Our people
Leading legal excellence
The College of Law team is here to support you before, during and after your legal education.
Our faculty come from a wide range of legal and social backgrounds. They include former judges, prosecutors, public defenders, Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) attorneys and private practice attorneys from a variety of specialization areas. At Idaho Law, our faculty prioritize your education, while also making an impact through high-quality scholarly work that draws attention regionally, nationally and globally.
The dedicated staff at Idaho Law includes our admissions team, student services team and career development office.
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Meet our team
Aviva Abramovsky
Aliza Cover
Dylan Hedden-Nicely
Jessica Long
Leon Samuels
Greg Sergienko
Faculty and staff
Faculty — Moscow
Aviva Abramovsky
Dean and professor of law
208-364-4590
law-deansoffice@uidaho.edu
Mark L. Adams
Professor of law
208-885-5001
marka@uidaho.edu
Anna Blaine
Associate professor and head of public services of the Law Library
208-885-2161
annablaine@uidaho.edu
Dylan Hedden-Nicely
Professor of law and associate dean of faculty
208-885-0860
dhedden@uidaho.edu
Geoffrey Heeren
Professor of law, director of the Immigration Litigation and Appellate Clinic
208-885-6110gheeren@uidaho.edu
Linda Jellum
Professor of law
ljellum@uidaho.edu
Ryan S. Lincoln
Associate clinical professor of law
208-885-7634
rlincoln@uidaho.edu
Jerrold Long
Professor of law
208-885-4977
jlong@uidaho.edu
Jessica Long
Associate dean of experiential learning and clinical professor of law
208-885-7077
jessicalong@uidaho.edu
Jean Mattimoe
Collection development/reference librarian and associate professor of law
208-885-2162
mattimoe@uidaho.edu
Jessica McKinlay
Assistant professor of law
208-885-7022
jmckinlay@uidaho.edu
Jessica Millward
Assistant professor of law
jmillward@uidaho.edu
Samuel P. Newton
Associate professor of law
208-885-7936
samnewton@uidaho.edu
David Pimentel
Professor of law
208-885-7056
dpimentel@uidaho.edu
Kristina Running
Assistant clinical professor and competitions coordinator
208-885-8725
krunning@uidaho.edu
Richard Seamon
Margaret Schimke distinguished professor of law
208-885-7061
richard@uidaho.edu
Greg Sergienko
Assistant dean of student affairs
gsergienko@uidaho.edu
Karen Hanson Wellman
Assistant clinical professor of law
208-885-6211
kwellman@uidaho.edu
Faculty — Boise
Katherine Ball
Clinical professor of law
208-870-8072
ktball@uidaho.edu
Brenda Bauges
Assistant clinical professor of law
208-364-4594
bbauges@uidaho.edu
Ashley Cetnar
Assistant clinical professor of law
208-885-8638
acetnar@uidaho.edu
Betsaida Chavez-Hermes
iMagis postdoctoral fellow; Immigration Litigation and Appellate Clinic
betsaidac@uidaho.edu
Wendy Gerwick Couture
James E. Wilson distinguished professor of law
208-364-4547
wgcouture@uidaho.edu
Aliza Plener Cover
Associate dean of faculty and professor of law
208-364-4585
alizac@uidaho.edu
Benjamin Plener Cover
Associate professor of law
208-364-4094
bcover@uidaho.edu
Jason Dykstra
Temporary faculty
208-364-4611
jdykstra@uidaho.edu
Stacy Etheredge
Law library director and associate professor of law
208-364-4558
stacye@uidaho.edu
Jordan Gross
Professor of law
jordangross@uidaho.edu
Jessica Gunder
Assistant professor of law
208-364-4577
JGunder@uidaho.edu
Tim Harris
Temporary faculty
tmharris@uidaho.edu
John Hinton
Director of Low-income Taxpayer Clinic
208-364-6166
jhinton@uidaho.edu
Joe Isanga
Associate professor of law
208-391-1431
jisanga@uidaho.edu
Marie Kellner
Assistant clinical professor of law
mariec@uidaho.edu
Timothy Murphy
Assistant professor of law
208-364-4543
temurphy@uidaho.edu
John Rumel
Professor of law
208-364-4576
jrumel@uidaho.edu
Hillary Smith
Temporary faculty for bar success
hillarys@uidaho.edu
Nick Smith
Director of the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic and assistant professor of law
nasmith@uidaho.edu
Sam Williams
Assistant professor of law
208-364-4554
sawilliams@uidaho.edu
Staff
Administration office
Ryan Edinborough
Registrar
law-registrar@uidaho.edu
Tanya Jacoby
Assistant to the dean
208-364-4565
trjacoby@uidaho.edu
Brady Moseson
Fiscal manager
208-885-5932
bmoseson@uidaho.edu
Mike Nugen
Administrative and financial operations
208-885-6208
mnugen@uidaho.edu
Shanda Stinebaugh
Administrative and faculty assistant
208-885-2256
sstinebaugh@uidaho.edu
Jenny Tardigrade
Administrative office manager
208-885-2256
tardigrade@uidaho.edu
Sarah Zabic
Administrative office manager
208-364-4567
szabic@uidaho.edu
Admissions
Renee Harrison
Associate director of admissions
208-885-0143
rrharrison@uidaho.edu
Lundyn Jared
Assistant director of admissions — Moscow
208-885-2300
lundynj@uidaho.edu
Noe Sanchez
Assistant director of admissions — Boise
208-885-8620
noesanchez@uidaho.edu
Career development
Anne-Marie Fulfer
Director, pro bono program and senior counselor, career development office
208-885-2742
amfulfer@uidaho.edu
Elana Salzman
Director of career development
208-364-4583
esalzman@uidaho.edu
Amy Henson
Externship and career development coordinator
208-364-4589
ahenson@uidaho.edu
Erin Heuring
Career counselor
208-364-4584
eheuring@uidaho.edu
Avis Stein
Program specialist for bar success and career development
astein@uidaho.edu
Clinic staff
Todd Bowman
Legal administrator
208-885-6541
toddb@uidaho.edu
Megan Ellsworth
Experiential learning program specialist
mellsworth@uidaho.edu
Amelia Wheelen
Experiential learning coordinator
208-364-4074
awheelen@uidaho.edu
Development
Stephanie Ballis
Director of development
208-885-8793
sballis@uidaho.edu
Information technology
Jason Ballester
IT support technician
Moscow LawTech — 208-885-2741
jballester@uidaho.edu
Rand Zacharias
IT support technician
Boise LawTech — 208-364-4587
randallz@uidaho.edu
Library
Stacey Anderson (Sullivan)
Technical services supervisor
208-885-6523
staceya@uidaho.edu
Lori Ballard
Idaho state law library technical services librarian
208-364-4556
lballard@uidaho.edu
Devon Erdman
Circulation technician
208-885-8740
derdman@uidaho.edu
Rachel Hollis
Library administrative assistant
208-338-4609
rhollis@uidaho.edu
Evan Lantzy
Circulation supervisor
208-885-9403
elantzy@uidaho.edu
Ryan Locke
Serials and documents technician
208-885-2257
rlocke@uidaho.edu
Marketing and communications
Chris Smith
Marketing and communications manager
208-364-4582
christophersm@uidaho.edu
Student services
Greg Sergienko
Assistant dean of student affairs
gsergienko@uidaho.edu
Leon Samuels
Assistant dean of student affairs
208-334-2252
lsamuels@uidaho.edu
Christy Becker
Student services manager
208-885-5069
cbecker@uidaho.edu
Caroline Lehner
Student services coordinator
clehner@uidaho.edu