Month: June 2022

Idaho Students Awarded in Statewide Civics Contest

Various Authors Published January 2022 Attorneys for Civic Education (ACE) is proud to announce that three Idaho students and their schools were selected for prizes in ACEs first Civics Contest. […]

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Protecting the Intellectual Property Aspects of Synthetic Diamonds: Part 1

Ryan Lindig Published January 2022 Editor’s Note: Due to length and space constraints, the author and Editorial Advisory Board have opted to split publication of this article into two installments. […]

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State of the Judiciary

Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan Published March/April 2022 I thank you, on behalf of Idaho’s third branch of government, for allowing me to address you today. This speech offers me […]

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Fat Smitty’s & Friends: Guidance for Statutory Interpretation

Kolby K. Reddish Published March/April 2022 One of the things I enjoy immensely about receiving my copy of The Advocate every month and my membership in the Idaho State Bar […]

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Phasing Out Generational Labels

Olivia N. Ford Gwen K. Sweesy Published March/April 2022 Boomers don’t understand new technology.[1] Generation X are apathetic.[2] Millennials are killing department stores.[3] Generation Z canceled skinny jeans and side […]

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Ida Leggett: Idaho’s First African American Woman Lawyer and Judge

Debora Kristensen Grasham Preface by Hon. Candy W. Dale Published March/April 2022 Preface As I began my third year of law school, I recall watching President Reagan’s historical nomination of […]

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The Right to Jury Trial in Idaho Civil Cases: Origins, Purpose and Selected Applications

John E. Rumel Published May 2022 Introduction Idaho has long recognized the right to jury trial in civil cases. Indeed, the origins of the right are as old as the […]

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Workers Compensation Trends Challenge the Original Grand Bargain

Taylor L. Mossman-Fletcher Published May 2022 On January 20, 2016, Francisca Gomez was working at a seed sorter machine at the Crookham Company’s plant in Nampa. She was sucked into […]

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Idaho’s Open Courts Provision: What, if Anything, Does it Guarantee?

Matthew G. Gunn Erica S. Phillips Published May 2022 When lay persons, and even attorneys, discuss questions of constitutional law, they are usually discussing issues implicating the United States Constitution […]

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Is it the Beginning of the End for Peremptorily Challenging Jurors?

Regina M. McCrea Published May 2022 For years trial judges and attorneys have grappled with unconscious or implicit bias in the jury pool.  Research shows that people tend to view […]

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