articles undergoing review by outside experts in the tradition of academic scholarship. The Board of Editors—distinguished alumni, environmental law scholars, attorneys, and judges—will add continuity and strength to the edition’s peer review process.

lass reunion took place this fall for a few of “milestone” year classes. The Classes of 1966, 1976 and 1986 celebrated their respective 50, 40 and 30 year class reunions. Reunion events are a lot of fun and a great opportunity for former classmates to see each other once again and share stories from law school and highlights from their careers and personal lives. Thank the alumni who served on their class reunion planning teams and helped make each event so memorable. Reunion planning for 2017 will include the classes of 1967, 1977, and 1987 will begin in early 2017.

Contact Terri Muse, assistant dean for external relations (208) 364-4044 if you are interested in participating on a reunion planning team 2017.

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The Review is also pleased to announce this term’s Symposium topic, “Livestock Grazing on Public Lands: Law, Policy & Rebellion.” The event will explore the complicated, often hotly-contested subject of livestock grazing on western public lands. How grazing is managed on such federal public lands, as well as state-owned and tribal lands, plays a singular role in the future of the rural West. Conflicts over grazing have also proven an on-going source of anti-government sentiment, from the Seventies’ Sagebrush Rebellions to recent occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and the transfer of public lands movement. The Symposium will be held in Boise on March 31, 2017.

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For inquiries related to these topics or the Idaho Law Review generally, please contact Anne Henderson, Editor-in-Chief, at hend9058@vandals.uidaho.edu or at 207-838-3810.

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Class of 1966: Bart Harwood, Max Eiden, Jack Gjording and Craig Meadows Class of 1976: Randy Budge, Judge Mike McLaughlin, Joe Miller and Judge Barry Wood Class of 1986: Laura Burri, Kim Gourley, Scot Ludwig, Brian Nicholas and Bob Talboy

Harold W. Felsted ‘66 Jack B. Furey ‘48 Terrance Paul Gough ‘69 ‘75 Michael J. Hannaher ‘74 Steven L. Herndon ‘74 Thomas Bernard High ‘79 Craig C. Kosonen ‘59 ‘61 David Harry Liddle ‘76 William Edward Little ‘72 ‘76 James B. Lynch ‘54 ‘56 Robert Bruce Lyons ‘52 Richard G. Magnuson ‘51 Milo W. Pope ‘61 Robert Cahill Resta ‘55 Michael Louis Schindele ‘76 Timothy Daniel Scott ‘98 Christopher A.C. Smith ‘59 Jon Grayson Warren ‘74 Wesley Gene Wilhite ‘64 *We regret any omission to this list.

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