Articles from 2024

Professor June Tai submitted a report on behalf of CLEA to the ABA Section on Legal Education

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
CLEA serves as a voice for clinical teachers and represents their interests inside and outside the academy. As such, CLEA has been a vigorous advocate on matters relating to clinical teachers and clinical legal education over the years.

Clinical Professor of Law Leonard Sandler honored with the Rick Graf Award at the Iowa City Human Rights Commission's Human Rights Award Ceremony on October 23rd

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
The Rick Graf award recognizes the long-term commitment of an individual, business, or individual with a service organization, to a specific cause or for the benefit of a specific group of persons.
A photo of the river that runs through campus with blue skies, surrounding buildings and a foot bridge.

Iowa Law honored for dedicated commitment to environmental, natural resources, and energy law

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The Iowa Law School is proud to announce that it has been admitted as a Constituent Law School of the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (FNREL). The foundation is the largest independent nonprofit organization in the nation dedicated to education in natural resources and energy law.

Professor Samantha Barbas' article, "How the Civil Rights Movement Rewrote Freedom of the Press," was published in Humanities, The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
In 1960, a civil rights organization placed a fund-raising ad in the New York Times seeking donations for the legal defense of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists. The ad described violence that had been committed by segregationist officials against civil rights protesters in Montgomery and other southern cities. Its publication led to a multimillion-dollar libel suit that produced one of the most crucial Supreme Court decisions protecting the freedom of speech and freedom of the press.