Story Created: Feb 8, 2010 at 9:59 AM MDT
Story Updated: Feb 8, 2010 at 9:59 AM MDT
College of Law Dean Donald Burnett said the school is raising money for the classes and a student fee increase will also help pay for the program. But he said the school has to first go through a process that ensures the expanded program in Boise won't harm the school's Moscow programs.
He said the American Bar Association has to approve the process, called "acquiescence."
The Moscow-based school had previously hoped to open a full three-year law school branch in Boise but the State Board of Education rejected it as too expensive.
Meanwhile, Concordia University in Portland, Ore., says it expects to start offering law school classes in Boise starting in 2011.
Boise is one of the biggest metropolitan areas in the country without a law school. The city is also home to Idaho's business and commerce, as well as state government and the state Supreme Court.
Burnett said the University of Idaho isn't giving up on its original idea of having a branch at the old Ada County Courthouse.
"We do intend to go back to the State Board of Education, which they have invited us to do, and engage them in further discussions about plans for a full, three-year branch program," Burnett told The Lewiston Tribune. "It will be a splendid location for our students, to take classes with the state Capitol building on one side, the Supreme Court on the other side, and the Idaho State Bar across the street."
But he said renovating the building would will cost about $7 million, money that is unlikely to become available in the near future.
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Information from: Lewiston Tribune
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