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"My students are our future leaders and advocates for justice and it's imperative they have the necessary legal expertise to effectively advocate on behalf of real people and businesses who have a stake in the outcome of a legal or court decision. As their professor, my primary responsibility is to teach my students how to identify legal issues and use critical thinking to develop effective legal strategies and solutions, including those that will save the client time and money."
Vos joined the law school’s faculty in 2022 from Boise State University where she was a full-time lecturer for legal studies in business at Boise State University’s College of Business and Economics in Boise, Idaho. Since 2016, she taught business law to future business leaders and accountants. And she developed a corporate compliance course which she taught as an adjunct at the University of Idaho College of Law, during the spring 2022 semester.
Prior to entering academia, Vos practiced law at one of the largest law firms in south Florida representing local governments and businesses and individuals who seek to do business with government. Her clients included municipal corporations, property owners, small businesses and the third-largest electric utility company in the United States. After moving to Idaho in 2012, she provided advice concerning corporate compliance and risk management for an Idaho rehabilitation health care system with more than 500 employees and $50 million in annual revenues. She advised executive management on a broad range of regulatory and compliance matters and ensured compliance with state and federal laws related to managed care.
Before entering law school, Vos worked for the Broward County Environmental Protection Department where she was responsible for environmental regulatory compliance and enforcement for a county populated by 1.8 million people (the 18th most populous county in the United States) and covering a total land area of 1,230 square miles. She worked on a broad range of environmental issues involving Federal, State, and local regulations, including enforcement for actions arising from routine facility inspections, accidental releases, permit violations, tree removal, and mangrove alteration.
Vos cites her primary research and teaching interests in business law, regulatory compliance, environmental law, land use law, and state and local government. In addition, she has written and co-authored several publications and presentations pertaining to land use law, constitutional law, and the environment.
- Contract Law
- Business Organizations
- Corporate Compliance
Education
BA, Florida International University
JD, St. Thomas University School of Law, cum laude
Graduate Certificate in College Teaching, Boise State University
Experience
Adjunct Professor, University of Idaho College of Law
Lecturer III, Legal Studies in Business, Boise State University
Program Manager/Attorney, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
Interim Compliance & Risk Manager, Elks Rehab System
Associate, Public Land Use and Zoning Practice Group, Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.
Certified Legal Intern, Homicide Trial Unit and County Court Unit,Office of the State Attorney, 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Law Clerk, Land Use & Zoning Group,Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.A.
Intern to Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis, Supreme Court of Florida
Intern to United States Magistrate Judge Barry S. Seltzer, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Natural Resource Specialist II, Enforcement Administration Section, Broward County Environmental Protection Department
Bar Admissions
Idaho
Florida
Memberships
American Bar Association
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Idaho Women Lawyers
Selected Media Coverage
Idaho Statesman
Michelle Vos was quoted on 5/18/15
“If you do not pass this legislation, you will put power back in the hands of abusers.”
Selected Presentations
Presenter, The Future of Idaho State Trust Land: Maximum Long-Term Financial Returns for Trust Beneficiaries While Benefiting All Idahoans, College of Business and Economics (COBE) Research Brown Bag, Boise State University, Boise, ID, March 29, 2022.
Presenter, Endowment Lands: Securing Maximum Long-Term Financial Returns for Education, College of Business and Economics (COBE) Research Brown Bag, Boise State University, Boise, ID, November 17, 2021.
Presenter, Correlation, Causation, and Constitutional Scrutiny Analysis, College of Business and Economics (COBE) Research Share Day, Boise State University, Boise, ID, September 18, 2020.
Presenter, Correlation, Causation, and Constitutional Scrutiny Analysis, 95th Academy of Legal Studies in Business Online Annual Conference, Aug. 7, 2020.
Moderator, “Building Diversity Pipelines” panel, University of Idaho Critical Legal Studies Journal Spring Symposium, “The Gavel Gap: Promoting Diversity in Idaho's Judiciary,” Boise, ID, April 14, 2017.
Testimony
May 18, 2015. Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee, Idaho Legislature, chaired by Sen. Patti Anne Lodge. Professor Vos spoke in support of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act on behalf of the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. Vos reiterated that support for children is essential and if the legislation was not passed, it would put women back into abusive situations as they try to self-collect child support.