Magistrate Judge Research Assistance

The bet365亚洲官网 法学院’s Idaho State Magistrate Judge Research Assistance Program is designed to provide quality experiential learning and pro bono opportunities for our students, and to assist Idaho’s magistrate judges with research and writing projects.

The Idaho state court Magistrate Judge Research Assistance Program is coordinated at the 法学院’s 博伊西 campus, but is available to any second and third-year law student who either participates in a summer judicial externship or is part of the 博伊西 Third Year Law Program. Other students may participate at the discretion of the Externship Director for 博伊西.

The goal of the Research Assistance Program is to assist with an identified need in the state judicial system and to provide quality experiential learning and pro bono opportunities for law students. Students will help Idaho’s 88+ magistrate judges, who do not have law clerk assistance, with research and writing projects. 通过这项工作, students will learn more about the judicial system, 记账工作, and writing judicial decisions.

Projects vary from year to year; however, students will have opportunities to learn about and gain practical experience with family law, 刑法, 遗产及遗嘱, and a variety of areas of state substantive law. Any student interested in developing research and writing skills, 和法官一起工作, 记账工作, and learning more about a variety of cases would be interested in this Program. It provides an opportunity to build your resume, create a writing sample, work with a judge to develop a new reference for future job searches, and experiment with 记账工作. Students also earn pro bono hours while taking advantage of these opportunities.

示例项目包括:

• Drafting a decision on a motion to suppress evidence in a criminal case;
• Researching a variety of community property issues for divorce cases;
• Considering the implications of a non-married couple entering a contractual agreement to purchase property when one of the contracting parties is later deceased;
• Researching evidentiary issues to assist a judge in trial preparation; and
• Performing research and writing to assist with wills/estates/probate cases.

Students thus far have worked for judges in each of Idaho's seven judicial districts on projects taking 20 to 60 hours to complete. Many students completed more than one project.

Interested Student - 联系 Information

Interested students are encouraged to contact the Externship Director for 博伊西, 凯蒂·鲍尔教授, at ktball@takechargesummit.com.

关于项目

The Supreme Court of Idaho’s Wellness Committee identified a need to support magistrate judges and assist them in performing their work, which led to creation of the bet365亚洲官网 法学院’s program for law student research and writing assistance.

Request Student Assistance

Submit projects to Katie Ball by using the Magistrate Judge Research Assistance Request Form or 凯蒂·鲍尔.