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2024 Bellwood Memorial Lecture in Moscow & Webcast – Oct 24th
Thursday, October 24, 2024 Pitman Center, International Ballroom 709 Deakin Ave – Moscow, ID Remarks begin at 3:30 p.m. *PDT* (4:30 p.m. MDT) The webcast link is HERE. After the CLE is finished, please report your attendance HERE to get CLE credit.
Read Full ArticleWriter’s Corner – Elimenope: Confusing Word Pairs by Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff
Over the 14 years I’ve been writing for The Advocate, I’ve covered confusing word pairs a few times.[i] This month I return to that handy topic, covering confusing word pairs that begin with letters from the middle of our alphabet.[ii]…
Read Full ArticleEnsuring Progress: The NextGen Bar Exam Improves Lawyer Skills and Grader Consistency by Carole I. Wesenberg
“Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change.” — Henry Steele Commager[i] Editor’s Note: Reprinted with minor modifications from The Bar Examiner, Vol. 93, No. 1 (Spring 2024): 65-67, with permission from the National Conference of Bar…
Read Full ArticleMeet Idaho’s Newest Law School Dean by Carissa A. Carns
All photos courtesy of UI Photo (Creative Services). Introduction On June 10, 2024, the University of Idaho (“U of I”) College of Law appointed a new dean. We join them in welcoming Aviva Abramovsky to the role. Dean Abramovsky is…
Read Full Article2024 ABA Annual Meeting Report by R. Jonathan Shirts
The Chicago skyline the night of the ABA conference. All photos courtesy of R. Jonathan Shirts. The ABA held its Annual Meeting in Chicago from July 31 through August 6, 2024. My report on the last meeting was likely glanced…
Read Full ArticleJulie Kane Receives Idaho Woman Lawyers’ Kate Feltham Award by Jeanette Moody
Jeanette Moody (left) and Julie Kane (right) on stage where Julie accepts the Idaho Women Lawyers’ Kate Feltham Award at the IWL gala. Photo credit: Tana Photography, LLC. Julie Kane, citizen of Eastern Band of Cherokee, and long-time employee of…
Read Full ArticleFeatured Article: Implementing Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction: The Who, What, and Why for the Nez Perce Tribe and Its Partners by Anne M. Kelleher
Print designed by Nez Perce artistHelen Goodteacher to support The NativeAmerican Alliance for Policy and Action MMIWevents in 2021 and published in the March 17,2022 edition of Turtle Talk, accessible athttps://turtletalk.blog/tag/vawa-tribaljurisdictional-provisions/. The Nez Perce Tribe is the first tribe in…
Read Full ArticleProgram Report: Idaho Mock Trial Offers Important Civic Education for Idaho Students by Carey A. Shoufler
An Overview of the Program Each year, more than 30,000 U.S. high school students immerse themselves in the inner workings of our judicial system in preparation for their state’s mock trial competitions. While most attorneys are at least somewhat familiar…
Read Full ArticleCommissioner’s Column: What Is the Uniform Law Commission? by Hon. Robert L. Jackson
Illustration courtesy of ULC Chief Counsel, Ben Orzeske. Perhaps it is not the same, considering over four decades have gone by since I was in law school, but I recall a class simply called “Sales.” In reviewing the University of…
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