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Posts Categorized: Student Legal Services

Know Your Rights Even When You’re Abroad

Posted October 10th, 2011 by Hanna Rosman & filed under Student Legal Services, Uncategorized.

Amanda Knox, a study abroad student, was convicted of murdering her roommate in Perugia, Italy. After serving 4 years of a 26 year sentence, her case was overturned. Planning on studying abroad in the future? Now this isn’t a scare tactic regarding the types of crimes committed in a foreign country, but a lesson to

Can’t get Enough of the Law?

Posted October 10th, 2011 by Hanna Rosman & filed under Student Legal Services, Uncategorized.

Student Legal Services on Facebook is not the only organization that wants to help you out with the law, but the University of Iowa Police does, too! Follow these two services together on Facebook to keep yourself knowledgeable about the law as well as to know your rights for when you do get in a

Don’t Get Busted

Posted September 13th, 2010 by Thomas Pietrini & filed under IMU Homepage, Student Legal Services, studentlife, students.

Update: Join Spidey TONIGHT at the Don’t Get Busted: Know the Law Presentation right here at the IMU! Chances are you know someone who got a ticket this weekend. I know I do. How do you avoid this unfortunate circumstance or prevent it from happening again? You need to know the Law. Student Legal Services

The Famous College Question – Where am I Going to Live Next Year?

Posted June 16th, 2010 by Thomas Pietrini & filed under IMU Homepage, Student Legal Services, studentlife, students.

Uh-Oh. You’ve had the inevitable falling out with that one roommate you should never have agreed to live with in the first place. You have decided to come to Iowa last minute and aren’t sure where to live just yet. You are a transfer student looking for a nice place to move in to. No