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Aya Gruber

Professor of Law

Professor Gruber joined The University of Iowa College of Law faculty as a professor of law in Fall 2009.   Prior to her appointment at Iowa, she was a visiting professor at University of Colorado Law School for the Spring 2009 semester and an associate professor of law and founding faculty member at Florida International University College of Law, South Florida's first public law school.   Professor Gruber teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Advanced Criminal Procedure, Torts, and International Criminal Law.   Professor Gruber earned her undergraduate degree in Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, graduating summa cum laude, with departmental honors, and Phi Beta Kappa.   She then attended Harvard Law School, from which she graduated magna cum laude, and served as an editor on the Women's Law Journal and International Law Journal.   After law school, Professor Gruber clerked on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and then served as a felony trial attorney with the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C. and Federal Public Defender in Miami.   Professor Gruber's main research areas are substantive criminal law (emphasizing victim's rights, race, and gender); critical race and feminism; and national security and constitutional law.   She has published her work in prominent law reviews and presented scholarship at several academic conferences and colloquia.   A frequent public speaker on criminal justice, Professor Gruber has appeared on Fox News International, ABC, and PBS, and is quoted in various newspapers, including the Miami Herald and Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel.

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