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Though only two yearsold, the Law SchoolAuction has alreadybecome one of thetop events on the lawschool calendar.Sponsored by the EqualJustice Foundation andthe Iowa Student BarAssociation, the moneyraised by the auctionis used to fund stipendsthat help studentsperforming public inter-est law internships covertheir living expenses.

By Tom Snee

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“We had a wonderful time,” Bauersaid. “I hoped I was able to pass on a littleof my own passion and provide whatDylan fans call ‘touched by the handof Bob,’ a moment when your eyesare opened to his genius.”

Though only two years old, theauction has already become one of thetop events on the law school calendar.Sponsored by the Equal Justice Founda-tion and the Iowa Student Bar Associa-tion, the money raised by the auction isused to fund stipends that help studentsperforming public interest law internshipscover their living expenses.

“Most public interest law organiza-tions pay little or nothing to their interns,so many students can’t afford to take thembecause they can’t afford to work fornothing,” said Daniel Feltes (’06),co-president of the EJF. He said the groupawards as many as 15 stipends a year tostudents to work for public defenders andprosecutors offices, legal aid societies andgovernment agencies in Iowa and acrossthe country. In the past, students haveinterned at such organizations as the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, theCenter for Constitutional Rights, the

The Law School Auction

Saray Bermeo (’07)and Abigail Moland (’07)masquerade as ProfessorsCarrasco and Wing at theauction.

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Left: Professor Allen served as auctioneer withProfessor Janis during the event.

JEFF SCUDDER (’06) is not a particu-larly big fan of Bob Dylan or his music.He knows Dylan is a great writer andrevolutionary musician, but beyond thathe doesn’t know much more about himthan what he’s heard on “Like a RollingStone” or “Rainy Day Women” or thehandful of other classic Dylan songsflogged to death on oldies radio.

So when the third-year law studenthad the opportunity to spend an eveninglistening to Dylan’s songs with Dylan-phileand law professor Pat Bauer, he decided tolearn more about what made this excellentpoet with the lousy singing voice so great.The evening was offered by Bauer at theLaw School Auction, so Scudder andclassmates Jason Fernandez (’06), PatrickVint (’06) and Matt Hektoen (’06) putin a bid.

Their bid successful, they spent anevening listening to Bauer’s impressivecollection of Dylanalia while discussinghow it is that one gets tangled up in blue.

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Summer 2005

Joel Boon (’06) – U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency, Chicago, Illinois

Amanda Dohrman (’06) – Senior Law Project inLegal Aid Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Daniel Feltes (’06) – Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission, Chicago, Illinois

Sehee Foss (’07) – National Consumers League,Washington, DC

Brendan Hug (’06) – California Department ofJustice, Los Angeles, California

Edward Jones (’07) – New York Lawyers forPublic Interest, New York, New York

Nathan Knoernschild (’07) – Iowa Legal Aid,Iowa City

Matt Kuykendall (’06) – Attorney General’s Office –State of California, San Francisco, California

Todd Schmidt (’06) – Access Living ofMetropolitan Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Britta Schnoor (’07) – United NationsDevelopment Program, Washington, DC

Matt Swessinger (’07) – Iowa Public Defender,Cedar Rapids

Heather Taylor (’07) - Center for ConstitutionalRights, New York, New York

Roselyn Tyson (’07) – U.S. Department of Justice,Washington, DC

Anne Weakly (’06) – Cook County PublicDefender, Chicago, Illinois

Jacob Wedemeyer (’07) - Texas Rural Legal Aid,Eagle Pass, Texas

Summer 2004

Sapna Aiyer (’06) – Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid,Austin, Texas

Kathryn Auerbach (’05) – Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission, Chicago, Illinois

Milan Bhatt (’05) – United Nations ExecutiveOffice of the Secretary General, New York, NewYork

Mike Biderman (’05) – Texas Civil Rights Project,Austin, Texas

Jon Ehtessabian (’05) – San Diego City Attorney’sOffice, San Diego, California

Daniel Feltes (’06) – Michigan Legal Services,Detroit, Michigan

Jen Hitchon (’05) – Massachusetts DefenseCommittee, Boston, Massachusetts

Matt Kuykendall (’06) – East Bay Community LawCenter, Berkeley, California

Laura McDonald (’05) – Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission, Washington, DC

Tiffany Piecewicz (’05) – People for theAmerican Way, Washington, DC

Brian Raimondo (’06) – Kings County DistrictAttorney’s Office, Brooklyn, New York

Todd Schmidt (’06) – Iowa Public Defender, Cedar Rapids

Mary Sevandal (’05) – AIDS Legal Council ofChicago, Chicago, Illinois

Leana Stormont (’05) – People for the EthicalTreatment of Animals, Norfolk, Virginia

Ben Weber (’05) – Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid,Southern Migrant Legal Services, Nashville,Tennessee

Cori Zarek (’05) – Reporter’s Committee forFreedom of the Press, Washington, DC

Summer 2003

Kathryn Auerbach (’05) – Cook County State’sAttorney’s Office, Chicago, Illinois

Cole Chase (’05) – Muscatine County Attorney,Muscatine

Zeb-Michael Curtin (’05) – ACLU of Kansas andWestern Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri

Jon Ehtessabian (’05) – Maricopa County PublicDefender’s Office, Phoenix, Arizona

Stephanie Fisher (’04) – Honolulu PublicDefender’s Office, Honolulu, Hawaii

Kirsten Gast (’05) – HELP Legal Aid, DavenportKara Hartzler (’04) – United Nations High

Commission for Refugees, Washington, DCJim Jacobson (’05) – University of Iowa General

Counsel, Iowa City and Humane Society of theUS – Midwest Office,Des Moines

John Ohle (’04) – National Gay and Lesbian TaskForce, Washington, DC

Daniel Poteet (’04) – Immigrant and RefugeeAppellate Center, Alexandria, Virginia

Annette Stewart (’04) – Hennepin CountyAttorney’s Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Michelle Roddy (’04) – ACLU of Georgia, Atlanta,Georgia

Lynn Rose (’04) – U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency, Washington, DC

Jason Schumann (’04) – U.S. Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission, Washington, DC

Ben Weber (’05) – New York State AttorneyGeneral’s Office, New York, NY

United Nations, American Civil LibertiesUnion, U.S. Equal Employment Oppor-tunity Commission, the AIDS LegalCouncil, People for the American Wayand Reporter’s Committee for Freedomof the Press.

“The stipends don’t cover all theirexpenses, but we hope it’s enough to coverrent and a few other costs,” said MaggieManternach (’06), ISBA president. Thefirst auction in 2004 raised more than$7,000 to help cover those expenses, shesaid. The 2005 auction increased that sumto more than $10,000 by selling 52 itemsin both a live and a silent auction in theIowa Memorial Union’s Second FloorBallroom. Hosts and auctioneers wereesteemed professors and less-esteemedcomedians John Allen and Mark Janis,with musical entertainment provided byother law students.

In general, food was the most popularoffering on the block, with numerousfaculty members offering meals at IowaCity restaurants or in their homes.Professors Arthur Bonfield, Adrien Wing,Tung Yin and Ethan Stone were amongthe many who fed successful bidders.Professor Gerald Wetlaufer offered to fill

Past recipients of EJF Summer PublicInterest Internship Awards Program:The first auction

in 2004 raisedmore than $7,000to help cover thoseexpenses, she said.The 2005 auctionincreased thatsum to morethan $10,000.

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their veins with cholesterol at theHamburg Inn. Professor and DeanEmeritus Bill Hines made a walleye andwild rice dinner with fish caught duringhis summer sojourn at Cass Lake.Professors Jill Gaulding and AlexanderSomek provided dessert, Gaulding withpies baked using recipes from herGrandma Nelly (she also threw in a lessonon pie-baking the Nelly way) and Somekwith a fresh-baked topfenstrudel, a dessertfrom his native Austria.

Professors Katie Porter and MarcellaDavid offered stitching and knittinglessons. Professor and President EmeritusSandy Boyd offered a private tour of thenewly-renovated Old Capitol. There weregolf outings, tennis matches, more food,musical get-togethers, doggie daycare, andstill more food.

There was art: a painting by ProfessorPeggie Smith, a Rajasthani shawl broughtfrom India by Professor Lea VanderVelde,dance lessons from Christine Eichinger(’08). And there was the practical: Onemonth of grocery shopping from studentJessica Blome (’07), two hours of snowshoveling from students Stevi Steines (’08)and Nellie Viner (’08), and a night ofbabysitting from students Sehee Foss (’07)and Kara Christensen (’08).

Then there were the….shall we say, lessconventional offerings. Professors ToddPettys and Sheldon Kurtz making over a

student in the Queer Eye spirit. ProfessorJohn Reitz teaching how to tie histrademark bow tie. Professor JimTomkovicz blubbering over the movie“Field of Dreams.” An evening of pokerwith Professors Pettys and Hillary Sale.

“We get some pretty creative contribu-tions,” said Feltes.

But participants said the mostenjoyable part about the auction issocializing with professors and spendingtime with people they respect in adifferent context.

“There aren’t many activities in the lawschool that generate so much faculty-studentinteraction,” said Manternach. “It’simportant to get together outside of classand see each other in settings like this.”

Scudder agrees.“I’m a casual fan of Bob Dylan, but a

big fan of Professor Bauer,” he said. “Heputs a lot of work into his classes and hereally cares about his students. He’s one ofthose professors that alumni tell me I willremember long after I graduate becausehe made such a difference in their lives.”

Feltes said a third auction will be heldnext fall and the EJF and ISBA will beinviting alumni back to Iowa City for theevent, and to make contributions to beauctioned. For more information or tocontribute, contact auction coordinatorSehee Foss at sehee-foss@uiowa.edu.

There aren’t manyactivities in thelaw school thatgenerate so muchfaculty-studentinteraction, . . . it’simportant to gettogether outside ofclass and see eachother in settingslike this.

F E AT U R E Sold! The EJF’s Law School Auction

Associate Dean Linda McGuire and ProfessorPeggie Smith enjoy their time at the auction.

Below: Professor Tomkovicz and AndrewWright (’06) pose for a photo at the auction.

Sonya Renee Dotson (’07) wastes no timebidding on an item she favors during the eventwhile Maggie Manternach (’06) encourages her.

Katie Auerbach (’05) places a bid; she was apast- president of Equal Justice Foundation anda recipient of the Summer Public Interest Awardin 2003 and 2004.

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ProfessorsPatricia ActonJohn AllenDavid BaldusPatrick BauerRandy BezansonArthur BonfieldWillard ”Sandy” BoydMargaret BrinigSteven BurtonPat CainJonathan CarlsonEnrique CarrascoLois CoxMarcella DavidAnn EstinJill GauldingDean Emeritus Bill HinesMark JanisDean Carolyn JonesSheldon KurtzSteve LegomskyChris LiebigJean LoveLinda McGuireTodd PettysKatie PorterJohn ReitzHillary SaleMark SchantzWendie SchneiderAlexander SomekPeggie SmithEthan StoneJames Tomkovicz

Lea VanderVeldeGerald WetlauferAdrien WingTung Yin

StaffRene ArpsJill De YoungGreg GrahamKaren KloudaNancy JonesAmy LiuSusan PalmerMarty PetersCraig Spitzer

StudentsJessica Blome (’07)Kara Christensen (’08)George Coulson (’08)Sonya Dotson (’07)Christine Eichinger (’08)Sehee Foss (’07)Kelly Hanker (’07)Iowa Law Review EditorsEric Parker & 2L friends (’07)Christine Ralston (’07)Stefanie Steines (’08)TLCP EditorsJessica Tucker (’07)Nellie Viner (’08)

Other:UI Athletic Department

Anne Weakly (’06), Brendan Hug (’06) and Brian Raimondo (’06) pause for a photo at the auction.

About the Items:

Donors:

Food

Faculty and students provided close to 20different meals for the auction. Either atone’s home or a restaurant of one’s choosingfor four to sixteen invitees. Some of thechoices included: selected family favorites,Minnesota favorites, paella, dinner atJoseph’s, vegetarian, Hamburg Inn, and evena Graduation/End-of-School Year BBQ. Otherfood items available included: salsa, flan, pie,chocolate raspberry cheesecake, andTopfenstrudel.

Other Opportunities and Items

• Northside Iowa City walking tour with stopsat the Northside Book Market, RealRecords, George’s Buffet, and Hamburg Inn.

• Bob Dylan listening/watching opportunitycomplete with a copy of Nigel Williamson’sRough Guide to Bob Dylan.

• Old Capitol Museum Tour• Knitting instruction• Bow-tie tying lesson• Poker nights• Makeover (space or person)• Pie-making session• Tennis match• Guitar lessons• Dance lessons• Golfing• One month of grocery shopping• Babysitting• Two hours of raking leaves/shoveling snow• Doggy daycare• Ride to the airport• Gift baskets• Personalized stationary• Grammar and Usage guides• Gift certificates to a local salon• Rajasthani shawl• Football signed by Coach Ferentz• Basketball signed by Coach Alford• Autographed copy of How Free Can the

Press Be?• Framed original painting