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Please see details for the position of Associate Counsel for Idaho Power here.

Please join IWL for a panel discussion on handling and improving your practice along with your personal and family life.

When:         Thursday November 3rd from Noon to 1:00 P.M.

Where:        Second Floor of U.S. Bank Building

Moffatt Thomas Barrett Rock & Fields Chtd.

Please find attached press release and registration form for an Indian Law Conference that the Idaho Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is hosting. It is taking place on the eastern side of the state in Fort Hall, Idaho. The FBA is in the process of applying for 6 CLE credits from the Idaho State Bar for this conference.

Please see openings for civil attorney and deputy prosecuting attorney.

Please Join Us Wednesday September 21st from 5:30-7:00pm at the Arid Club

Family Advocates is the only agency in the country that combines the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) child abuse intervention program with an abuse prevention program called Families First.

Over the last 18 months, Family Advocates has been creating innovative ways to continue serve Treasure Valley children and families in the wake of increased demand for our services and unprecedented funding fluctuations.  Staff and volunteers are discovering unique new ways to adapt to these reali­ties and expand our services.  It’s exciting and we’d like to tell you more about it.

Please email nicoles@familyadvocate.org to rsvp.

Can’t make it, but want to help this wonderful cause?  We’re looking for 100 people to give $25/month or $300 a year for 3 years to grow our early educa­tion/child abuse prevention program.  Please join our pledge to protect month­ly giving program now https://www.familyadvocate.org/ccdonate.aspx.  We cannot keep this vital early education service and other services our Parent Educators provide to Treasure Valley families without funding from people like you.

Members,

I would like to congratulate two new board members, Michelle Gustavson and Amy Lombardo in joining the Idaho Women Lawyers’ board of directors.

Michelle graduated first in her class from the University of Idaho College of Law in 2008. After clerking for Justice Burdick on the Idaho Supreme Court, Michelle joined Hawley Troxell where she now has a business transactional and finance practice.

Amy recently moved to Idaho to continue her commercial litigation practice. Before moving to Idaho, Amy was an associate with Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath and Judkins, P.C. in Virginia and graduated from George Mason University School of Law in 2005.

IWL’s board of directors is now made up of the following women:

Laura Burri, Wendy Couture, Jennifer Dempsey (Vice President), Peg Dougherty, Deborah Ferguson, Demi Fisher, Michelle Gustavson, Nicole Hancock (President), Peggy Hinman, Mary Huneycutt, Amy Lombardo, Jenifer Marcus, Kathleen McRoberts (Secretary), Deborah Nelson, Nicole Trammel Pantera, Michelle Points, and Erin Wynn (Treasurer).

Both Amy and Michelle have hit the ground running and we are excited to have them bring new energy and drive to the Idaho Women Lawyers’ board. Welcome!

Nicole Hancock

Leadership is a common theme for IWL this year. Please see the IWL August Letter from IWL President, Nicole Hancock.

Dear Members,

Please see the attached IWL July Letter From The President Nicole Hancock detailing our current events and how members can be involved in IWL.

Idaho Women Lawyers would like to congratulate member and University of Idaho Law School graduating student, Allison Blackman for earning the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) Outstanding Law Student award. Each year, NAWL selects an outstanding law student, male or female, who best exemplifies the following characteristics: contributes to the advancement of women in society; promotes issues and concerns of women in the legal profession; exhibits motivation, tenacity and enthusiasm, demonstrates high academic achievement, and earns the respect of the faculty. Only one student per school can be selected each year and the University of Idaho chose Allison. University of Idaho Law School Dean, Donald L. Burnett Jr. notified Allison by letter, saying that she “easily leapt to the top of the list as someone who meets all of these criteria.”

During her time at law school, Allison was chair of the Women’s Law Caucus and she was instrumental in launching the mentor program between IWL and the University of Idaho. Dean Burnett closed his letter by saying that Allison has “been a powerful and moving force for women in our school, our profession, and our state.” IWL is proud to call Allison a member and looks forward to many more years of her involvement in our organization. Congratulations Allison!

2011 is shaping up to be an exciting year for IWL. For more information on how to get involved, please see IWL May Letter From The President.