2025 Fall New Attorney Program (Boise)

Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc.

Friday, September 26, 2025
8:00 am to 12:30 pm (MT)

Boise Centre East

195 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise

*In-Person Attendance Only* 

4.0 CLE credits of which 1.0 is Ethics – NAC Approved

Registration Fee: 

Standard Registration   $120.00

Day of Registration       $150.00

The New Attorney Program consists of an introduction on Idaho practice, procedure, and ethics. This course meets the CLE requirements of Idaho State Bar Commission Rule 402(f)(3).  Participants must be admitted and sworn into the Idaho State Bar for this course to count toward the New Admittee CLE requirement. If a participant will not be sworn in on or by September 26, 2025, they will have to wait until May 2026 to take this course. *

Agenda

8:00 am      Lawyering Skills

                   Moderator:     Hon. Jessica M. Lorello – Idaho Court of Appeals

                   James A. Cook – Administrative Office of the Courts

                   Nathan A. Austin – Dean Law, PLLC

                   Anne Henderson Haws, Holland & Hart, LLP

                   Cheyenne M. House, J.R. Simplot Company

9:30 am        Break

9:45 am       Federal & State Judiciary Panel

                   Hon. Debora K. Grasham – U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Idaho

                   Hon. Brent L. Whiting – District Judge, 3^rd Judicial District

                  Hon. Laurie A. Fortier – Magistrate Judge, 4^th Judicial District

11:15 am    Break

11:30 am     Idaho Lawyer Assistance Program

                  Mack Mayo – Paine Hamblen LLP 

12:00 pm    Idaho State Bar & Idaho Law Foundation Potpourri

                  Abby L. Kostecka – Idaho State Bar

                  Jennifer M. Schindele – Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program

                  Maureen Braley – Idaho State Bar

12:30 pm     Program Concludes

*The next course will be held on Friday, May  2025, in person in Boise.