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Department Reports by Abby L. Kostecka and Teresa A. Baker
Admissions Report by Abby Kostecka The Idaho State Bar Admissions Department administers the rules governing admission to the practice of law in Idaho. Attorneys can be admitted by taking the Idaho Bar Examination, transferring a Uniform Bar Examination (“UBE”) score…
Read Full ArticleCommissioner’s Column: Dementia—Options for Paths to Prevention, Detection, and Treatment by Hon. Robert L. Jackson
If you have not read the excellent article in the March/April 2025 Advocate entitled “Balancing the Scales: Practicing Law While Managing Mental Illness,”[1] please do. That anonymous author presented many of the points I had intended to make with this…
Read Full ArticleThe State Public Defender Act: Continuing the Journey of Public Defense in Idaho by Jordan S. Crane
It’s June of 2005. I’m in the first days of what would become a decades long career as a public defender. On my desk is a three-foot stack of files, inherited from my predecessor, representing the cases set for court…
Read Full ArticleCall for Volunteers to Serve on Idaho State Bar MCLE Task Force
Continuing Legal Education requirements ensure that attorneys in Idaho are maintaining competence in the practice of law and are current and up to date on legal developments and legislative changes. Additionally, mandatory education’s inclusion of an ethical component reinforces attorneys’…
Read Full ArticleTwo New Idaho State Bar Commissioners
Voting members of the Idaho State Bar in the Northern and Central Districts of Idaho recently elected new members of the Board of Commissioners. The new Commissioners will serve three-year terms, beginning in July 2025. Lewiston attorney Patty Weeks was…
Read Full ArticleBoard of Commissioners Elections for 1st/2nd and 4th Districts – Voting Ends Today (5/6) at 5pm!
May 6th is the last day to vote for your new Commissioner in the 1st/2nd and 4th Districts. Please email Shay Beckwith for a ballot. VOTING ENDS AT 5pm MT.
Read Full ArticleBoard of Commissioners’ Recognition of Law Day 2025
Recognition of Law Day 2025 by the Idaho State Bar Board of Commissioners The Idaho State Bar has long recognized and celebrated Law Day and the opportunity it provides to promote civics education, the appreciation of fundamental legal principles, and…
Read Full ArticleAttorney of Record Portal Launches for Bar Members
The Idaho Supreme Court announced today a new service for attorneys that provides online access to records in their cases. The new Attorney of Record Portal will gradually roll out to practicing members of the Idaho State Bar over the…
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