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Sandy Boyd sitting at a desk in the 1950s in a black and white photo.

The book on Boyd

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Iowa Now
“I wanted to make the point the Middle West is the never-ending frontier, that it’s a vibrant place and you can become anything you want here,” says Boyd, whose given name is Willard Boyd, Jr. He says the book also is intended to record his many experiences with the American phenomenon of nonprofit organizations.
Legal Clinic

College of Law clinics teach students about transactional law, federal defense

Monday, October 1, 2018
Iowa Now
A pair of new legal clinics at the University of Iowa College of Law offers students unique learning opportunities related to transactional and criminal law, as well as hands-on experience in working with clients and appearing in federal court. The Community Empowerment Law Project, run by Daria Fisher Page, and the Federal Criminal Defense Clinic, overseen by Alison K. Guernsey, launched in January 2018 after several months of preparation by the two associate clinical professors of law.
Clinical Law Program Sign

Legal Clinic works to limit physical restrains and seclusion rooms in Iowa schools

Thursday, August 10, 2017
Law and Policy in Action Clinic law students and faculty are playing a pivotal role in an initiative to limit the use of physical restraints or seclusion rooms in Iowa schools. They are part of an attorney workgroup that petitioned the Iowa Department of Education to revise its rules and ensure that seclusion rooms and physical restraints are used only emergency situations, are used only as a last resort, and are never used to discipline or punish students.
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