Idaho State Bar

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Law Center, 525 W. Jefferson - Boise
Registration begins 8:30 a.m.
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation

Idaho practitioners Chad E. Bernards (Stewart Taylor & Morris, PLLC) and Matthew T. Christensen (Angstman Johnson) will provide an examination of mechanic's liens in Idaho including an overview of how mechanic's liens and bonds can work for you; show the scope of mechanic's liens protections; review owner remedies and protections; thoughts on avoiding false claims and explanation of extra work, delay and disruption claim procedures. Recent decisions from the Idaho appellate courts will also be discussed.

Early Bird price, register by March 4, 2015

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

This program will provide you with a real world guide to major ethical issues in transactional practice. Among other issues, the discussion will cover identifying your client among partners or between an organization and its owner group, ethics when negotiating with unrepresented third parties, voluntary and mandatory disclosures when wrong doing is discovered, issues when in-house counsel and outside counsel are involved in a matter, preserving the attorney-client privilege when representing an entity, issues in joint representations and more. 

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Law Center, 525 W. Jefferson - Boise
Registration begins 8:30 a.m.
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation

Join Idaho practitioners Sunrise A. Ayers (Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc.) and David M. Penny (Cosho Humphrey, LLP) for this presentation on acquiring the tools you will need to handle matters in landlord and tenant law cases. The discussion will include the basics of creating and terminating the landlord-tenant relationship and contracts, the rights and obligations of both parties, regulations specific to Idaho and due diligence in the sale and purchase of rental property. 

Early Bird price, register by April 2, 2015

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

This program will provide you with a real world guide to major ethical issues in transactional practice. Among other issues, the discussion will cover identifying your client among partners or between an organization and its owner group, ethics when negotiating with unrepresented third parties, voluntary and mandatory disclosures when wrong doing is discovered, issues when in-house counsel and outside counsel are involved in a matter, preserving the attorney-client privilege when representing an entity, issues in joint representations and more. 

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Law Center, 525 W. Jefferson St. - Boise
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Sponsored by Idaho Law Foundation

The Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. proudly presents a review of the 2014 Idaho Legislative Session with Idaho State Senate Majority Leader Bart M. Davis (District 33), Idaho State Senate Minority Caucus Grant T. Burgoyne (District 16), Idaho State Representative Luke T. Malek (District 4) and Idaho State Representative W. Marcus W. Nye (District 29). The four lawyer-legislators will discuss hot topics from this year’s session with particular emphasis placed on legislation concerning Idaho’s legal community.

(Early Bird - Register by April 29, 2015

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

This program will cover major ethical issues when attorneys receive or disburse client money.  This program will cover trust fund accounting, pre-payment of expenses, the setoff of unpaid expenses against clients funds obtained in a judgment against a third party, the receipt and charge off of retainers, the disbursement of client property held in trust in estate administration, and much more.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Ada County Courthouse, Commissioners' Hearing Room
200 W. Front St. - Boise, ID
Registration begins 11:45 a.m.
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation


Join panelists the Hon. Andrew Ellis (Ada County Magistrate Court), James K. Ball (Manweiler, Breen, Ball & Davis, PLLC) and Taylor Mossman-Fletcher (Mossman Law Office, LLP), as they moderate an hour ethics session providing hypothetical scenarios, in an informal setting where you can enjoy lunch, network and learn.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Twin Falls County West Facility, Conference Room B
630 Addison Avenue West - Twin Falls, ID
Registration begins 11:45 a.m.
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation

Join panelists the Hon. Calvin Campbell (Twin Falls County Magistrate Court),  Brooke B. Redmond (Wright Brothers Law Office, PLLC) and Anthony M. Valdez (Valdez Law Office, PLLC), as they moderate an hour ethics session providing hypothetical scenarios, in an informal setting where you can enjoy lunch, network and learn.

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

Representing two or more individuals in planning, a transaction, or litigation gives rise to sensitive ethical issues, including confidentiality, authority to make decisions, conflicts of interest, preserving the attorney-client privilege and more.  The program will cover determining when a joint representation is ethically permissible, confidentiality and privilege issues, representing spouses and multiple generations of a family, and issues when adversity arises later.

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

Transitioning law practices to partners or associates has been a long-standing practice of smaller law firms and solo practices.  Outright sales have been less common but are sharply on the rise.  Both forms of transferring a practice raise many substantial ethical issues for withdrawing and successor lawyers and their firms. This program will provide you with a guide to these ethical issues and best practices to successful transfer a practice while avoiding ethical complaint.

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

Attorney investigations as part of litigation or on behalf of a client for other purposes raise a host of ethical issues.  This program will provide you with a real world guide to the ethics issues of conducting pre-litigation investigations, including internal company investigations, external investigations, and investigating members of a jury pool or jury. 

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

This program will provide a wide-ranging review of recent legal developments impacting the attorney-client privilege and the growing challenges of preserving the privilege in a highly inter-connected and digital working environment.  Also, the program will discuss best practices on the inadvertent or intentional receipt of information that might threaten the loss of the privilege.

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)
Teleseminar/Audio Stream
Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

The program will cover ethics in ghostwriting claims and pleadings, ethics in frivolous factual and legal claims, ethics in serving unenforceable subpoenas, ethics in settlements and more.  The program will also cover conflicting approaches of ethics rules and the courts to sanctioning ghostwriting in litigation, the ethics of serving unenforceable subpoenas in the hope the recipient will think its enforceable and cooperate, the enforceability of settlement agreements and ethics challenges.