| @Iowa Law Events for Week of September 20, 2021 | Events for the Week of September 20, 2021
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Reminder for Submission Process for 2021/2022:
All submissions below will be completed Monday-Friday within 24-48 hours.
Room reservations, calendar entries and digital signage will be processed and posted within 2 business days.
Dillon Inn of Court Meeting Registration
- The September dinner will occur on Wednesday, September 29th at Thunder Bay Grille in Davenport, IA and will include a presentation led by Dillon Inn President Ryan Beckenbaugh on the wave-making opinion in State v. Wright issued by the Iowa Supreme Court. Chief Justice Christensen and Justice Waterman, both of whom filed vigorous dissents in the case, will be in attendance. Great opportunity and students eat free!
The deadline for RSVPs will be next Wednesday, September 22nd at 5 p.m. To RSVP email: Kent Simmons ttswlaw@gmail.com
Student Opportunity to Meet Best-Selling Author Gretchen Rubin
- Gretchen Rubin will be delivering the Levitt Lecture on September 29th at 7:30 p.m. at Hancher Auditorium. Levitt Lectures provide an annual opportunity for the College of Law to bring to campus truly distinguished speakers from across the U.S. and around the globe to present major lectures of interest. The lectures are not only for the legal community and the University, but also for leaders in all walks of life in the state and region. This fall's event will be the 28th in the series. Previous Levitt Lecturers include Nobel Peace Prize recipients, a sitting justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, former U.S. Attorneys General and Pulitzer Prize winning journalists and authors. We have a limited number of tickets available for any law students who would like to attend. Following the lecture, we will be hosting a reception with Gretchen Rubin at Hancher. For tickets to the lecture or to attend the post-lecture reception, please contact Pam Funke pamela-funke@uiowa.edu by Friday, September 24, 2021. INFORMATION ABOUT GRETCHEN RUBIN)
26th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition
- The North American Regional Round will be hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (virtually) in February 2022.
- Deadline to register for the North American Round is October 1, 2021.
- Deadline to submit the Memorial is November 12, 2021.
- To view the record and rules and for registration information, visit www.stetson.edu/iemcc
- The top teams from the North American Regional Round will be invited to the International Finals of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, which are planned to be held at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, on April 7-9, 2022. We expect teams from Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America to also participate in the International Finals.
- About our International Finals Judges:
- Dr. Wil Burns is Professor of Research and Co-Director of the Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy at American University and Senior Fellow in the International Law Research Program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Canada.
- Dr. Dave Pritchard has worked for almost 40 years in research, policy, legal, management and governance roles in the fields of environment, culture, and heritage. He is now an independent consultant for bodies including the UN Environment Programme and the Council of Europe, has academic involvements at several universities, and serves on a variety of national and international advisory boards.
- Verónica Cáceres Chamorro is Secretary of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles, an intergovernmental treaty that entered into force in 2001 and now has sixteen Contracting Parties.
- Eric Talbot Jensen is a Professor of Law at Brigham Young University Law School, where he teaches the Law of Armed Conflict. Previously, he served as the Chief of the US Army’s International Law Branch; Legal Advisor to US military forces in Iraq and Bosnia and to UN military forces in Macedonia; and Professor of International and Operational Law at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School.
- Questions? Email Katherine Pratt at kpratt2@law.stetson.edu
Final Exam Information
- The fall final exam session runs from December 6-17, 2021. Please check the posted exam schedule at https://law.uiowa.edu/current-students under Exam Information as soon as possible.
- If you have a scheduling conflict, please click on the link provided for a make-up exam request. This Qualtrics survey will be routed to Exam Coordinator, Sara Clark.
- If you will be requesting an ADA or language accommodation, please click on the link for that request form, to be completed and returned to Julie Kramer in the Dean’s Suite.
- The deadline for both of these requests is OCTOBER 25, 2021.
- Information regarding the purchase and download of Examplify is also found on the Exam Information webpage. For questions about system requirements, please reach out to law-help@uiowa.edu.
- Any other exam questions can be directed to sara-k-clark@uiowa.edu.
Facilities
- The College of Law now has two gender-neutral restrooms located in BLB. One is room 272 BLB which is along the left wall as you enter the Law Library. This room is equipped with a baby-changing station. The 2nd is room 318 BLB on the 3rd floor of the Law Library which is also a lactation room.
Financial Aid
- Up To $40,000 Tuition Scholarship Opportunity: To enter the drawings for a tuition scholarship, complete free personal finance course lessons from building your law school budget to personal tax strategy to investing and receive financial coaching from an Accredited Financial Counselor®. Step 1: Activate Ask EDNA!Account. Step 2: In MAX by AccessLex, click “Start Here.”
Student Organizations
- Reporting Service Hours
All Iowa Law students are encouraged to record all hours spent in public service while they are enrolled at Iowa Law via Symplicity. Service hours must be voluntary, uncompensated, and not compelled (ie, not required for a course or a student organization). Hours are divided into two general categories. Community Hours are those that directly benefit recognized community organizations or non-profits, including pro bono projects organized by the Citizen Lawyer Program. Institutional Hours are those that benefit the law school, university, or a student group. Service hours are not limited to activities organized through the law school or locally-based; students can record their volunteer work with non-profits, faith communities, and political organizations regardless of location.
Iowa Law’s Pro Bono Society honors students who have completed 15 hours of service, at least 7.5 of which are Community Hours, and attended at least one Lawyers & Leaders program in the previous semester. The Boyd Service Award is bestowed at graduation on students who have completed a total of at least 100 service hours, at least 50 of which are Community Hours, throughout their law school career. The Pro Bono Society Constitution, which establishes these honors, is available HERE .
Please remember to report your service within a month or the date of service via Symplicity HERE.
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Equal Justice Foundation: Looking for supplements, flashcards, and more? The EJF Bookstore is open on Fridays this semester from 10a-2p. If you need assistance outside of hours, please email law-ejf@uiowa.edu. And as always, donations are always welcome - there's a red bin next to the front entrance of Boyd! EJF Bookstore is located at 315 Melrose.
- CLP Fall 2021 Office Hours: Citizen Lawyer Program staff will be available every Tuesday from 11:00am-1:00pm in the Boyd Law lobby and every Thursday from 1:00-2:00pm via Zoom this semester to answer questions about pro bono projects, volunteer opportunities, service honors recognitions, and more! For Thursday Zoom office hours, Iowa Law students can enter the waiting room using this link: ZOOM LINK Please log into Zoom using your HawkID and password.
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Study Abroad
- STUDY ABROAD SPRING 2022 - Due to the global situation with COVID, we will not be sponsoring our students to spend spring semester 2022 abroad at this time.
- UPDATE: STUDY ABROAD LONDON WINTERIM CANCELLED - Unfortunately, the London winterim must be cancelled for this December-January.
- Updates regarding the summer 2022 France program will be made in December or January. Please contact Dean Wing with questions at adrien-wing@uiowa.edu.
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| | Submission Process for 2021/2022:
Welcome to Kyle Dingus and Emma Anderegg - two new Internal Communication students. They will be in the office afternoons Monday-Friday. All submissions below will be completed within 24-48 hours of receipt.
- Room Reservations and Calendar Entries Submission Link:
- Digital Signage Submission Link:
- To add an item to announcements - Send the information via email to: law-welcome@uiowa.edu. Items will stay on the page until the event or deadline has passed. If you have an item that needs to be removed, email law-welcome@uiowa.edu.
Room reservations, calendar entries and digital signage will be processed and posted within 2 business days.
Please note:
- The inboxes for all submissions are not staffed on weekends/holidays - weekend/holiday submissions will be reviewed and processed the following business day.
- All submissions need to be formatted and written as you wish them to post - Internal Communications Student employees will be copying exactly what was submitted using the forms or sent to the law-welcome@uiowa.edu.
- All submissions have a limit of 50 words maximum (2-3 sentences). This excludes the Title/Date/Time
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