Diversity Section “Love the Law!” Program

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Mission Statement

To develop and maintain a pipeline program that exposes Idaho high school, college, and university students from diverse, minority, and low-income backgrounds and underrepresented populations to the legal profession and encourages those students to consider pursuing a career in law. Love the Law! seeks to expand student knowledge about legal careers and pathways to the profession and to provide social support and professional role models. Through these efforts, Love the Law! will promote diversity, equality, and cultural understanding throughout the Idaho State Bar to better serve the State’s diverse citizenry.

• Upcoming Meetings
• Events

Upcoming Meetings

All meetings are held telephonically. Use the following call-in number and access code to join the meeting(s): (515) 603-3135, Code: 3483773#

Events

Upcoming Events

None at this time.

Past Events

• November 29, 2022 – Kootenai County Courthouse Event and Court Observation
• April 12, 2019 – North Idaho Event in Coeur d’Alene
• April 9, 2019 – U.S. District Court Event in Boise
• December 11, 2018 – Canyon County Event in Caldwell
• November 6, 2018 – North Idaho Event in Coeur d’Alene
• May 14, 2018 – North Idaho Event in Coeur d’Alene
• April 26, 2018 – Southeast Idaho Event in Blackfoot
• March 5, 2018 – Idaho Legislative Event in Boise

Thank you to our past volunteers!

A special thank you to the following individuals for volunteering their time, resources, and for supporting our LTL! events!

• Hon. Candy W. Dale, U.S. Magistrate Court, District of Idaho
• Rafael Gonzalez, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Idaho
• Mandy Arnold, Supervisory U.S. Probation Officer
• Paul Baxley, Deputy Chief U.S. Marshal, District of Idaho
• Nicole Owens, Federal Public Defender
• Amy Tate, U.S. Magistrate Court, District of Idaho
• Hon. Edward J. Lodge, U.S. District Judge
• Gwen King, Concordia University School of Law Student
• Hon. Richard Christensen, First Judicial District
• Hon. Tim Van Valin, First Judicial District
• Destry Randles, Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
• Casey Drews, Kootenai County Public Defender’s Office
• Derrick Gordon
• Hon. Richard Tallman, U.S. 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Hon. David Nye, U.S. District Court
• Hon. Cynthia Meyer, First Judicial District
• Bryce Ellsworth, U.S. Attorney’s Office
• Stephen Kenyon, Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Idaho
• Judge Dayo O. Onanubosi, Third Judicial District
• Randy Smith, Canyon County Public Defender’s Office
• Marcus West, Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
• Ellie Somoza, Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
• Kimberly Bratcher, Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
• Leon Samuels, University of Idaho College of Law
• Hakim Hazim, Security/Criminality Consultant
• Mikel Hautziner, Canyon County Public Defender’s Office
• Jason Williams, Canyon County Public Defender’s Office
• Barbara Ferre, Canyon County Public Defender’s Office
• Marc Bybee, Canyon County Public Defender’s Office
• Brent Morris, First Judicial District
• Stanley Mortensen, Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
• Kinzo Mihara, Mihara Law, PLLC

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