Faculty, Staff and Students are invited to join a discussion of A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst.

Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. He’s a loner, awkward and obsessive; she’s charismatic and ambitious. But they share a horror of wasting their lives. And they dream - as we all dream - of running away from it all. What if they quit their jobs, sold their house, bought a boat, and sailed away?

Most of us begin and end with the daydream. But...

Join us to hear firsthand accounts from recent graduates who are successfully building their legal careers in rural settings. They'll discuss the unique challenges, client relationships, and career autonomy they've found in this alternative to big city firms.

The Van Oosterhout-Baskerville moot court competition was established in honor of the late Judge Martin Van Oosterhout, a 1924 graduate of the College of Law and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and Richard Baskerville, a member of the Iowa Law Class of 1959. The winners of the Van Oosterhout-Baskerville competition will represent Iowa Law on the National Moot Court team during the 2025-26 academic year.