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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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Have questions about applying? Our friendly admissions staff is here to support you every step of the way.

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Meet our team

Deans

Aviva Abramovsky

Dean and professor of Law

Aliza Cover

Associate dean of faculty and professor of Law

Dylan Hedden-Nicely

Associate dean of faculty and professor of Law

Jessica Long

Associate dean of experiential learning and clinical professor of law

Leon Samuels

Assistant dean of Student Affairs

Greg Sergienko

Assistant dean of Student Affairs

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

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