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99 %

of first-year law students gain summer employment

Class of 2026

23 %

earned state or federal clerkships across the country

Class of 2023

Top 40

Go-To Law School for BigLaw Jobs

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Student Spotlights

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Student Spotlight: 3L Aeja (애자) Pinto discovers the intersection of health care and law through UIHC externship

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
For much of her life, Pinto felt pulled between two worlds—law and health care. A corporate counsel field placement with University of Iowa Health Care showed her that she didn't have to choose between the two.
A view of the Metra Electric District rail yard and downtown Chicago from the 18th Street station pedestrian bridge in Chicago, Illinois.

How one Iowa Law student turned an on campus connection into a summer internship in Chicago

Friday, July 17, 2026
Rising 3L Tess Benson is spending the summer at Chapman and Cutler, where she’s applying legal writing and analysis to real client matters while exploring transactional law.
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Iowa Law 3L Max Cheng places third in AUWCL National Health Law Writing Competition

Monday, July 13, 2026
Cheng drew from his interest in health law and prior experiences to examine how fetal personhood legislation in Iowa could affect assisted reproductive technologies.