History Recreated - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Idaho State Bar Where It All Began

Sponsored by the Second District Bar Association

Friday, September 5, 2025
3:00 pm to 7:00 pm (PT)

The Lewis-Clark Hotel

111 Main Street - Lewiston

*Live Webcast Available 

2.0 CLE credits

Registration Fee: 

Standard Registration     $20.00

Law Clerks                          $15.00

The first meeting of the Idaho State Bar was held at The Lewis Clark Hotel in Lewiston, Idaho on September 5, 1925. One hundred years later to date, members of the Idaho State Bar and the Second District Bar will again gather to celebrate Idaho’s rich legal history at the historic hotel.

This momentous event will kick off with a legal history presentation highlighting Idaho’s most famous trials by Christopher P. Graham from the Idaho Legal History Section followed by a presentation from Lewiston’s own historian and author, Steven D. Branting on the history of the legal profession in Lewiston.  A reception will follow.

Agenda

3:00 pm        A Century of Service: Idaho’s Most Famous Lawyers and Trials

                      Presented by Christopher P. Graham, Brassey Crawford

4:15 pm        Counselors, Crooks and Courthouses

                      Presented by Steven D. Branting, Institutional Historian for Lewis-Clark State College

5:15 pm        Cocktail Reception