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News & Notes
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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