Award of Legal Merit

The Award Of Legal Merit recognizes the outstanding contribution of an Idaho law graduate whose career exemplifies the best in the legal profession. This annual award is determined by a vote of the law faculty and is based on demonstrated standards of integrity, competence, service and leadership through work as a legal practitioner, service to the legal profession, service to the community, or service to business/state/national interests. The award is presented during the College of Law commencement ceremony. Nominations are submitted to the Dean of the College of Law and voted on by the faculty each spring.

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Recipients of the College of Law Award of Legal Merit

1966
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

Judge Abe McGregor Goff '24
Judge J. Blaine Anderson '49
Louis Racine '40
Chief Justice Joseph McFadden
William H. Langroise '21
Dean E. Miller '49
Hamer H. Budge '36
Judge Fred M. Taylor '26
Judge Ray McNichols '50
Col. Burton F. Ellis '33
John T. Hawley, Sr. '55
Senator James A. McClure '50
Judge Harold L. Ryan '50
Joan Henderson '73
Merlyn W. Clark '64
Judge Alfred C. Hagan '58
J. Ray Durtschi '51
Ernesto Sanchez '72
Sally Savage '77
Justice Linda Copple Trout '77
Judge Thomas G. Nelson '62
Weldon Schimke '31
Howard Manweiler '58
Bernice Bacharach '42
Frank Shrontz '54
Claude Marcus '34
Judge Edward J. Lodge '61
Judge Patricia Young '77
Charles F. McDevitt '56
Justice Jesse R. Walters, '63
J. Dennis Faucher, '62
Pamela Jacklin, '78
Nancy M. Morris, '83
Lucinda Weiss, '73
John A. Rosholt, '64
Stephen G. Hawks, '78