Articles from 2024

John Shors ('64JD) retires after 60-year legal career

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

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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.