Speaker: Donald L. Burnett, Jr. Professor of Law (Emeritus),
University of Idaho

Date and Time and Place: February 25, 2026. 12:00 PM - 1:00 P.M.
1912 Center - Lecompte Auditorium. Moscow, Idaho

Bio: Don Burnett’s career has encompassed service as an interim
university president, dean of two law schools, appellate judge, state
bar president, Army JAG officer, practicing lawyer, and law teacher. A
native of Pocatello, Don received his baccalaureate degree magna cum
laude at Harvard, his J.D. (law) degree at the University of Chicago,
and his LL.M. (Master of Laws) degree from the University of Virginia.
He also graduated on the “Commandant’s List” of the U.S. Army Command
Camp; General Staff College. As a reserve officer in the Army Judge
Advocate General’s Corps, Don’s assignments included service as the
reserve deputy commandant and academic director of The Judge Advocate
General’s School in Charlottesville, Virginia. He retired as a Colonel
and received the U.S. Armed Forces Legion of Merit award.

In retirement he remains an active speaker in programs of continuing
legal education, judicial education, and civic education emphasizing
ethics, the rule of law, and the role of an independent, impartial
judiciary in America’s constitutional republic.