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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. Student essays explored Constitutional rights and correlating responsibilities. The three…
Read Full ArticleProtecting the Intellectual Property Aspects of Synthetic Diamonds: Part 1
colorful blue sparkling diamond in tweezers isolated on black 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. This…
Read Full ArticleState 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 a chance to reflect and report on the past year,…
Read Full ArticleFat Smitty’s & Friends: Guidance for Statutory Interpretation
Kolby K. Reddish Published March/April 2022 Business law with legal rules and rights regulation statement outline concept. Ethical and moral company justice protection vector illustration. Lawyer company protection with paper works knowledge. One of the things I enjoy immensely about…
Read Full ArticlePhasing 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 parts.[4] It seems every week there is a new gripe…
Read Full ArticleIda 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 Sandra Day O’Connor as the first woman associate justice to…
Read Full ArticleThe 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 Gem State itself. But what are the purposes underlying the…
Read Full ArticleWorkers 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 the machine after her hair became caught in an unguarded…
Read Full ArticleIdaho’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 or, less frequently, provisions of a state constitution that substantially…
Read Full ArticleIs it the Beginning of the End for Peremptorily Challenging Jurors?
Regina M. McCrea Published May 2022 Illustration of people, judge and courthouse in jury trial concept. Vector Illustration For years trial judges and attorneys have grappled with unconscious or implicit bias in the jury pool. Research shows that people tend…
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