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8:1

Student-Faculty-Ratio

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Events

Law Hawk Volunteers Needed

Friday, December 27, 2024 to Friday, February 7, 2025 (all day)
The admissions office is seeking volunteers to help with our admitted students email project. Admitted students love to hear from current law students about their experience at Iowa law. This project will start in late January and run thru mid April. Each week the admissions office will send a small list of admitted students for you to reach out to. Depending on the number of volunteers we receive you will not be given a list every week. If you would like to help us please send an email to Jan Barnes at jbarnes@uiowa.edu, with your email address.

Law Hawk Volunteers Needed

Friday, January 3 to Friday, February 7, 2025 (all day)
The admissions office is seeking volunteers to help with our admitted students email project. Admitted students love to hear from current law students about their experience at Iowa law. This project will start in late January and run thru mid April. Each week the admissions office will send a small list of admitted students for you to reach out to. Depending on the number of volunteers we receive you will not be given a list every week. If you would like to help us please send an email to Jan Barnes at jbarnes@uiowa.edu, with your email address.

Collegiate Community Committee

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Boyd Law Building
https://law.uiowa.edu/diversity/dei-committee

Law Hawk Volunteers Needed

Friday, January 10 to Friday, February 7, 2025 (all day)
The admissions office is seeking volunteers to help with our admitted students email project. Admitted students love to hear from current law students about their experience at Iowa law. This project will start in late January and run thru mid April. Each week the admissions office will send a small list of admitted students for you to reach out to. Depending on the number of volunteers we receive you will not be given a list every week. If you would like to help us please send an email to Jan Barnes at jbarnes@uiowa.edu, with your email address.

Big 10 Law Schools Reception

Friday, January 10, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
The University of Iowa College of Law invites our alumni community to the Big 10 Law Schools Reception in conjunction with the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting. Join us on Friday, Jan. 10 to connect, socialize, and network with Iowa Law faculty, staff, and alumni. Complementary hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be provided. Feel free to join us even if you are not attending the conference. We hope to see you there! Big Ten Law Schools Reception Friday, Jan. 10 | 6–8 p.m. Nikko I & II – 3rd Floor, Hotel Nikko 222 Mason St., San Francisco, CA 94102 Please RSVP to Director of Alumni Relations Amy Kassem by Dec. 24, 2024.
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Faculty in the News

Professor Alison Guernsey was quoted in a story by the Guardian on what President Biden can do with respect to his clemency power and people who were abused at FCI Dublin

Thursday, December 19, 2024
The Guardian

Marquette Law Review has published "The Power of All: Tort in the Age of Constitution," an article-length version of a keynote address given by Professor Cristina Tilley at a conference there last year

Thursday, December 19, 2024
SSRN

Professor Cristina Tilley's essay "Adding Insult to Injury" was published in Torts JOTWELL

Thursday, December 19, 2024
Torts JOTWELL

Congratulations to Professor Len Sandler who was appointed to the Internal Advisory Board of the University of Iowa’s Prevention Research Center for Rural Health LGBTQIA+ tobacco cessation research project

Thursday, December 19, 2024
Prevention Research Center for Rural Health

Professor Anya Prince presented virtually at the Genetic Discrimination Observatory 5th Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 – 2025 on the topic "AI, Genetics, and Insurance"

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Faculty and Scholarship