Daria Fisher Page
Overview
Daria Fisher Page teaches and directs the Community Empowerment Law Project in the legal clinic at Iowa Law. Her students represent individuals, nonprofits, and organizations working to strengthen their communities, create economic opportunity, and advance social justice through law reform and systemic change. Her research and scholarship focus on access to, and experiences of, justice; meaningful community engagement; and legal education reform.
Before joining the Iowa faculty, Professor Fisher Page was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and taught courses at the Universidad de San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. She practiced for several years in the areas of immigration and refugee law, juvenile law, and human rights, both domestically and internationally.
Research areas
- Access to Justice
- Law & Rurality
- Legal Pedagogy & Profession
- Community Engagement
Teaching areas
- Clinical Law Program: Community Empowerment Law Project
- Client Counseling
- Social Justice & Critical Theory
Professional affiliations and memberships
- Co-Director, Law & Society Association, Critical Research Network (CRN) 39: Everyday Legality & Access to Justice
- Iowa State Bar Association & Johnson County Bar Association
Awards and honors
- Outstanding Faculty Award, Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities
- Faculty Award, University of Iowa College of Law DEI Award
- Bellow Scholar, AALS Committee on Lawyering in the Public Interest
- Co-Director, Obermann Symposium, Cultivating Rurality: Building Community Around Rural Research
