Month: January 2021

By Sarah Clemens Nearly 50 years after the decision in Reed v. Reed, are Idaho women treated equally under the law? A look at the history of gender equality in […]

By David W. “Tony” Cantrill I have been executive director of the Idaho Judicial Council for nearly 5 years and have practiced law for 45 years before that, so I […]

By Hon. Scott E. Axline In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Prince Hamlet starts a soliloquy by uttering these words:  “To be, or not to be. That is the question:…”  As we […]

By Hon. Michael J. Oths The Idaho Magistrate Judges Association (IMJA) is the voice of Idaho’s limited jurisdiction court judges.  IMJA, through its officers, has been invited to address the […]

By Hon. Rudolph E. “Rick” Carnaroli Fifty years have passed since the State of Idaho’s first Magistrate Judges took the bench. The creation of the Magistrate Division of the District […]

By Kristin Bjorkman Dunn At times it felt like it would never end.  The year that seemed to span a decade.  Yet here we are at the start of 2021.  […]

By Hon. Jennifer L.K. Haemmerle The phone rings at about 2:00 a.m. In response to the groggy, “Hello?,” comes one word… “Judge….” That’s all she needs to know; this is […]