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Lorraine Gaynor (11JD) joined the faculty as assistant professor of legal analysis, writing, and research in 2024.

Prior to Iowa Law, Gaynor was a senior staff attorney for Iowa Legal Aid, a nonprofit organization that provides legal assistance and education to low-income and vulnerable Iowans. From 2011 - 2013, Gaynor served in the U.S. Attorney General’s Honors Program as judicial law clerk and attorney adviser in the Executive Office for Immigration Review, a unit of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Gaynor graduated Order of the Coif from Iowa Law and served as president of the University of Iowa Campaign for Human Rights.