Articles Tagged: University of Iowa College of Law

Longtime University of Iowa professor and interim College of Law dean Todd Pettys will continue leading the college for the next two years following a failed national search that he co-chaired last year.

The University of Iowa College of Law Prosecutor Intern Program has created a pipeline for future prosecutors and judges across the state. It’s a unique program that allows students to prosecute simple misdemeanors. Some even get the opportunity to work with a county attorney on a felony trial.

For the second time in four months, the University of Iowa has paused a search for a college dean -- with its Graduate College this month joining its College of Law in the limbo status of interim leadership.

After evaluating campus feedback to a trio of finalists under consideration to become the next University of Iowa College of Law dean, UI leadership has determined “none of the candidates was the right fit for the position.”

The new University of Iowa Law Technology Law Clinic gives students the chance to show defense attorneys and others how police are using surveillance and other technology to boost criminal cases, and how can they defend their clients.

Adding to turnover atop the University of Iowa’s 12 colleges is Kevin Washburn, who’s leaving his post as dean of the College of Law in December after six years on campus.

Wolfe, who has been clerking for her sister, Rep. Mary Wolfe, D-Clinton, is running for an open seat in House 90 in Iowa City. Most of the district is represented by Rep. Christina Bohannan, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to the U.S. House in the new southeast Iowa district.

Iowa football star was first Black lineman in the NFL before becoming a lawyer and judge in Chicago.

A national nonprofit civil-liberties group is calling on the University of Iowa College of Law to remove or revise a new question it added to faculty evaluation forms asking how the professors have improved their law school’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” — calling those terms “broad,” “subjective,” and “political.”