University of Idaho College of Law

Joint degrees awarded: J.D./M.S. Environmental Science; J.D./M.A. Accounting; J.D./M.B.A.; J.D./M.S. Water Resource Management; J.D./Ph.D. Water Resource Management

Student activities: We have more than 20 active student organizations. The Idaho Law Review covers state, regional, national and international issues. We also have "The Crit", a journal on critical legal studies. Other groups include the Multicultural Law Caucus and the Women's Law Caucus. Please visit our website at http://www.law.uidaho.edu for a list of student groups.

Address: 709 S. Deakin Street, Moscow, ID 83844

Before you can study in any of the above 1 law programs in Idaho, you will need to take the Law School Admissions Test. The exam dates throughout the year are also provided on the site.

Idaho Overview

Idaho, a mountain state in the northwest US border with British Columbia, Canada; 216,000 km², 1.58 million residents (2011), the capital is Boise (205,700 residents; 2010). Enlisted in the Union in 1890 as the 43rd State. Nickname: The Gem State. Check searchforpublicschools for public primary and high schools in Idaho.

With less than five calls per km² and a rural population of 43%, Idaho is one of the United States' thinnest and least urbanized states. Cities and rural populations are concentrated along the Snake River in the south and to a lesser extent along the border with the state of Washington to NV. The rest of Idaho consists of forests and nature reserves in the desolate and hard-to-reach mountain areas of the Rocky Mountains. Highest point is Borah Peak (3859 m).

Idaho was from the late 1800s. among the leading manufacturers of i.a. gold and silver, but the importance of mining has diminished. Far more important is forestry and especially agriculture, if approx. 23,000 family farms employ 18% of the population (1991). Most farming is on the semi-arid plains of the Snake River, where Mormons introduced irrigation and began cultivation in the 1880s. Main crops are potatoes, of which the state has the largest production in the United States, followed by wheat, beet and fodder for meat and dairy cattle. The industrial sector was seriously developed in the 1940s and is dominated by the timber and food industries, in addition to the cheap electricity from the hydroelectric power plant at Arrowrock Dam. has drawn a number of electronics companies to Boise. In addition, the tourism industry is of great and growing importance; partly because of sights such as the Craters of the Moon National Monument, an extinct volcanic area west of Idaho Falls, and Hell's Canyon, a 2,300-foot-deep canyon along the Oregon border, and partly because of the mountain landscape's magnificent scenery and recreational opportunities. The best known holiday centers include Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint to the north (camping, hunting, fishing) and the Sun Valley in the southern Sawtooth Mountains with year-round skiing. The climate varies with altitude, but is mostly temperate and continental with a mean rainfall of approx. 500 mm in the north and 300 mm in the south. A total of 62% of the land is owned by the Federal Government, mostly in the form of national forests, military areas and Native American reserves.

History

The United States acquired the area as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but it was first explored in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark expeditions. Later, furry hunters and missionaries followed the Oregon Trail. However, a larger immigration only took off after the gold find in 1860; Idaho territory was removed from Oregon in 1863 and then encompassed all of Montana and most of Wyoming. The present boundaries were set in 1868. In 1884, large silver finds were made at the Coeur d'Alene, which, after drastic falls in silver prices, became the scene of fierce labor struggles in the 1890s. The area's original inhabitants, including the nez percé Indians under Chief Joseph, were displaced in 1877; some thousands of descendants now live in the northern part of the state.