Services-Outreach
Class of 2023 Raises and Donates $4,115 to the Moscow Food Bank for Holiday Food Drive
Posted Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:12:00 -0800
Professor Ben Beard’s Property Law class of 1Ls, the class of 2023, has surpassed previous years’ fundraising efforts, raising $4,115 for the Moscow Food Bank in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday. The donations include a $1,000 match by Prof. Beard.
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During a COVID-19 Summer, 2L Brad Wanken Worked with the International Rescue Committee in Boise to Secure Settlement for Refugees
Posted Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:33:00 -0700
Second-year law student Brad Wanken spent his summer working globally from home with the immigration team at the International Rescue Committee in Boise. The IRC is a one of a handful of refugee placement organizations in the US, working to settle clients from all over the world. Read more
Professor David Pimentel Selected as USAC Visiting Professor in Chile, Summer 2019
Posted Tue, 01 May 2018 12:32:00 -0700
Professor Pimentel will teach a Comparative Law course in Santiago, Chile, in May-June 2019, as part of the University Studies Abroad Consortium. Read more
Syringa: Past, Present and Future
Posted Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:18:00 -0800
Professors Maureen Laflin and Jessica Long served on a panel for the League of Women Voters in Moscow on Syringa: Past, Present and Future Read more
Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge to Serve as Chair-Elect of AALS Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Section
Posted Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:03:00 -0800
At the 2018 Association of American Law Schools in San Diego, Associate Dean Jeffrey A. Dodge was selected to serve as the Chair-Elect for the Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Read more
Associate Professor Kate Evans Provides Emergency Assistance in National Litigation to Stop Illegal Deportation of Somalis
Posted Mon, 08 Jan 2018 12:00:00 -0800
Kate Evans spent the first week in January interviewing Somali detainees held in two detention centers in southern Florida after immigration officials were forced to turn around a plane filled with 92 Somali men and women and bring them back to the U.S. Reports [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article190672864.html] of rampant abuse on the plane surfaced shortly after it landed. Based on her interviews, on January 4, 2018, Ms. Evans filed a declaration in the lawsuit challenging the government's effort to deport these individuals to sites of persecution and torture. Read more
Professor Seamon's Latest Pro Bono Project
Posted Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:36:00 -0700
Professor Seamon, acting pro bono, has authored a brief that was filed on October 5, 2017, in the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief was filed on behalf of two Oregon ranchers, who ask the Court to review a water-rights dispute between them and the federal Bureau of Land Management. Read more
Director of Admissions
Posted Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:07:00 -0700
Carole Wells has been selected to accompany 12 University of Idaho students to Nicaragua during the winter break. Read more
Citizens Planning Academy, co-sponsored by the College of Law’s Economic Development Clinic, UI Bioregional Planning, and Idaho Smart Growth, begins February 1 with free sessions
Posted Sun, 29 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0800
The Economic Development Clinic, located at the University of Idaho College of Law in Boise and directed by Prof. Stephen R. Miller, is co-sponsoring the new Citizens Planning Academy with the University of Idaho's Bioregional Planning Program and Idaho Smart Growth. Read more
Clinic students Amy Johnston and Blake Harris provide holistic representation to noncitizen defendant in criminal court
Posted Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0800
Mainstreet Clinic student Amy Johnston and Immigration Clinic Blake Harris paired up to provide a noncitizen client with advice and representation about the immigration consequences of pending criminal charges. Read more