Lois K. Cox
Clinical Professor of Law
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BA, Rice University, 1971
MA, Tufts University, 1973
JD, Boston University, 1978 - Email lois-cox@uiowa.edu
- Phone 319-335-9062
- Office 396 Boyd Law Building
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Professor Cox joined the Iowa law faculty as a visiting professor in 1986. She was appointed to the faculty as Associate Clinical Professor in 1988 and promoted to Clinical Professor in 1992. Before joining the law faculty, Professor Cox was a staff attorney with the Legal Services Corporation of Iowa. She teaches in the Clinical Law Programs, focusing in the area of domestic violence. In the classroom, she teaches a seminar in Poverty Law with Professor John Allen. She also teaches a course entitled Notable American Trials of the 20th Century: A Course in Trial Skills.
From 1989 until 1996, Professor Cox served as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. She is a former board member of both the Iowa Civil Liberties Union (now known as the ACLU of Iowa) and the Iowa City Domestic Violence Intervention Program. She is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Iowa, and before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, the Johnson County Bar Association, and the Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys. During 2002-2003, she served as president of the Johnson County Bar Association. From 1997 until 1999, Professor Cox served as the University Ombudsperson, and she is currently serving in that role again. In 2005, Professor Cox received the Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service.