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Faculty in the News
June Tai’s research featured in new book on clinical and externship teaching
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Jill Wieber Lens quoted in the Des Moines Register on Iowa’s new abortion medication law
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
César Rosado-Marzán elected Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Iowa Law professors named to endowed positions and fellowships
Monday, July 6, 2026
Appointments reflect leadership in legal scholarship, teaching, and service.
Darrow/Baldus College brings capital defense advocates to Iowa Law
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Participants spend the week working on their own pending cases while learning from some of the nation's most respected capital defense trainers.
César Rosado-Marzán publishes new review in Jotwell for worklaw book chapter
Thursday, July 2, 2026
César Rosado-Marzán, the Edward L. Carmody Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law, published a new review in Jotwell for Sara Slinn’s chapter in The Law and Collective Bargaining: Sources and Patterns of Regulation in the Modern World of Work.
Shannon Roesler's article rated "highly recommended" by Lawrence Solum's Legal Theory Blog
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Roesler’s article “Fairness Without Fault: Takings, Torts, and Climate Adaptation” received the highest possible rating and examines federal takings doctrine in relation to environmental issues.
Brian Farrell participates in ISBA panel on rural legal practice
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Farrell discussed the positive impacts that attorneys can have on small, rural communities—both economic and otherwise. Farrell and his co-panelists were among those leading the charge to incentivize rural legal practice in Iowa.
Kate Melloy Goettel featured on IPR's River to River to discuss habeas corpus
Monday, June 29, 2026
Goettel is the director of the Federal Impact Litigation Clinic, where one of her roles is to train students and attorneys to file habeas corpus petitions on behalf of unlawfully detained immigrants.
Samantha Barbas among eight UI faculty selected for competitive internal grant
Thursday, June 18, 2026
The funds will support light manuscript review and final archival work for Barbas' forthcoming book, Into the Vortex: Public Figures and the Making of the Free Press.
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