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Faculty in the News
Professor Anya Prince presented virtually at the Genetic Discrimination Observatory 5th Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 – 2025 on the topic "AI, Genetics, and Insurance"
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
The Genetic Discrimination Observatory (GDO) is a unique network of researchers and other stakeholders dedicated to researching and preventing discrimination based on genomic and other omic data worldwide.
Professor Samantha Barbas was quote in The Financial Times on the Trump-ABC defamation lawsuit
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Dean Kevin Washburn gave a workshop to approximately 30 journalists, hosted by the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, on issues related to land back for tribal nations
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
The mission of the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources is to help journalists understand and report on the intersections between society and the environment.
Professor Kate Goettel filed an amicus brief to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of two immigration legal organizations
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The brief addressed the question of what procedural protections are due to noncitizens detained in mandatory immigration detention.
Professor Brian Farrell oversaw law students Sydney Wagner (3L) and Kathryn Linehan (1L) as they presented research to the Iowa Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Their presentations were on AI & ATJ (Sydney) and how commissions engage with criminal fines & fees (Kathryn). Professor Farrell is supervising six students this semester who are conducting research for the Commission as part of a CLP Pro Bono Project. Professor Farrell serves as co-chair of the Commission’s Rural Access Work Group and am a member of two other WGs. Professor Farrell served as a Commissioner for two terms (maximum) from 2016-2022. The Commission is chaired by Justice Matt McDermott.
Professor Kate Melloy Goettel served as faculty for the American Immigration Lawyer's Association's online course on federal district court litigation
Thursday, December 5, 2024
She taught modules on ethics and litigating humanitarian immigration cases.
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