Hillary Sale
F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law
hillary-sale@uiowa.edu
319-335-9225
406 Boyd Law Building

BA, Boston University, summa cum laude, 1983
MA, Boston University, Economics, 1983
JD, Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, 1993

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Professor Sale is the author of numerous articles on securities and corporate governance issues.  Two of her articles, "Delaware’s Good Faith" (2004) and "Securities Fraud as Corporate Governance:  Reflections Upon Federalism" (2003), were selected by the Corporate Practice Commentator as among the “top ten” corporate and securities law articles published in those years.  Beginning in 2005, she joined the Securities Regulation casebook with John Coffee and Joel Seligman.  She is Chair of the DirectWomen Institute, an organization dedicated to training and placing women attorneys on public company boards.  She is also a member of the ABA Committee on Corporate Laws, the AALS Committee on Business Associations, and the ALI.

Professor Sale joined the faculty in 1997. Before coming to the College, she served as a law clerk to Judge Richard S. Arnold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She then practiced law with WilmerHale LLP (formerly Hale and Dorr, LLP) where she specialized in corporate and securities litigation and internal investigations. She is a member of the bar in Massachusetts. Prior to attending Harvard Law School, Professor Sale served as the acting Chief of Staff, Director of Operations, and Legislative Director to the former Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Evelyn F. Murphy (1988-90); the Associate Legislative Director and Fiscal Analyst for the Massachusetts Municipal Association (1985-88); and the Staff Economist to the Massachusetts Special Commission on Tax Reform (1984-85).

Professor Sale is faculty advisor to the Journal on Corporation Law. Her research interests include securities and corporate litigation issues and corporate governance topics. Her courses include Contracts, Corporations, and Securities. She also regularly teaches a seminar, with a colleague from the Tippie College of Business, on Corporate Counseling and Strategic Decision-Making. In addition, she teaches corporate and securities law in the Tippie College’s Executive M.B.A. program.