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Iowa Law ‘a game-changer’ for Vikings VP: Karin Nelsen (Class of 1993)

Karin Nelsen was unsatisfied in her career as a CPA when she decided to enroll in the University of Iowa College of Law. The education and mentoring she received on campus propelled her to a dream job with her home-state NFL team. Growing up in southwestern Minnesota, one thing was certain for...

September 7 is Supreme Court Day

September 7 is Supreme Court Day at Iowa Law. Iowa Supreme Court Justices will hear oral arguments at 10:30 a.m and student moot arguments at 2 p.m. Both sets of arguments will take place in Levitt Auditorium of the Boyd Law Building. The morning arguments will be live streamed at https://www...

USPTO's China IP Roadshow comes to Iowa Law on August 28

On August 28, the University of Iowa College of Law will host the United States Patent and Trademark Office's China Intellectual Property Roadshow. This one-day event, co-sponsored by the USPTO and University of Iowa Innovation, Business and Law Center , will bring together experts from the U.S...

Class of 2018 Profile: Adam Vander Stoep

Iowan realizes his childhood dream of working in criminal justice Adam Vander Stoep first set foot in a courtroom at a very young age. “My father was in law enforcement my entire life, and he would sometimes give me the opportunity to go to court and watch him testify,” says Vander Stoep. “To me,...

Congratulations to 2018 Philip G. Hubbard Human Rights Award Recipient, Winnie Uluocha, and 2018 Hancher-Finkbine Graduate/Professional Student Medallion Recipient, Hannah Shirey

Read more about our student award recipients Hannah Shirey Hancher-Finkbine Graduate/Professional Student Medallion Hannah Shirey, a native of Waterloo, Iowa, is pursuing a JD at the UI College of Law. Shirey has been committed to engaging with and advocating for immigrant communities since her...

Susan Bolton, Senior U.S. District Judge and law alumna, reflects on 28 years behind the bench

Bolton has handled some of the most complex cases to come before the court By Hayley Bruce Iowa Law alumna Susan Bolton’s legal career started with a drive to Arizona. Though she initially attended the University of Iowa to finish her undergraduate degree because her husband was working on his PhD...

Kevin Washburn Announced as N. William Hines Dean

Kevin Washburn, Regents professor of law and former dean at the University of New Mexico School of Law, has been named the N. William Hines dean of the University of Iowa College of Law. He will begin on June 15. Washburn, 50, succeeds Gail Agrawal, who has served as dean of the College of Law...

Alaska Supreme Court Justice Joel Bolger ('78) still reflects on lessons from UI College of Law

Alaska Supreme Court Justice Joel Bolger still reflects on lessons from UI College of Law Alum is the only judge to have been appointed to all four levels of the Alaska court system BY: HAYLEY BRUCE University of Iowa College of Law alum Joel Bolger was perhaps destined to live in Alaska. His...

Get to Know: Cristina Tilley

Cristina Tilley, Associate Professor of Law At the UI since: July 2017 Hometown: Chicago. Family: Two daughters. Alma Mater: B.S.J. Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism J.D., Northwestern University What did you do before joining Iowa Law? I graduated from Northwestern University...

Get to Know: Gregory Shill

Gregory Shill, Associate Professor of Law At the UI since: Summer 2017 Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI Alma Mater: Columbia University (BA) Harvard Law School (JD) Jewish Theological Seminary (MA) What did you do before joining Iowa Law? I clerked for a judge, practiced law in New York and London, and...

Get to Know: Paul Gowder

Paul Gowder, Professor of Law At the UI since: I’ve been here for five years. Hometown: Los Angeles, California Family: My wife, Vero, and my cat, Leonidas. Alma Mater: BA, California State University, 1997 JD, Harvard Law School, 2000 PhD in Political Science, Stanford University, 2012 What did...

Guardianship and Conservator Reform Task Force Submits Final Report to Iowa Supreme Court

In January of 2015 the Iowa Supreme Court established the Guardianship and Conservatorship Reform Task Force to develop recommendations for “effective and efficient guardianship and conservatorship laws, practices and procedures." Over 70 individuals served as members of the Task Force. These...

Master of Studies in Law degree provides flexible opportunity for legal education

Recent University of Iowa graduate Sophia Schilling has always been interested in human rights policy. She considered going to law school, but she didn’t necessarily want to be a lawyer. Schilling, who is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2016 with...

Iowa Law Dean Finalists to Visit Campus in February

The College of Law Dean Search is officially underway. The search committee will bring finalists to campus during the month of February. Law Dean website Candidate Visits Position Description Iowa Now: UI interim provost names search committee to replace College of Law dean (9/28/2017) Iowa Now: UI...

Iowa Law alumnus ‘at home’ as he prepares to practice law in Iowa

By: Hayley Bruce | 2017.06.21 | 08:36 am With multiple advanced degrees and a tenure-track position, Thomas Laehn was on target for a successful career in academia during his 20s. But just a few years after accepting a faculty position at McNeese State University in Louisiana at age 27, Laehn says...

Iowa Guardianship and Conservatorship System will be Major Focus of Iowa Law Center

The National Health Law and Policy (NHLP) Resource Center at the University of Iowa College of Law has announced that a major focus of its future activities will be the Iowa guardianship and conservatorship system. These activities will be conducted through the NHLP Resource Center’s Institute on...

Nancy Jones receives Hancher Finkbine Medallion from Dean Agrawal and President Harreld

Iowa Law Students and Staff Honored at Hancher Finkbine Dinner

We are proud of our Finkbine honorees from Iowa Law! Congrats to: Devan Rittler ('17) and Thomas Laehn ('17) who each received a Distinguished Student Leader Award, Graduate/Professional and to the Director of our Writing Resource Center, Nancy L. Jones, who received the Hancher-Finkbine Staff...

College of Law Commencement - May 12, 2 p.m., Hancher Auditorium

College of Law 2 p.m., Hancher Auditorium Participating university officials include Daniel Reed, vice president for research and economic development, and Gail Agrawal, dean of the College of Law. Michael Melloy, senior judge for the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (JD ’74) will be the guest...

Bill Hines and Gail Agrawal receive medallions for Provost Curry to commemorate the N. William Hines Endowed Deanship

Gail B. Agrawal Appointed the inaugural N. William Hines Dean and Professor of Law

The University of Iowa College of Law is pleased to announce the N. William Hines Deanship. Dean Gail B. Agrawal has been appointed the inaugural N. William Hines Dean and Professor of Law. She, along with N. William Hines, were recognized at the Iowa Inspired campaign closing event on April 7,...

Rabia Belt to deliver 2017 Richards Lecture

Thursday, March 23, 5 p.m., Levitt Center for University Advancement This event is free and open to the public The University of Iowa College of Law is pleased to welcome Rabia Belt, of Stanford Law, to speak on “Outcases from the Vote: Women Suffrage and Disability Over the Long Nineteenth Century...

Gary Born to deliver James Fraser Smith Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration

Thursday, April 6, 4 p.m., Levitt Auditorium, Boyd Law Building This event is free and open to the public. The University of Iowa College of Law is pleased to welcome Gary Born, Chair of WilmerHale’s International Arbitration Practice Group, to speak on “BITs, BATs, and Buts: Reflections on...

Iowa Inspired: The Campaign for Iowa Law Meets $50 Million Campaign Goal

A Message from Dean Agrawal, November 21, 2016 Dear Alumni and Friends: In this season of Thanksgiving, I have very good news to share. Last week, Iowa Inspired: The Campaign for Iowa Law met its $50 million goal, more than a month ahead of the official campaign closing date. We are grateful for...

Law Professor John Reitz shares apple samples with members of the law school’s Global Ambassador Program during an off-campus outing to Wilson’s Orchard. Photo by Natalie Flores.

Learning the law across cultures: New program at UI College of Law connects international and domestic law students to ease transition, build bridges

A second-year law student from Nigeria who has been studying in the United States since the beginning of her undergraduate career, Ojone Ameadaji knows how difficult it can be to attend school in a new country, away from a support system and familiarity. That’s why she decided to get involved in...

American Society for Legal History honors Professor Sarah Seo and Associate Dean and Professor Thomas Gallanis

The American Society for Legal History honored two members of the Iowa Law faculty at the Society’s annual conference, held in Toronto on October 27-30. Professor Sarah Seo was awarded one of the Society’s research fellowships funded by the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation. The William Nelson...

Group of nine. Winners of competition: Banquet Speaker David Dutton, ’60, Dutton, Braun, Staack & Hellman, Waterloo, Dimitt, Jessica Donels 3L, Sarah Dickhut 3L, Kimberley DePalma 2L Michael Stern 2L, Caleb Copely 3L, Whiston, Hannah Graber 3L

Results of the 34th Roy L. Stephenson Competition

The 34th Annual Roy L. Stephenson Trial Advocacy Competition concluded on Saturday October 15 with the final competitive rounds and the annual Banquet. The final four trials were presided over by federal judges CJ Williams, ’88, Thad Collins, ’90, Paul Kilburg, and state Magistrate Kristofer Lyons...