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Iowa Law E-News

October 2009

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2010 Alumni Awards - Applications Due November 15 - The College of Law started an alumni awards program in 2009. Nominations for the 2010 awards are due November 15, 2009.  Nomination letters should include the category of the nomination and specify the qualifications of the nominee.  Additional information such as letters of support, press releases about the nominee, and the nominee's résumé are helpful to the Awards Committee.  Please send nominations to: Jill De Young, Director of External Relations, The University of Iowa College of Law, 299C Boyd Law Building, Iowa City, 52242. [Read More]

Watch Professor John-Mark Stensvaag’s Last Lecture – “Lawyers and the Arc of History” - Professor John-Mark Stensvaag presented the 2009 ISBA Last Lecture on October 15, 2009.  The title of his lecture was “Lawyers and the Arc of History.” [View the Lecture]

Craig Cannon (’00) to Receive The University of Iowa Alumni Association Young Alumni Award - Craig Cannon (’00) will receive one of The University of Iowa Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Awards on June 12, 2010.  He is currently an attorney for one of the country’s largest banks.  He is renowned nationally for his devotion to providing pro bono legal services to disaster victims, military veterans, and other people in need. [Read More]

Iowa Law Review moves up in Washington & Lee Law Journal rankings - The Iowa Law Review has recently moved up in the Washington & Lee Law Journal rankings, listed as the 22nd highest-ranked journal in the country in the most recent rankings. In a January 2009 release of the rankings, the Law Review was ranked number 23 in the country. [Read More]

UI center will help Iowa non-profit organizations rebuild state’s economy - A federal stimulus grant to the University of Iowa will help non-profit organizations take on bigger roles in the state’s economic recovery. The $250,000 grant to the Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center in the UI College of Law will be used to help non-profits learn about grant funding opportunities, and work more closely together to help the state’s economy improve. [Read More]

International and Comparative Law Program Fall 2009 ASIL Profile - The College of Law is proud to continue its tradition of connecting the heartland to the world through teaching, research, and service. ICLP faculty have an array of international and comparative expertise, please consider joining us at an upcoming international program. [Read More]

Center for Human Rights celebrates 10th anniversary with series of activities - The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights is celebrating its 10th anniversary this November with a celebration featuring lectures, a film series, panel discussions and performances. What started out as a campus-wide commemoration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has evolved into a center that shapes curriculum, facilitates scholarship and teaching, provides student scholarships for experiential learning, and promotes and protects a myriad of human rights domestically and internationally. [Read More]

 

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