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If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice Movie Night

Friday, March 6, 2026 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Join If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice (LRJ) for a fun movie night featuring Unpregnant (2020) and discussion. Food will be provided.

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Emily Galvin Almanza reading - The Price of Mercy

Friday, March 6, 2026 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Emily Galvin Almanza will read from her new book, The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America. The Price of Mercy is described as "A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America’s criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite — and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it" (emilygalvinalmanza.com). It's praised by Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestse...

Drag Show Fundraiser Hosted by Iowa Law Student Orgs

Saturday, March 7, 2026 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Bread Garden

The annual drag show is an event that allows members of the Iowa community (students and more) to celebrate a part of the LGBTQIA+’s culture, while also raising money for the Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund. The drag show is organized by a number of student organizations within the University of Iowa College of Law and Medical school.

The show will be hosted at the ballrooms of Bread Garden on Saturday, March 7th from 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. If you are interested in attending OR in providing a donation to...

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