Overview

June Tai is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Field Placement Program and Director of the Nonprofit Structure and Strategy Clinic at the University of Iowa College of Law. Her expertise includes experiential legal education, clinic and field placement pedagogy, and complex civil litigation. She teaches skills-focused courses that connect legal education with professional practice.

Research areas

• Clinical Legal Education 
• Externship Pedagogy 
• Professional Identity Formation 
• Empirical Research in Legal Education
• Patent law and patent litigation

Teaching areas

• Field Placements
• Contract Drafting 
• Nonprofit Structure and Structure Clinic 
• Dispute Resolution 
• Public Speaking
• Professional Identity Formation

Professional affiliations and memberships

• Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) 
  • Past Co-President and Board Member
• Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education (CSALE) 
  • Researcher and Board Member
• American Bar Association (ABA) 

Awards and honors

• AALS Clinical Secton Externship Subcommittee Compass Award, 2026
• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical and Experiential Teaching, 2026