Dear Iowa Law Alumni and Friends:
Since 1865, this law school has been training excellent lawyers for Iowa and the nation. This fall, we are announcing a new capital campaign for the University of Iowa and the College of Law. It is exciting news because we have a lot to show for past gifts by generous donors.
Our core competencies have remained steady—we continue to invest in a strong faculty and excellent students. In recent years, we have also developed new initiatives. Our investment in the “Writing Law School” concept has been particularly gratifying. This idea, which began organically, has include a renewed focus on our world-class legal writing faculty, our four student-edited law journals, a revamped writing and academic success center, and several new writing and drafting courses. The concept’s success is reflected in strong bar passage numbers this year and record numbers of judicial clerkships for our graduates. Students are also benefiting from a substantial investment in environmental law. A large gift to create the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative has given new meaning to a favorite Iowa quotation, “if you build it, they will come.”
We continue to have a strong platform in the Iowa Law School Foundation. The Foundation is independent but works closely with the UI Center for Advancement to support the College of Law. We are lucky to have both organizations working hard to help build investments in our wonderful law school.
With gratitude,
Kevin Washburn
N. William Hines Dean and Professor of Law
Feature Stories
![Alum Jenness Parker (04JD) in her office in Delaware](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/IALM2310MZ_002_DIG%20Large.png?h=be653419&itok=V00rtA94)
Destination Delaware
![Environmental Law displayed as pieces of a puzzle being put together](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/IowaLaw-EnvironmentalLaw-Color-2b%20Large.jpeg?h=2737b949&itok=MBYaOjOO)
Advancing Environmental Law in Iowa
![A photo of a jail cell block.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/IALM2310MZ_042_DIG%20%281%29.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=VJpRMGzp)
A Matter of Life and Death
In Brief
![A student studies in the commons with coffee.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/IALM2310MZ_004_DIG%20Large.jpeg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=CR6xQfAd)
Leadership in Legal Writing
![Faculty Fellows Vinita Singh and Christopher Mathis](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Article%20Header%20Image%20%2834%29.png?h=e17363ce&itok=496Lnc51)
Supporting Early-Career Scholars
![Career Services director Melissa Norman speaks with student Maya Sanaba seated at a table.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/IALM2310MZ_005_DIG%20Large.jpeg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=dcb1L-X2)
2022 Grads Outperform in a Competitive Job Market
![A group photo of the seven alumni clerks for the Iowa Supreme Court.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Article%20Header%20Image%20%2835%29.png?h=e17363ce&itok=ooWN0FIc)
Supreme Honor
![Alexis Jones poses outside the New Mexico Supreme Court, where she spent her summer clerking.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Article%20Header%20Image%20%2836%29.png?h=e17363ce&itok=VCMFl3Uv)
Summer Stories
![Law students working in the immigration clinic pose with their client who just became a naturalized citizen.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/IALM2310MZ_026_DIG%20Large.jpeg?h=ec4bbc36&itok=lbQesrnN)
Case Files
![A group of students with Dean Wing at the Paris Trial Court during the study abroad program.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/France_Paristrialcourt2023%20%281%29.jpg?h=92f6613f&itok=xqcDjk8J)
Expanding Horizons
Faculty in the News
![Professor Sean Sullivan teaching antitrust law, pointing in front of a white board.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-10/2023_10_24-LAW%208146%20ANTITRUST%20LAW%20jatorner%20-0143.jpg?h=361ae236&itok=m4LkD0fD)
Scholarly Achievements
Giving
![1967 Dean David Vernon](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/1967%20Dean%20Vernon.jpg?h=8d00366f&itok=WjraJA-a)
Honoring the Legacy of David H. Vernon
![Law students walk out of the Boyd Law Building on spring day](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-08/2021_06_28-Boyd%20Law%20Building%20Spaces%20II%2C%20June%202021%20jatorner%20-0827.jpg?h=46602f71&itok=g2JsvQSv)
Together Hawkeyes
![Hubble Fellows headshots in circles against the brain rock pattern background.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/Article%20Header%20Image%20%2833%29.png?h=e17363ce&itok=pjL5xtFY)
Meet our Hubbell Fellows
Alumni Notes & In Memoriam
Alumni Notes
![Jean de Fiennes Statue in Front of the Boyd Law Building](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-09/67013718_10156103516346010_5351685806668906496_o.jpg?h=d28b8abe&itok=3H8Dnzdp)
In Memoriam
Gratitude
![Sandy Boyd sitting in front of wood panel wall.](/sites/law.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-11/IALM2310MZ_046_DIG%20Large.jpeg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=r_vD4WPd)