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Iowa Law Dean of Admissions, Collins Byrd, speaks with students in the admissions office.
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The Office of Admissions is located in a house near the College of Law at 320 Melrose Avenue in Iowa City. The Admissions Office is open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. (CST) Monday through Friday, and is closed on weekends and University holidays. Please contact the Admissions Office to schedule your visit.
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law-admissions@uiowa.edu
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800-553-4692, ext. 9095, or 319-335-9095
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College of Law Admissions Office
The University of Iowa
320 Melrose Ave.
Iowa City, IA 52242-1113
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319-335-9646 (Attention: Admissions)
Admissions Staff
Collins B. Byrd, Jr.
Assistant Dean of Admissions
Sehee F. Thomas
Associate Director of Admissions
Jan Barnes
Admissions Coordinator
Susan Troyer
Admissions Assistant
Melissa Plummer
Admissions Assistant
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The following current students have made themselves available to answer questions about The University of Iowa College of Law.
Krista Winkleblack (3L)
Hometown: Rolfe, IA
Undergraduate Institution:University of Iowa
Course of Study: management and political science
Law School Activities: Phi Delta Phi, Student Writer for Iowa Law Review
Other Interests: Big Brothers Big Sisters; traveling; fashion; hot yoga; Hawkeye Football
Work experience: Law clerk for Uhl Law Firm; student assistant at the Tippie College of Business; law clerk for the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Josh Christensen (3L)
Hometown: Coulter, IA
Undergraduate Institution:Wartburg College
Course of Study: secondary mathematics education
Law School Activities: Phi Alpha Delta
Other Interests: U. of Iowa Sports Information Department; U. of Iowa intramurals; Iowa City Area Officials Association; officiate football, basketball, and baseball; substitute teacher and coach for Iowa City Community School District; playing semi-professional football for the Midwest Rampage and the Pearl City Predators; playing pick-up athletics; lifting weights; computer programming
Work experience: high school mathematics teacher; football, golf, and baseball coach; law clerk for the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa
Amy Beier (3L)
Hometown: Washington, DC
Undergraduate Institution:NYU
Course of Study: sociology
Law School Activities: Iowa Student Bar Association; Phi Alpha Delta; Pro Bono Society; International Law Society; Organization for Women Law Students and Staff; arbitration tournament; Student Executive Editor for Iowa Law Review
Other Interests: figure skating; running; baking; reading
Work experience: subsidiary rights at Random House; intern at the Equal Opportunity Commission; intern at the Federal Communications Commission; part-time figure skating teacherSamantha Rollins (2L)
Hometown: Rockford, IL
Undergrad Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Course of Study: General Engineering
Law School Activities: Organization for Women Law Students and Staff, research assistant, JFON Immigration Clinic, student writer for Iowa Law Review
Other Interests: bicycling, camping, intramural sports, watching Hawkeye football, cooking
Work experience: Operations Management for General Electric, patent law clerk at Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren PCKatie Frank (2L)
Hometown: South Sioux City, NE
Undergrad Institution: Creighton University
Course of Study: Political Science
Law School Activities: OWLSS, Citizen Lawyer Program—domestic violence/immigration project
Other interests: intramural sports, traveling, shopping, being outdoors
Work experience: Law Clerk at First National of Nebraska, Inc, intern for Senator Ben NelsonDarcelle Skeete (2L)
Hometown: Miami, FL
Undergrad Institution: Florida International University
Course of Study: Public Administration; Marketing
Law School Activities: Co-Chair for Women in Law Conference, Organization for Women Law Students and Staff, Black Law Students Association, Equal Justice Foundation, Pro Bono Society, College of Law Advisory Committee, Associate Member of Journal of Gender, Race, & Justice
Other interests: playing the piano, reading, Caribbean Cultural activities, the Arts, playing and watching basketball, volunteering
Work experience: Urban Fellowship w/ Miami-Dade County, FIU Pre-College program assistant, Internship with the Honorable Adalberto Jordan for the US Southern District of FloridaJoe McFarlane (2L)
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Undergrad Institution: Brigham Young University
Course of Study: psychology
Law School Activities: ISBA 1L & 2L representative, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, intramural basketball, football, dodgeball, student writer for the Journal of Corporation Law
Other interests: golf, travel, baseball
Work experience: Summer Associate at Elderkin & Pirnie PLCJoe Fraioli (2L)
Hometown: Islip Terrace, NY
Undergrad Institution: Ithaca College
Course of Study: psychology, sociology
Law School Activities: Co-Founder/President of the Society for International Human Rights Law, Citizen Lawyer Program, research assistant, student writer for Iowa Law Review
Other interests: President of Active Minds, Student Advisory Committee, activism, composing music, traveling, politics, silly YouTube videos
Work experience: Mental Health Policy intern for the World Health Organization, Ithaca College Residential LifeNichelle Closson (2L)
Hometown: Lamoni, IA
Undergrad Institution: Graceland University
Course of Study: Accounting, Business Administration, and History
Law School Activities: Phi Delta Phi, Voluntary Income Tax Assistance, moot court, student writer Journal of Corporation Law
Other interests: cooking, going to movies, volleyball
Work experience: intern for McClain Enterprise, banking compliance intern at Principal Financial GroupNicholas Chamis (2L)
Hometown: Plano, TX
Undergrad Institution: University of Iowa
Course of Study: Political Science, Economics
Law School Activities: research assistant
Other interests: working out, being active, Hawkeye football, sushi
Work experience: tennis camp instructor, summer sports camp leader, runner for a law firm