MOSCOW, ID -- University of Idaho officials say they hope to start offering third-year law classes this fall in Boise without state financial support.

Officials say they are raising money and a student fee increase will help pay for the school.

College of Law Dean Donald Burnett says the school first has to through a process that ensures the expanded program in Boise won't harm the school's Moscow programs.

Burnett says the American Bar Association has to approve the process, called "acquiescence."

The school had previously hoped to open a full three-year law school branch in Boise but the State Board of Education rejected it as too expensive.

Concordia University in Portland, Ore., says it expects to start offering law school classes in Boise starting in 2011.