The Advocate - May 2012 - Idaho State Bar - Idaho.gov
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contributed to the Harvard Civil Rights-<br />
Civil Liberties Law Review.<br />
____________________________<br />
Chad DeVeaux joins Concordia<br />
University, School of Law as a full time<br />
Associate Professor of law in July. He<br />
will teach two of the first-year courses.<br />
Mr. DeVeaux comes to Concordia Law<br />
after spending the past three years as<br />
an assistant professor at Western <strong>State</strong><br />
University, College of Law, in Fullerton,<br />
Calif. At Western <strong>State</strong>, Mr. DeVeaux<br />
taught Civil Procedure, Criminal<br />
Procedure and Contracts.<br />
Prior to being a law professor, Mr.<br />
DeVeaux practiced law for seven years,<br />
most recently at the San Francisco office<br />
of the international firm DLA Piper.<br />
At DLA, he worked on both civil and<br />
criminal litigation and appellate work.<br />
Mr. DeVeaux was on the winning side of<br />
published decisions in cases involving<br />
the First Amendment, the dormant<br />
Commerce Clause, procedural and<br />
substantive due process, administrative<br />
law, housing rights, the separation of<br />
powers and federal-enclave law. Mr.<br />
DeVeaux also specialized in Federal<br />
Indian law and military law.<br />
Mr. DeVeaux received his Bachelors<br />
of Arts, cum laude, in political science<br />
from Bowling Green <strong>State</strong> University in<br />
1997. He was awarded his Juris Doctor,<br />
summa cum laude, from Notre Dame<br />
Law School in 2001. Mr. DeVeaux<br />
served as the articles editor of the Notre<br />
Dame Law Review and was the recipient<br />
of the Dean Joseph O’Meara Award,<br />
given to the graduate with the second<br />
highest cumulative grade point average.<br />
Mr. DeVeaux furthered his education in<br />
2008, earning a Masters of Laws degree<br />
from Harvard.<br />
____________________________<br />
Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff has joined<br />
Concordia University, School of Law as<br />
a member of the faculty and the director<br />
the law school’s Legal Research and<br />
Writing Program in April. Professor<br />
Fordyce-Ruff will create, direct, and<br />
teach the first-year legal writing course<br />
in partnership with other faculty, as well<br />
as develop upper level electives. Prof.<br />
Fordyce-Ruff brings prior teaching<br />
experience to her new position. She<br />
served as a visiting professor of Legal<br />
Research and Writing at the University<br />
of Oregon, School of Law. In this<br />
position she taught legal research and<br />
writing, advanced legal research and<br />
intensive legal writing. She wrote <strong>Idaho</strong><br />
Legal Research, a textbook designed to<br />
help legal professionals and students.<br />
Prof. Fordyce-Ruff is also a monthly<br />
contributor to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Advocate</strong>, the <strong>Idaho</strong><br />
In 2007, Concordia University announced plans to open<br />
a law school in downtown Boise. <strong>The</strong> expansion was<br />
completed in 2010 as the law school was designed<br />
for sustainability and multifaceted learning. Features<br />
include the George R. White Law Library and the latest<br />
advancements in classroom technology.<br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>Bar</strong>’s monthly publication and<br />
serves on the magazine’s Editorial<br />
Advisory Board.<br />
After law school, Prof. Fordyce-<br />
Ruff clerked for the Honorable Joel D.<br />
Horton in the Fourth Judicial District,<br />
Ada County, in Boise, <strong>Idaho</strong>. Following<br />
her clerkship in Ada County, she clerked<br />
for Justice Roger S. Burdick of the <strong>Idaho</strong><br />
Supreme Court. Prof. Fordyce-Ruff also<br />
served as a partner in two law firms in<br />
Boise.<br />
Prof. Fordyce-Ruff received a<br />
Bachelors of Arts, with honors, in<br />
international studies from the University<br />
of Wyoming in 1999. She received her<br />
Juris Doctor from University of Oregon,<br />
School of Law in 2004. Prof. Fordyce-<br />
Ruff served as the managing editor of the<br />
Oregon Law Review (2003-04). She lives<br />
in Boise with her husband and their two<br />
dogs.<br />
____________________________<br />
Jodi Nafzger joined the Concordia<br />
University School of Law faculty as<br />
the Director of Experiential Learning<br />
and Career Services in January. In<br />
this position, Ms. Nafzger directs the<br />
mentorship program, the externship<br />
program, the pro bono service<br />
requirement, and career services. Ms.<br />
Nafzger comes to Concordia Law after<br />
serving as an Assistant City Attorney for<br />
nine years with the Boise City Attorney’s<br />
Office. In this capacity, she handled<br />
misdemeanor criminal prosecution and<br />
provided police advice and training<br />
for both the Boise and Meridian Police<br />
Departments.<br />
Ms. Nafzger served on committees<br />
assigned to downtown livability issues<br />
for the City of Boise and drafted<br />
proposed legislation for the <strong>May</strong>or<br />
and City Council. Ms. Nafzger has<br />
also taught at the <strong>Idaho</strong> Peace Officer<br />
Standards and Training (POST)<br />
Academy. Ms. Nafzger’s professional<br />
experience also includes privatesector<br />
public relations and marketing<br />
work. Ms. Nafzger is a member of the<br />
Professionalism and Ethics Section,<br />
Government and Public Sector Section,<br />
and Litigation Section of the <strong>Idaho</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>Bar</strong>.<br />
Ms. Nafzger received a Bachelor<br />
of Arts in Journalism in 1996 from the<br />
University of Missouri-Columbia, School<br />
of Journalism. She earned her Juris<br />
Doctor in 1999 from the University of<br />
Missouri-Columbia, School of Law.<br />
____________________________<br />
Phillip Gragg will join Concordia<br />
University, School of Law as Director of<br />
the Law Library in June. In this position,<br />
Mr. Gragg will provide leadership in<br />
designing, implementing, assessing, and<br />
managing <strong>The</strong> George R. White Law<br />
Library. Mr. Gragg comes to Concordia<br />
Law from Louisiana <strong>State</strong> University’s<br />
Paul M. Hebert Law Center in Baton<br />
Rouge, La., where he served as the<br />
Associate Director for Public Services<br />
and as an adjunct professor of Legal<br />
Research. He previously served as<br />
Reference and Faculty Services Librarian<br />
and Reference Librarian at Louisiana<br />
<strong>State</strong>.<br />
While in law school, Mr. Gragg<br />
served as a judicial clerk for Iowa’s<br />
8th District. During his clerkship he<br />
researched and drafted memos, orders<br />
and judgments in civil and criminal<br />
cases. He also garnered experience<br />
working in the Office of Student Legal<br />
Services, representing university<br />
students.<br />
Mr. Gragg received his Bachelor<br />
of Science in Anthropology from the<br />
University of California, Riverside in<br />
2001. He was awarded his Juris Doctor<br />
in 2004 from the University of Iowa,<br />
College of Law. In 2006, Mr. Gragg<br />
furthered his education, receiving a<br />
Masters of Information and Library<br />
Science from the University of Arizona.<br />
While pursing his Masters, Gragg served<br />
as a Law Library Fellow at the University<br />
of Arizona, College of Law.<br />
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