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John Reitz

John C. Reitz

Title/Position
Edward Carmody Professor of Law Emeritus
Professor Reitz's love of foreign languages led him to focus his professional career on comparative law and transnational transactions. Prior to joining the faculty of the College of Law in 1983, Professor Reitz served as an American Fellow to the faculty of the Salzburg Seminar on American Law and Institutions.
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Elisabeth Reynoldson

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Adjunct Faculty Member
Elisabeth Reynoldson is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Iowa Law.
Meredith Rich-Chappell

Meredith Rich-Chappell

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Adjunct Faculty Member
Iowa Law professor Shannon Roesler

Shannon Roesler

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Charlotte and Frederick Hubbell Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Faculty Director, Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative
Professor Roesler joins Iowa Law after serving as the Robert S. Kerr, Jr. Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Law at Oklahoma City University School of Law. Her scholarship focuses on environmental justice, environmental governance, climate change litigation, and land use.
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César F. Rosado Marzán

Title/Position
Edward L. Carmody Professor of Law
Director, Graduate Programs & Visiting Scholars
Professor Rosado Marzán is internationally known for his award-winning research and scholarship in labor and employment law. He studies the various ways workers organize to gain power and better represent their interests, be it through traditional labor unions or so-called "alt-labor" organizations.
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Christopher Rossi

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Adjunct Faculty Member
Dr. Rossi is the author of Whiggish International Law: Elihu Root, the Monroe Doctrine, and International Law in the Americas (Brill/Nijhoff), Sovereignty and Territorial Temptation (Cambridge University Press), Broken Chain of Being, James Brown Scott and the Origins of Modern International Law (Kluwer), and Equity and International Law (Transnational).
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Blake Rupe

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Program Director
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Ryan T. Sakoda

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Associate Professor of Law
Professor Sakoda is an Associate Professor with a focus on the empirical analysis of crime and criminal justice policy. His writings include topics such as the use of solitary confinement and the effects of post-release supervision and probation.
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Leonard A. Sandler

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Clinical Professor of Law
Clinical Professor Len Sandler joined the faculty in 1990 to direct one of the first HIV/AIDS law school clinics in the U.S. with students representing individuals. He later founded and directs the award-winning Law and Policy in Action Clinic to give law students experience solving recurring, systemic problems that cannot be addressed through litigation. They provide no-cost consultant services, technical assistance, legislative advocacy, and representation to nonprofits, community groups. governments, and business on disability, civil rights, housing healthcare, elder abuse, LGBTQ, and other issues. Sandler and his clinic students also represent and provide transactional services for families and present workshops on estate planning, guardianship, and other legal issues.
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Rene Schilling-Arps

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Admin Services Manager
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Lorie Schweer

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Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing & Research
Lorie Schweer graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with an accounting degree in 1984. Professor Schweer first practiced as a certified public accountant and then worked in banking for 13 years. In the banking industry, she focused on regulatory compliance, audit, loan quality, and commercial lending. After graduating from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2003, she practiced law with a focus on tax planning, estate planning, probate, and exempt organization governance.
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Louise Seamster

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Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology
Louise Seamster studies race and economic inequality, particularly in cities. She writes about racial politics and urban development, emergency financial management, debt, and the myth of racial progress. Her research centers on the interactive financial and symbolic factors reproducing racial inequality across multiple domains.
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Lee Seedorff

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Registrar
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Caroline Sheerin

Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing & Research
Caroline Sheerin graduated cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1993, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. She then taught English in Japan for two years and after returning from Japan, she received her Masters in East Asian Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. She then went to the University of Michigan Law School, where she received her JD in December 1999.
Jennifer Sherer (2)

Jennifer Sherer

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Director
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Dennis Shields

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Adjunct Faculty Member
Gregory Shill (1)

Gregory H. Shill

Title/Position
Professor of Law
Michael and Brenda Sandler Faculty Fellow in Corporate Law
Gregory Shill is interested in firms, cities, and transportation, and he writes in the fields of corporate law, securities regulation, and law and economic geography. His articles have been published in top law reviews and his research and views have been featured in leading national media.
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Noëlle Sinclair

Title/Position
Head of Special Collections
Adjunct Lecturer in Law
As Head of Special Collections, Noëlle oversees the Law Library archives and rare book collections. In addition to managing the Special Collections, she also provides reference service, guest lectures in the first-year LAWR program, and teaches in the Hubbard Program.
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Vinita Singh

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Professor Singh joins our faculty as a visiting assistant professor of law. She specializes in national security law, economic statecraft, and taxation.
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Mary Sleichter

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Faculty Secretary
Alexander Somek

Alexander Somek

Title/Position
Global Affiliated Professor
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Jill Soppe

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Human Resources Coordinator
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Ahmed E. Souaiaia

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Associate Professor, Islamic Studies
Professor Souaiaia teaches Islamic law, women in Islam and the Middle East, human rights law, religion and politics, religion in the public sphere, and Introduction to Islamic civilization. His primary research areas of interest include social justice in the Islamic discourse, political dissent in Islam, women in Islamic law, Islamic political theory, modern Islamic thought, and religion and politics in the Islamic civilization.
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Leon Spies

Title/Position
Adjunct Faculty Member
Brenda Steinmetz

Brenda Steinmetz

Title/Position
Admin Services Coordinator
Brenda is a member of the LAWINRC staff.
John-Mark Stensvaag

John-Mark Stensvaag

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Charlotte and Frederick Hubbell Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Law Emeritus
Tyler Strand

Tyler Strand

Title/Position
Writer/Editor at University of Iowa Center for Advancement
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Dean A. Strang

Title/Position
Visiting Professor of Law