A would-be law professor who claims the University of Iowa College of Law passed her over for a full-time teaching job because of her conservative views took her case to a federal jury on October 15 in a trial that is expected to last for a week.
Teresa Wagner first sued former Iowa dean Carolyn Jones in 2009 after the law school declined to hire her for a full-time, tenured position as a legal writing instructor. Wagner had spent the previous year teaching part-time in the school’s legal writing center and had worked at high-profile conservative organizations including the National Right to Life Committee and the Family Research Council.
