John Allen joined the Iowa faculty in 1990. Allen and his students represented clients before courts and administrative agencies in a broad range of civil matters. Much of his work has focused on employment law, including employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and unemployment insurance cases. He supervised the trial advocacy program and directs the Poverty Law Internship Program. Before entering teaching, he was a senior staff attorney with Legal Services Corporation of Iowa.

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Areas of Expertise: 

• Employment Law
• Poverty Law
• Clinical Law Program
• Trial Advocacy Program

Affiliations: 

• Dean Mason Ladd Inn of Court