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Recap of 2023 Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting
By Teresa A. Baker The 2023 Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting was held in Boise at Jack’s Urban Meeting Place (“JUMP”) from July 19th through the 21st. The meeting kicked off with the Distinguished Lawyer, Distinguished Jurist, and Outstanding Young…
Read Full ArticleThe Great Salt Lake and Idaho
By James R. Cefalo In recent years, there have been numerous news articles about the causes and impacts of declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake. Idahoans may feel that Great Salt Lake water levels are Utah’s problem. Idaho…
Read Full ArticleSackett v. EPA: North Idaho’s Clean Water Act Wild Card[i]
By Norman M. Semanko The Clean Water Act ("the Act") has become fertile ground for extensive litigation in the federal courts. And no issue has been more prominent than the Act’s jurisdictional trigger term, "navigable waters," defined in the Act…
Read Full ArticleCurtailing Water Use in a Good Water Year?
By Meghan M. Carter No doubt many of you have seen these or similar headlines this spring: “Possible Water Curtailments Even in a Good Year”[i] and “New Idaho Department of Water Resources Order Would Force 900 Groundwater Users to Curtail…
Read Full ArticleKeeping “Current” with the Idaho Water Adjudications
By Lacy Rammell-O'Brien Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus is attributed with the expression, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”[i] The Idaho Water Adjudications are much…
Read Full ArticleIdaho Volunteer Lawyers Program Report
By Jennifer M. Schindele The Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program (“IVLP”) is a program of the Idaho Law Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission to increase access to legal services and enhance public understanding of the law. IVLP provides a…
Read Full ArticlePresident’s Message: Lucky to Be an Idaho Lawyer
By Gary L. Cooper At the conclusion of the 2023 Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting, I was passed the gavel to start serving as president for the next year. To be honest, I am apprehensive to take on this responsibility. …
Read Full ArticleIdaho Supreme Court Order Re: Permissive Appeals in Child Protective Act Proceedings
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Read Full Article2023 Retiring Judges
The following individuals have retired or will be retiring from judicial service in 2023. We honor them for their committed service on the bench! Hon. Barbara Buchanan retired as a Magistrate Judge from Bonner County in January (1/31/23). She graduated…
Read Full Article2023 Section of the Year
Employment & Labor Law Section The Employment & Labor Law Section has sought to help its members and all members of the Idaho State Bar during the past two to three years by sponsoring and co-sponsoring CLEs that have been…
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