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Iowa Law News

Journal of corporation law books

Journal of Corporation Law celebrates fiftieth anniversary

Friday, October 4, 2024
By Maddie Schwarck
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Iowa Law Welcomes Eight New Distinguished Faculty This Fall

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
By Nic Arp
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Iowa Law grads achieve near perfect first-time bar passage rate in Iowa

Friday, September 13, 2024
By Hannah Huston
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Events

Appellate Advocacy I Oral Arguments

Sunday, October 6, 2024 9:30am to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building
Appellate Advocacy I Oral Arguments

University of Southern California Law School

Monday, October 7, 2024 11:00am to 2:00pm
Meet with admissions representatives at an event for prospective law students.

University of Michigan Law Day

Monday, October 7, 2024 11:00am to 2:00pm
Meet with admissions representatives at an event for prospective law students.

University of Minnesota Law School Fair

Monday, October 7, 2024 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Meet with admissions representatives at an event for prospective law students.

Iowa Student Bar Association Weekly Meeting

Monday, October 7, 2024 12:40pm to 1:40pm
Boyd Law Building
Iowa Student Bar Association Meeting  
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Faculty in the News

On October 24, Professor Emily Hughes will take part in a symposium hosted by State Court Report on the topic of limiting cruel punishments in state constitutions

Friday, October 4, 2024
State Court Report

Professor Diane Lourdes Dick elected as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy

Friday, October 4, 2024
American College of Bankruptcy

On September 25 and 26, Professors Bram Elias and Kate Melloy Goettel took five clinic students to St. Louis, Missouri, to watch oral arguments in Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird and United States v. Iowa

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

On September 26th, Professor Kate Melloy Goettel was a panelist on a webinar hosted by the American Immigration Council titled, "Unpacking the Supreme Court Immigration Cases in the '23-'24 Term and Looking Forward to What's Ahead."

Wednesday, October 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FvIm061Sh4

Professor Shannon Roesler presented her paper “Clean Energy Infrastructure and Private Property: Lessons from the Midwest” on a panel on the energy transition and moderated the panel on decarbonization at the Iowa Law Review Symposium

Wednesday, October 2, 2024
https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/symposium-2024
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