Iowa Law

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Web Name: Iowa Law

WebSite: http://law.uiowa.edu

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Year 1Foundation for a Career More Year 1 Foundation for a Career  Building legal skills, learning to think like a lawyer, gaining the tools to practice with integrity.In your first year, we emphasize essential writing skills, analytical thinking, and a sharpened understanding of the role of legal institutions. You’ll take full advantage of our being one of the few law schools in the nation with a full-time legal writing faculty. First-year students will have a small-section course each semester with the professors in our Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research department. These classes deliver intensive, individualized instruction, with three to six conferences per term devoted to your legal writing projects. Close Year 2Specialize in your interests More Year 2 Specialize in your interests  Develop your knowledge, with an expanded focus on the areas of law you’re most drawn to. The experts are here. In your second year, you’ll begin to gravitate toward the areas that interest you most. Our faculty are experts across the legal spectrum, and every aspect of modern law practice is covered, including international and comparative law. Iowa Law’s Citizen Lawyer Program offers a wide variety of opportunities for pro bono work, community service, and philanthropic projects. Another way students extend their education beyond the classroom, developing professional skills is through a variety of moot court competitions—and Iowa consistently prepares winning moot court teams. In our externship program, we place students in a variety of legal settings. Externships are the best preparation for your career, and a great way to make professional contacts. In fact, many students’ first job after graduating is one that began as an externship. Close Year 3They call you Counselor More Year 3 They call you Counselor  Build your professional identity and accumulate deep experience in a supportive environment. Practice makes practitioners. By the time you reach your third year, you’ll take advantage of an array of opportunities, putting into practice the cutting-edge legal theory and core doctrinal concepts you’ve mastered in your first two years. Perhaps you’ll work in the “Bullpen” in our legal clinic. Every year our students provide thousands of hours to underserved clients and other special-needs populations, representing clients and honing their legal skills under close faculty supervision. Iowa Law is also home to four student-run law journals. Many students write for a journal during their second year and accept board positions during their third year. Close A COUNSELOR AT LAW is backed by a global network.THE IOWA LAW NETWORK Dean's Call to Action (May 31, 2020) DEI Committee and BLSA Statement on Events in Minneapolis (June 1, 2020) Student Leaders Issue Statements in Solidarity (June 11, 2020) Statement from the Dean (June 12, 2020) Statement of the Iowa Law School Foundation Executive Committee (June 16, 2020) The ongoing injustices occurring against Black people and others who are marginalized highlight a need for deep discussion and change. Discussions about, and change within, the criminal justice system are vital, but they are not sufficient. Racism is far more pervasive and includes areas... Zac McFarland originally wanted to play professional football, but picked Esq. over ESPN. The University of Iowa College of Law student will join the Minneapolis law firm Frederickson Byron after graduation. Barack Obama changed the course of Zac McFarland’s life. Then a 12-year-old growing... LGBT Rights at the US Supreme Court Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm UI Center for Human Rights

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