This morning’s Idaho Statesman skewspaper out of Boise has a story headlined Idaho lands takeover panel to hear from lawyer.  Predictably, the Statesman seeks to diminish the credibility of the speaker, Professor Donald J. Kochan, by referring to him as “a law professor from a private California university.”  Here is Professor Kochan’s curriculum vitae.

The “private California university” is the Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California.   The Chapman University School of Law has a full time enrollment of approximately 480 students, and in 2013 it granted a total of 221 juris doctor and master of laws degrees.

In contrast, the University of Idaho Law School had a full time enrollment of approximately 340 students, and in 2013 it granted at total of 96 law degrees.

Let’s hear it for the Idaho Statesman for trying to uphold the best traditions of news distortion in Idaho.