Legislative Redistricting in Idaho
Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Government and Public Lawyers Section
Length: Approx. 3hrs
3.0 CLE credits - NAC Approved
Standard Registration: $ 100.00
Idaho’s legislative district maps were renewed in the fall of 2021, based on the work of Idaho’s Citizen Commission for Reapportionment (“Commission”) and new 2020 Census data. The Government and Public Sector Lawyers section of the Idaho State Bar presents a CLE covering the legal framework and latest developments in redistricting. This includes constitutional, statutory, and administrative framework on the national and state level, with an inside look at the work at the Commission, Discussion on redistricting theories, legal challenges to redistricting and gerrymandering, and political strategies, and the future of redistricting in the age of data
Speakers, panelists, and moderators include:
- Bart M. Davis, Co-Chair, Idaho Commission for Reapportionment and former United States Attorney, District of Idaho and former Idaho State Senate Majority Leader
- Jim Jones, Parsons Behle & Latimer, retired Idaho Supreme Court Justice and former Idaho Attorney General
- Briane Nelson “Nels” Mitchell, Idaho Commission for Reapportionment, and former candidate for the U.S. Senate
- Philip A. McGrane, Ada County Clerk
- Brian P. Kane, Office of the Idaho Attorney General
- Dr. Jaclyn J. Kettler, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
- Benjamin P. Cover, Associate Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law
- Michael S. Gilmore, Adjunct Professor, University of Idaho College of Law and former Deputy Idaho Attorney General
- Grant Loebs, Prosecuting Attorney of Twin Falls County and experienced redistricting litigator
- Elizabeth L. Bowen, Idaho Legislative Services Office
Part I: Constitutional, Statutory, and Administrative Framework for Redistricting
Benjamin P. Cover, Associate Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law and Jim Jones, Parsons Behle & Latimer, retired Idaho Supreme Court Justice, and former Idaho Attorney General
Part II: Inside Redistricting and Idaho’s Citizen Commission for Reapportionment - Panel Discussion
Moderator: Philip A. McGrane, Ada County Clerk
Panelists: Briane Nelson “Nels” Mitchell, Idaho Commission for Reapportionment, and former candidate for the U.S. Senate
Bart M. Davis, Co-Chair, Idaho Commission for Reapportionment and former United States Attorney, District of Idaho and former Idaho State Senate Majority Leader
Elizabeth L. Bowen, Idaho Legislative Services Office
Part III: Panel Discussion on Redistricting Theories, Legal Challenges to Redistricting, and Political Strategies Related to Redistricting
Moderator: Brian P. Kane, Office of the Idaho Attorney General
Panelists: Grant Loebs, Twin Falls Prosecuting Attorney
Michael S. Gilmore, Adjunct Professor, University of Idaho College of Law and former Deputy Idaho Attorney General
Benjamin P. Cover, Associate Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law
Jaclyn J. Kettler, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
12:10 pm Final Comments
Kolby Reddish, Chair, Government and Public Sector Lawyers
12:15 pm Program Concludes
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