Category: Digital Advocate

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

The ABA held its Annual Meeting in Chicago from July 31 through August 6, 2024. My report on the last meeting was likely glanced over; for those who did read […]

Julie Kane, citizen of Eastern Band of Cherokee, and long-time employee of the Nez Perce Tribe Office of Legal Counsel received the Idaho Women Lawyer’s (“IWL”) Kate Feltham award. The […]

The Nez Perce Tribe is the first tribe in Idaho to implement the Violence Against Women Act [i] and will begin enforcing Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction this month.[ii] This article […]

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 […]

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 […]

In the movie “The Cowboys,” John Wayne’s character hires a group of schoolboys to help him on a 400-mile cattle drive. During the drive, they happen upon a skeleton in […]

Introduction The Idaho Supreme Court recently held in Blasch v. HP, Inc.[i] that discriminatory wage claims under the Idaho Human Rights Act (“IHRA”)[ii] accrue when the employer’s pay-setting decision is made and […]