Law Related Education Wraps Up 2025 Idaho High School Mock Trial Competition by Carey A. Shoufler
2025 Idaho Mock Trial Champions, The Ambrose School. The Idaho Law Foundation’s Law Related Education Program hosted its annual High School Mock Trial State Championship from Tuesday to Thursday, March 11 to 13. This year, students explored a criminal case…
Read Full ArticleABA Midyear Report: Lawyers and the Rule of Law by R. Jonathan Shirts
A Phoenix sunrise for the meeting. Photo credit: Jonathan Shirts. “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”[i] “Let me explain; no, there is too much. Let me sum up.”[ii] I started writing this about six weeks after…
Read Full ArticleBeyond the Criminal Sentence: How Understanding Parole Can Strengthen Criminal Defense Representation by Valeri M. Kiesig
Everyone involved in the criminal justice system should know the nuts and bolts of what parole entails. Why? Because every time someone receives an imposed prison term with any indeterminate time, they have been sentenced to the uncertainties of the…
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