The University of Idaho says it has raised $1.1 million in gifts and pledges to pay the school's share of renovations on the Old Ada County Courthouse, which will house the Idaho Law Learning Center.

More than $500,000 in additional private funds have been raised for educational programs at the center, the university said Tuesday.

The learning center is a collaboration between the university and the Idaho Supreme Court to create a legal education, state-government service and law-related civic education center in Boise.

The renovated courthouse will house:

Æ The public Idaho State Law Library.

Æ A third-year program of the University of Idaho College of Law.

Æ State judicial education offices.

Æ Outreach and services for other state government branches.

Æ Law-related civic education programs for the public.

The Moscow-based university hopes to someday expand its one-year Boise program for law students to a full three-year program. The program now allows students to take the third year in Boise.

The Boise program and the State Law Library currently are housed in the University of Idaho — Boise location at Front Street and Broadway Avenue.