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

Deans

Aviva Abramovsky

Dean and professor of the College 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 — Moscow

Aviva Abramovsky

Dean and professor of the College of Law

Mark L. Adams

Professor of Law

Anna Blaine

Associate professor and head of public services of the Law Library

Dylan Hedden-Nicely

Associate dean of faculty and professor of Law

Geoffrey Heeren

Professor of Law, director of the Immigration Litigation and Appellate Clinic

Linda Jellum

Professor of Law

Ryan S. Lincoln

Associate clinical professor of Law

Jerrold Long

Professor of Law

Jessica Long

Associate dean of experiential learning and clinical professor of law

Jean Mattimoe

Collection development/reference librarian and associate professor of Law

Jessica Mckinlay

Assistant professor of Law

Jessica Millward

Assistant professor of Law

Samuel P. Newton

Associate professor of Law

David Pimentel

Professor of Law

Kristina Running

Assistant clinical professor and competitions coordinator

Richard Seamon

Margaret Schimke distinguished professor of Law

Greg Sergienko

Assistant dean of Student Affairs

Karen Hanson Wellman

Assistant clinical professor of Law 
Faculty — Boise

Katherine Ball

Clinical professor of Law

Brenda Bauges

Assistant clinical professor of Law

Ashley Cetnar

Assistant clinical professor of Law

Wendy Gerwick Couture

James E. Wilson distinguished professor of Law

Aliza Cover

Associate dean of faculty and professor of Law

Benjamin Plener Cover

Associate professor of Law

Stacy Etheredge

Law library director and associate professor of Law

Jordan Gross

Professor of Law

Jessica Gunder

Assistant clinical professor of Law

John Hinton

Director of Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

Joe Isanga

Associate professor of Law

Marie Kellner

Assistant clinical professor of Law

Timothy Murphy

Assistant professor of Law

John Rumel

Professor of Law

Hillary Smith

Temporary faculty for bar success

Nick Smith

Director of the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic and assistant professor of Law

Sam Williams

Assistant professor of Law

Staff

Staff

Administration office

Ryan Edinborough
Registrar
law-registrar@uidaho.edu

Tanya Jacoby
Assistant to the dean
208-364-4565
trjacoby@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

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