Events
Structuring for Success: Legal Tools for Healthcare Inventors and Startups
Friday, November 7, 2025 2:00pm to 7:00pm
Half-day event designed to equip startup founders and students with essential legal insights for launching and growing successful ventures.
Improv Workshop for Law Students
Friday, November 7, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Whether you’re discussing the law in class, meeting clients, or advocating in a courtroom, being present and responsive matters. Join University of Iowa Theater Arts Professor Kristen Hartsgrove Mooers for an engaging improv workshop that helps law students build confidence, think on their feet, and communicate naturally—skills that translate to every part of law school and professional life. No acting experience required!
Limited spots available! Register at https://tinyurl.com/lawimprov
Sponsore...
The mission of the IBL Center is threefold:
- To offer speakers and programs that enrich the College of Law's curriculum pertaining to the laws governing entrepreneurship, creativity, competition, technology and corporations.
- To provide support to students who seek to build careers in these areas.
- To engage law students, faculty, and the public in cutting-edge discussions about legal issues raised by technological advancements.
We accomplish this mission by:
- Hosting academics, practitioners and judges who interact directly with students.
- Supporting student organizations such as the Intellectual Property Law Society, IP Moot Court teams, and the Journal of Corporation Law.
- Providing summer stipends for students doing unpaid legal work in intellectual property, technology, corporate or business law, antitrust, health law, and related fields.
Areas of law encompassed by the center's mission include:
- Intellectual Property Law, including copyright, patent, and trademark law;
- Antitrust and Competition Law;
- Business Associations and Securities Law.
Director and Funding
The Director of the IBL Center is Jason Rantanen, and its activities are entirely supported by the David M. Hellwege, JD '73 Fund.
