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Hayleigh Hansen spent a week at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics over winter break. The third-year College of Law student from Council Bluffs, Iowa, wasn’t sick, injured, or visiting a loved one. Instead, she was taking a unique week-long seminar designed to give law students a...

As part of Law Reunion Weekend, the 2018 alumni awards were presented on Sunday, October 21, 2018. About the Program In 2009, Iowa Law launched an alumni awards program to recognize law alumni who have made significant achievements in their careers and in their service to the College of Law. Awards...

At 90 years old, one of Iowa Law’s most cherished traditions is still going strong. On Sept. 7, the Boyd Law Building will once again host the Iowa Supreme Court for its annual Supreme Court Day. Justices will hear arguments in Levitt Auditorium in the morning, and that afternoon, student advocates...

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...

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,...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...