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Federal Bar Association CLE – Mar. 31
Join the Federal Bar Association Idaho Chapter for Election, Litigation & Recounts, a CLE featuring speakers, Phil McGrane, Ada County Clerk, Jan Bennetts, Ada County Prosecutor and Matt Gordon, Perkins Coie, LLP.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm MST
1.0 CLE credits (pending)
Cost:
$10 Non-FBA Members
FREE for FBA Members
To Register, call (208) 867-8169 or email sheadlee@parsonsbehle.com
Idaho Law Foundation Program Receives National Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Idaho Law Foundation’s Law Related Education Program received a 2020 Law Day Outstanding Activity Award from the American Bar Association for its Annual Law Day Podcast Contest. The Award highlights the best Law Day programs from around the country that promote public understanding of law and integrate the Law Day theme into activities that serve the community.
The Annual Law Day Podcast Contest offers students an opportunity to win cash prizes while exploring the importance of the rule of law in the United States. Working individually or in groups, students submit a 5 to 10-minute podcast that ties to the annual American Bar Association’s Law Day theme.
Will Gunn, ABA Law Day Chair said of the award-winning Law Day Podcast Contest: “You were selected from a competitive national pool of applicants by a committee of leaders assembled from the legal community. The Law Day Podcast Contest demonstrated broad outreach to your community, with a substantive understanding of the Law Day theme. You engaged your audience in meaningful conversations to help foster understanding about voting rights and the role of access to the ballot in our American democracy. And, in 2020, you managed to do all of this in the face of a national pandemic that forced everyone to rethink their programs under extraordinarily uncertain conditions. The ABA truly commends your work.”
Greg Dickison, Chair of the Law Foundation’s Law Related Education Committee said, “A group of attorneys and educators who are committed to the importance of civic education and engaging young people to explore the rule of law spent many years developing our Annual Podcast Contest. We are honored to be recognized for our work.”
For more information about the Annual Podcast Contest, visit idaholawfoundation.org and click the Law Day link from the main page. For questions, contact Carey Shoufler, Idaho Law Foundation Law Related Education Director, at cshoufler@isb.idaho.gov.
The Idaho Law Foundation is the charitable arm of the Idaho State Bar. As a program of the Foundation, Law Related Education is a statewide civic education program that works to enhance public understanding of the legal system and bring together attorneys and teachers to help students of all ages understand the role of law in a democratic society. For more information, visit idaholawfoundation.org.
Established in 1958 by President Eisenhower, Law Day is celebrated every year on the first day of May. It’s designed to help people better understand the law and our legal system and is centered on a different theme each year to spotlight important aspects of the law. For more information, visit the American Bar Associations’ Law Day website.
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Contact: Carey Shoufler, Law Related Education Director
208-334-4500
cshoufler@isb.idaho.gov
Nominations Open for the 2021 ISB Commissioner Election – 6th & 7th District
Nominations for a new Commissioner to replace Donald Carey (Idaho Falls) on the Idaho State Bar Board of Commissioners are now open.
Pursuant to Idaho Bar Commission Rule 900, the new commissioner representing the Sixth and Seventh Districts must reside or maintain an office in the Sixth District.
Commissioners of the Idaho State Bar – the elected governing body of the Bar – serve for three (3) years, beginning on the last day of the ISB Annual Meeting following their elections. The Board of Commissioners is charged with regulating the legal profession in Idaho, which includes the testing, admission, and licensing of attorneys, overseeing disciplinary functions, and administering mandatory continuing legal education requirements.
Nominations must be in writing and signed by at least five (5) members of the ISB in good standing, and eligible to vote in the districts. The Executive Director must receive nominations no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. A nominating petition form may be obtained by clicking the link below, or by calling the office at 208-334-4500.
9th Circuit Cowboy Film and CLE -Mar. 11
Free CLEs Offered for Live and On-Demand Credit
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic many of the Idaho State Bar Practice Sections and District Bars have sponsored free continuing education courses to serve all members of the Bar.
The list of these CLEs are below and include links to take you right to the page where you can register for the course using our online CLE platform. You may also search for the word “free” in our online CLE platform to see a full list here.
The live courses will be available for free on-demand viewing approximately a week after the live course. Separate registration is necessary to watch the on-demand version.
Please note that on-demand CLE courses count as self-study MCLE credit and you are limited to 15 credits per 3-year reporting period.
Upcoming Free Live Courses
- Idaho Law Review 2024 Water Law Symposium – March 22, 2024 – 8:00 am – 4:30 pm – University of Idaho College of Law or Zoom – 5.0 CLE credits
Free On-Demand Recorded Courses
- 2024 Fourth District Bar Spring Case Review – Sponsored by the Fourth District Bar Association – 2.5 CLE Credits including 0.5 Ethics (NAC approved)
- What Should Be Local and What Should be National in American Judicial Review – 2023 Bellwood Memorial Lecture Series – Sponsored by the University of Idaho College of Law – 1.0 CLE Credits
- Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls in the Electronic Age: Top 6 Things You Need to Know – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Litigation Section and the 4th District Bar Association – 1.5 Ethics CLE Credits
- 2023 Fourth District Bar Association Spring Case Review – Sponsored by the Fourth District Bar Association – 2.5 CLE credits including 0.5 Ethics (NAC approved)
- Trauma Informed Lawyering – Sponsored by the Fourth and 7th District Bars, and the Idaho State Bar Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers – 3.5 CLE Credits of which 1.0 is ethics.
- Protection Orders: An Overview – Sponsored by the Fifth District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credits (NAC approved)
- Update on the Continued Changes in Our Idaho State Courts from Justice Robyn Brody – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Young Lawyers Section and the Fourth District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credits (NAC approved)
- 2022 Child Protection Section Spring Conference – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Child Protection Section – 4.5 CLE credits
- 2022 Fourth District Bar Association Spring Case Review – Sponsored by the Fourth District Bar Association – 5.0 CLE credits and 1.0 Ethics (NAC approved)
- Brief Review of Guardianship and Conservatorship Practice – Part II – Sponsored by the Fifth District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credits (NAC approved)
- Emerging Areas of COVID Law and How They Intersect with the Lawyer Referral Service – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Lawyer Referral Service – 1.0 CLE credits (NAC approved)
- Military Discharge Upgrades: One Way to Help Our Veterans – Sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section and the Fourth District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credits
- Brief Review of Guardianship and Conservatorship Practice – Sponsored by the Fifth District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credits (NAC approved)
- Recent Ethical Issues and ABA Formal Opinions – Election Cases, Changing Firms, Virtual and Remote Work – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar – 1.0 CLE credits
- Bankruptcy Basics Series – Part 4 – Executory Contracts – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section with Grant Funding Provided by the US District Court of Idaho – 1.0 CLE credits
- Constitution Day: Democracy in the Age of Social Media: Civic Discourse, Ethics, and the First Amendment – Sponsored by Attorneys for Civic Education, the Idaho Law Foundation and the University of Idaho College of Law – 1.5 CLE credits of which 0.5 is Ethics
- 2021 Annual Meeting Plenary Session and Keynote Address: The Human Rights Era of Federal Indian Law – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar – 1.0 CLE credits
- Bankruptcy Basics Series – Part 3 – Preferences and Lien Avoidance in Bankruptcy Cases – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section with Grant Funding Provided by the US District Court of Idaho – 1.0 CLE credits
- Covid Return to Work Considerations for Idaho Law Firms – Sponsored by the Idaho Fourth District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credits
- Bankruptcy Basics Series – Part 2 – Property of the Bankruptcy Estate and Exceptions – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section with Grant Funding Provided by the US District Court of Idaho – 1.0 CLE credits
- Continued Changes in Our Idaho State Courts from Justice Robyn Brody – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Young Lawyers – 1.0 CLE credits (NAC approved
- Suicide Prevention In A Pandemic: Risk Factors, Warning Signs and Ways to Help – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Attorney Well-Being Task Force, Lawyers’ Assistance Program, the Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers with funding provided by the Idaho State Liquor Division Mini-Grant Program – 1.0 CLE credit
- Attorney Well-Being: ISB Survey Results, Resources, and Next Steps – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Attorney Well-Being Task Force and the Lawyers’ Assistance Program with funding provided by the Idaho State Liquor Division Mini-Grant Program – 1.0 CLE credits with 0.25 Ethics
- The Ethics of Modest Means and Pro Bono Service and Making it Work for Your Practice – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Lawyer Referral Service
- Principles, Processes, and People: An Insider’s Look at the Workings of the Idaho Supreme Court – Sponsored by the Seventh District Bar Association and the Eagle Rock Chapter of the American Inns of Court – 1.0 CLE credit – NAC approved
- Advising in University Title IX Investigations and Hearings – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association, the Idaho Women Lawyers, the University of Idaho College of Law, the Idaho State Bar Young Lawyers and Diversity Sections and the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program – 1.5 CLE credits
- An Afternoon with Judge Ryan D. Nelson of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals -Sponsored by the 7th District Bar Association and the Eagle Rock Chapter of the American Inns of Court – 1.0 CLE credit
- Big Data & Briefs: An Introduction to Law & Corpus Linguistics – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar, Idaho State Bar Young Lawyers and Appellate Practice Sections – 3.25 CLE credits
- 2021 Fourth District Bar Association Spring Case Review – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association – 6.0 CLE Credits – 5.5 of which 1.0 is Ethics (NAC approved)
- Bankruptcy Basics Series – Part 1 – Definitions and Client Consultation – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section – 1.0 CLE credit
- The Nuts and Bolts of a Jury Trial During the Covid-19 Pandemic – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credit
- Inside the Ybarra v. Legislature of the State of Idaho & Idaho Board of Education Case – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association and the Idaho State Bar Young Lawyer’s Section – 1.0 CLE credit (NAC approved)
- Serving the Needs of our Military Service Member Clients – Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. and the 4th District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credit
- An Idiosyncratic, Incomplete, and Completely Biased History of the Idaho Federal District Court – Sponsored by the Idaho Federal District Court – 1.0 CLE credit
- Elections and Voting Issues During the Pandemic – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association and the Idaho State Bar Young Lawyer’s Section – 1.0 CLE credit (NAC approved)
- Limitations of Government Authority in Response to a Public Health Emergency
Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credit - Insurance Implications of the COVID – 19 Pandemic – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credit
- Legal Issues with Returning Employees to Work During the Pandemic – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association – 1.0 CLE credit
- Ethics During the Pandemic: Remote Work, Remote Court and Welcoming Clients Back to the Office – Sponsored by the 4th District Bar Association – 1.0 Ethics credits
- Well-Being and Trauma Responsive Workplaces – Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Lawyers’ Assistance Program and the Idaho State Liquor Division – 1.0 Ethics credits
Please Note: You will not be eligible to receive additional credit for the CLEs listed above that you have watched in the past.
Idaho Supreme Court Annual Memorial Service – Mar. 2
The Idaho Supreme Court will hold its annual Memorial Service virtually at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
ISC Order RE: Commencement of Jury Trials and Grand Jury Impanelment
The Court’s September 10, 2020 Order, as well as this Court’s September 16, 2020, Order In Re: Grand Jury Proceedings, established a standard to determine when certain jury proceedings could commence. The standard articulated was based up on the incidence rate of confirmed or presumed COVID-19 cases in the relevant county.
A primary purpose of these orders was to address the substantial health and safety risks upon all jury trial and grand jury participants caused by community spread of COVID-19 cases, while seeking to also protect the legal rights of parties.
2021 Federal Bar Association Virtual Tri-State Conference Mar. 11-12
Idaho Supreme Court Rule Amendments
| The Idaho Supreme Court has issued several orders amending a selection of Idaho Rules. Please read the full Orders and Amended Orders linked below. All recent Idaho Court Rule amendments are also available online at the Idaho Supreme Court’s Website. Amended Idaho Misdemeanor Criminal Rule 5 Idaho Misdemeanor Criminal Rule 5 Idaho Misdemeanor Criminal Rule 9.4 Idaho Misdemeanor Criminal Rule 14 Idaho Rules of Evidence 201, 410 Idaho Supreme Court Website |
2021 Regular Idaho Legislative Session Information
Monday, January 11, 2021, the First Regular Session of the Sixty-sixth Idaho Legislature convened. For more information about the 2021 Regular Legislative Session, click HERE.