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Sarah Simmons - Editor-in-chief
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Sarah is many things. Most pertinently, she is incredibly proud of the crit, its editorship, and its many good works.
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J.R. Beirens - Web Designer, Art Director
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Trained in the style of the Old Masters...Jim Davis, Charles Shultz, and Bill Watterson, multi-talented artist J. R. "Wooly" Beirens has studied at the Art Institute of Seattle and Washington State University. He received his Associates in Animation and a BA in Fine Arts. He likes to make things up, and strangely can fix any printer, copier, or fax machine, though ask him to fix your toaster and he will likely end up looking like toast himself.
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Brandon Brown - Editor
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Originally from Illinois, Brandon grew up in Boise, Idaho and received his undergraduate degree in Secondary Social Studies Education from the University of Arizona. After college, he remained in Tucson teaching U.S. History and World Studies while coaching Football and Track. He has volunteered at the Pima County Prosecutor's Office, and clerked/externed at the Pima County Justice Court. Brandon has a special interest in racial and socio-economic inequality, and finding ways to be a force for positive change. In his spare time, he likes to ski, travel, and soak up the sun.
Favorite quote:
'Nobody is going to dance with you if you don't ask.'
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Kiley Cobb - Editor
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I am a second year law student at the University of Idaho. I grew up on a ranch in Weiser, Idaho. After high school I attended Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon where I played on the intercollegiate volleyball team and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. After I graduated for Eastern in December of 2007, I traveled to Quito, Ecuador where I lived for over two months and volunteered in an elementary school. I improved my Spanish and met some amazingly generous and resilient people.
I enjoyed my first year of law school thanks to interesting classes and meeting some great people. I also got involved with many student organizations. I am currently Secretary of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association student chapter, as well as a member of S.A.L.S.A., the International Law Students Association and the Public Interest Law Group. I am very excited to work with my fellow editors of the Crit and hone
my editing skills.
Cheers to another great year!
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Sean Costello - Editor
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Jason Crume - Editor
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Jason is a 2L at the University of Idaho College of Law. Before coming to the University of Idaho, Jason worked as an RN for two and a half years. Having worked in the healthcare industry for a total of ten years, it was time for a change, leading Jason to transition to the study of law.
The majority of Jason's extensive college career occurred at Boise State, where he would eventually earn an Associate of Science in Nursing and a Bachelors of Science in Political Science Public Law and Political Philosophy with a minor in Business.
In his spare time Jason enjoys cycling, reading, hanging out with his wife, and participating in other non-law school related activities.
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Joanna Eide - Editor
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Joanna was born in Seattle, Washington and raised in the suburbs just south of the city. After graduating high school in 2001 she attended Western Washington University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Humanities. During the course of her undergraduate studies, she interned with Washington State Senator Erik Poulsen, Chair of the Water, Energy and Environment Committee. After graduation in 2005, she interned with Congressman Adam Smith's (WA Congressional Dist. 9) district offices and worked at a produce stand/nursery. She returned to work for State Senator Poulsen as a Session Aide for the 2006 Legislative Session. Joanna was then recruited by the King County Executive Office to serve as the temporary Assistant to the Chief of Staff. After six months, she was offered the permanent position of Executive Program Assistant, which she held until she began her legal education at the University of Idaho College of Law in the fall of 2008. At the College of Law, Joanna participates in several legal clubs and societies, including serving as the Vice President of the Environmental Law Society.
When her studies permit, Joanna enjoys outdoor activities, traveling, gourmet cooking and wine, reading, music and spending time with family, friends, and her crazy Siamese cat, Luna.
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Sandy Flores - Editor
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Sandy's in her second year of law school at the University of Idaho. She graduated from Whitman College in 2008 with a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics.
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Djenne Hearne - Editor
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Before law school, Jennifer (Djenne) spent 15 years as a professional in Human Resources. Assisting individuals and organizations with employment issues, labor negotiations, executive recruiting and policy manuals provided her with interesting challenges, but always the same end --- a review of her work from an attorney. Eventually, Djenne succumbed to the nagging notion to climb the HR food chain and go back to school.
Ultimately, Djenne would like to continue pursuing her interest in employment law, but with an international twist. Her attraction to becoming a 'critter' spurred partly from the opportunity to further explore her passion for helping uneducated and underrepresented employees around the world.
Djenne is the mother of two fabulous children, Joel (12) and Dylan (11). As a family, they enjoy jumping on the trampoline, biking, backpacking, swimming and Frisbee, among many other things.
When she is not studying or playing with kids, Djenne loves to drum. She has studied the traditions, music and dances of Guinea, West Africa for the past 10 years and continues to invent opportunities to teach, play and perform. |
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Cheyenne House - Editor
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The proud possessor of an undergraduate degree in International Studies and a useful proficiency in the Italian language. The satisfied former occupier of three of the Hawaiian Islands, all three occupancies in celebration of that degree. The veteran saleswoman of the wholesale wine industry. Finally, the newly self-anointed doyen of an Amsterdam summer abroad human rights program, and the similarly exceptional bitterballen*.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitterballen
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Jaime MacNaughton - Editor
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Jaime grew up in Montana, a place full of irregular regularities, and is presently in her 2L year at the University of Idaho College of Law. Jaime earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts, emphasis on Theatre, from Carroll College in Helena, MT. After graduating, Jaime spent a couple of years living in Philadelphia, and then moved to Los Angeles. She worked as the green card department head for an immigration law firm until one day, sitting in traffic in the canyons on the commute from Century City back to her home in North Hollywood and grabbing the steering wheel in frustration that her 15 mile drive regularly took two hours to complete, Jaime decided then and there to move back to Montana.
Upon returning to Helena, Jaime worked as a legal assistant in a small civil law firm on Last Chance Gulch. During her time at the law firm, Jaime became increasingly involved in ballot initiatives, blogging, and community activism, and she served as a board member of Montana Common Cause. In 2008 she was asked to write a position statement on a constitutional measure which was included in the Voter's Information Pamphlet sent to all Montanans.
Jaime spent the summer after her 1L year taking summer classes and volunteering in the Immigration Legal Aid Clinic at the law school. She was a founding officer of the Native American Law Student Association and presently serves as an officer to both the Sexual Orientation Diversity Alliance and the law school's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Jaime is just your basic raving egalitarian, who enjoys exploring the different perspectives on life that we all experience.
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Megan Marshall - Editor
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In 2008, Megan graduated from the University of Idaho with a B.A. in English. Immediately after, she became a law student. Most recently, Megan completed an externship with the ACLU of Idaho working on constitutional issues surrounding immigrant, prisoner, and LGBT rights. Although the experience was unforgettable, Megan's passion to 'change the world' stems from her childhood on a family farm in southern Idaho. Besides enjoying sports, the outdoors, and reading a good book, Megan is highly passionate about progressive change in our community and believes there will be peace in our world one day!
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Sam Nelson - Editor
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Sam is currently a third year student at the University of Idaho College of Law. He transferred to UI from Ohio, desiring to experience another region of the country after growing up outside Chicago, and attending Butler University in Indianapolis. During his undergraduate studies, he received degrees in both English and Philosophy.
Sam spent the summer working in San Diego, assisting low-income individuals with Unlawful Detainers, both Civil and Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, and Elder Abuse. He is currently toying with the notion of pursuing a LLM in Taxation once his time at UI is complete.
When not shuffling through legal papers and books with a perplexed look on his face, Sam enjoys leisure reading, biking, running, backpacking, throwin' the ole pigskin or frisbee, badminton, stargazing, brewing beer and then sampling his fine work, people watching, and laughing.
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Saundra Richartz - Editor
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Saundra grew up in Kettle Falls, Washington where she learned to love animals, the water, and the woods. As a result, she has moved to and from Kettle Falls eleven times in the last seven years. She studied Political Science and English Literature at Whitworth University, graduating in 2006. She is now a third year law student at the University of Idaho College of Law with interests in water law and land use planning. In addition to mentally gearing up to be a 4L (due to her participation in the concurrent Masters degree and Juris Doctorate Waters of the West program), she enjoys editing another College of Law publication, Inter Alia. She owes her interest in the crit to her fabulous undergraduate Freshman Reading Literature professor who sparked her interest in critical theory by inviting her (as a sophomore) to be a part of a 400 level Literary Criticism class. Outside of school, Saundra enjoys movies, music, being outside and good conversations.
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Dan Records - Editor
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I am currently a 3L at the University of Idaho College of Law. I graduated from Washington State University in 2007 with a B.A. in Political Science.
I recently spent the summer working for the WSU Center for Human Rights investigating sexual harassment and racial discrimination claims as well as researching possible amendments to the University's discrimination policy.
In July of 2007, I was married to Andrew Galbraith. While our love and our commitment to each other did not change after our wedding our legal relationship did (at least in Washington). We are participating in a transitional time in American history; many of society's questions about relationships are being answered and still more are being posed.
Aside from my interest in the law, I also like to travel having visited ten countries with many more to come. I love music and performing arts, participating in sports (but not watching them). Most of all I enjoy spending time with good friends enjoying good drink and good food,especially cheese.
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Leon Samuels - Editor
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Leon is a 2L at the University of Idaho College of law. He was born in Seoul, South Korea, but moved to Idaho when he was 2 years old. He is a pure Idahoan through and through. He loves tennis, enjoys slam poetry, and salivates over Asian Food and the bakery Section at most grocery stores. He's always down for good wine and conversation and finding creative outlets in the study of law. Needless to say, he's pretty stoked to be an editor for the crit.
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Sarah Schmid - Editor
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Here I go charging into my final semester of law school! I just wrapped up the summer working at the Boise City Attorney's Office and spent last summer in Ireland at the National University of Ireland in Galway studying International and Humanitarian Law. Both were invaluable experiences.
Prior to making the decision to go to law school, I graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a B.A. in History. After determining that it wasn't going to get me much other than an abundance of substitute teaching experience, I obtained my teaching certificate and began teaching 4th grade. I also worked with children and adults in the field of social work as a psychosocial rehabilitation worker.
My experiences with children and living abroad in France, England, Argentina and Ireland, as well as my passion for travel and foreign culture have led me to look toward a career in children's advocacy and international law.
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Grete Schultz - Editor
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Grete is in her third year of law school at the University of Idaho. She completed her undergraduate degree in sociology and womens studies from Seattle University in 2007. She enjoys traveling, reading and good conversation. Grete lived in The Gambia in West Africa and worked for a non-government organization and this sparked her interest in international law.
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Kim Stretch - Editor
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A native Californian, Kim came to the University of Idaho by way of Portland, OR. But first, in an ultimately vain attempt to use the English Degree she had earned from UC Davis, she went to Los Angeles for . . . well, neither fame nor fortune, but with a desire to create films that would both entertain and educate the masses.
But after 14 years, with nothing to show for her troubles- other than a resume filled with accounting positions WAAAAAYYYYY too long to fit on one page- she decided it was time to go to law school and maybe finally create a life that had some meaning beyond paying the bills for someone else's plastic surgery. Her participation on the crit is but one step in creating that life, but it's one she's overjoyed to be taking.
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Sherine Tabassum - Editor
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Sherine is a third year law student at the University of Idaho, College of Law. She received her B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Washington.
She is involved in many school organizations including, Sexual Orientation Diversity Alliance (SODA) and Multicultural Law Caucus (MLC). She believes that these two organizations lack representation at her law school and is working hard to change that.
Aside from school, she loves to learn more about her South Asian culture, dance, music, food, and history. She hopes to contribute to her roots in a meaningful way. Sherine also loves to travel. Her favorite place to vacation is southern Spain. She would love to live in London for the culture, history, and that amazing accent.
She enjoys daydreaming, eating sushi, and running marathons.
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Jason Wagner - Editor
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Jason is a second-year law student at the Universty of Idaho. He is interested in international law and diplomacy. Jason recently spent the summer in Cairo, Egypt studying Islamic Jurisprudence and International Criminal law. In addition to living in Egypt, Jason also spent several years living in Japan, China, and South Korea. Jason is also completing his Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced International Affairs through Texas A & M University.
Jason attended Boise State University for undergraduate studies, majoring in International Relations and Chinese. During that time, he was president of the Chinese Club and received a full- ride scholarship from the State Department to study in Seoul, Korea.
Jason also spent six years on active duty in the Navy. During his time in the Navy he was deployed to two tours to Iraq and one tour to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
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Jon Wayas - Editor
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Jon is currently a 2L at the University of Idaho College of Law. He decided to go to law school after realizing that working in a tux shop was not a good long term career goal. Jon was recently married and spent the summer studying abroad in Madrid, Spain where he studied international environmental law, human rights, and comparative family law. Jon received a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University where he focus on critical theory and African/African American Literature. Jon is the current president of the International Law Students Association at the University of Idaho. He enjoys sleeping, ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, snowboarding, tennis, basketball, and a new found love of soccer.
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Travis Wilson - Editor
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Travis Wilson is currently a 3L at the University of Idaho College of Law. he studied music composition and theory at Central Washington University, performing over 70 concerts during his tenure there, including several of his own compositions. While at Central he also instrumented several guerrilla art projects, including the clandestine photoshopping of pictures previous to their publication in the school newspaper.
After obtaining his undergraduate degree, he tricked a publishing company into hiring him as a graphic designer, his only experience being the photoshopping. Surprisingly he was successful as a designer and had been responsible for the design of the automotive ads at the newspaper where he worked until he turned his eye to the study of law.
Outside of law his interests include art, film, an occasional cigar, wine and music. He plays several instruments, has created his own out of electronic children's toys and is an exceedingly amateur Tuvan style throat singer.
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Jeremy Yuill - Editor
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Jeremy Yuill was the wealthiest man in Hazzard County. As his name would imply, Yuill was incredibly greedy. Creator Gy Waldron said he wanted the character to be the personification of the seven deadly sins. Jeremy Yuill would do anything to get his hands on more money, including executing many nefarious and criminal schemes. He owned most of Hazzard's property and businesses, either directly or by holding the mortgages over the land. His lust for money often drove him to participate in criminal activities, usually by enlisting the aid of associates, mainly his right hand man and partner in crime, the dim-witted, bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. Together, the two schemed to frame the Schou family (Yuill's most steadfast adversaries) for crimes they did not commit. Rosco's deputies, Enos Strate and Cletus Yuill (Jeremy's cousin), have also aided Jeremy Yuill, though Enos (and, to a lesser extent, Cletus) were decidedly more reluctant to do so.
Just like the exact specifications of the Schou Boys' probation rules, the extent of Jeremy's powers seemed to vary from episode to episode. However, this can be countermanded slightly, as Jeremy would often bend the law and make up rules to suit himself.
Jeremy has a twin brother, Abraham Lincoln Yuill, who appeared in one episode of the show. Also played by Lanzoni, A.L. Yuill is the opposite of J.D., he was kind, law-abiding, dressed in black, and drove a black car.
By the time of the 1997 Reunion movie, Lanzoni had died, so rather than replace him with a new actor, Yuill's death was written into the script. He willed his empire to Rosco P. Coltrane, who continued to pursue zany schemes, many of which Jeremy came up with before his death.
Footnote:
This false biography is meant to critique the notion of what self-identification is. I find the notion of defining oneself by the actions one does as not complete. No biography can truly define all the intricacies that make up the human experience. To say that I attend the University of Idaho does not define who I am, but rather is an answer to the question 'Where do you go to school?' Conversely to say that I enjoy Ultimate Frisbee doesn't describe who I am, but rather tells of an action that I enjoy. Additionally, I have a difficulty defining where I am from, because my experiences are from the locations where I have been. In conclusion, the traditional biography can not accurately define who I am or properly show my identity.
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