2025 Bench & Bar CLE & Reception

Featuring Author & Film Producer Jonathan Shapiro

Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar & the Idaho Judicial Branch

Tuesday, September 9, 2025
3:00 pm to 7:00 pm (MT)

Jack’s Urban Meeting Place (JUMP) – Pioneer Room

1000 W. Myrtle Street - Boise

*Webcast Available 

1.5 CLE credits

Registration Fee: 

Standard Registration              $75.00

Law Clerks & Law Students    $25.00

The Idaho State Bar and Idaho Law Foundation are proud to continue their anniversary celebration with this special event in collaboration with the Idaho Judicial Conference.  The event will kick off with presentation by attorney author and film producer, Jonathan Shapiro.  A reception sponsored by the Idaho Women Lawyers will immediately follow.  During the reception we will present the 2025 Distinguished Jurist Award to Justice Cynthia K.C. Meyer.

This event is truly one for the record books as the Idaho State Bar and the Idaho Judiciary have not held a combined event in over 10 years.

Agenda

3:30 pm       How To Be Abe Lincoln – Seven Steps to Leading a Legendary Life

                     Presented by: Jonathan Shapiro

                     More than any time except Abe Lincoln’s own, we need his help, and not just to inspire us. What we need is a practical guide to being Lincoln, one that shows us how to survive in a fractious age.  Former federal prosecutor, law professor, author, playwright, and television writer Shapiro identifies the seven steps that made Lincoln legendary and teaches us how to follow them.

4:30 pm        Reception - Sponsored by the Idaho Women Lawyers

5:30 pm        2025 Idaho State Bar Distinguished Jurist Award Presentation

                      Honoring Justice Cynthia K.C. Meyer, Idaho Supreme Court

7:00 pm        Reception Concludes