Legal Practice Materials: Iowa Materials

This set offers forms, commentary, and analysis on multiple areas of Iowa law, including business law, civil law, criminal law, family law, real estate, and probate.
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The Iowa State Bar Association publishes a variety of manuals for Iowa attorneys offering practical guidance on specific areas of law. Topics include appellate practice, business law, employment law practice, environmental law, family law, federal practice, probate, real estate, and worker’s compensation. Some of the manuals include forms.

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Concise explanations of applicable federal and Iowa law related to a variety of employment topics, including hiring, hours of work and payment of wages, health and safety standards, civil rights, union organizing, collective bargaining and strikes, employer liability for employees' acts, private health care and life insurance, disability or death of employee, employee retirement benefits, termination of employment, and advisors and information sources.

Iowa Civil Procedure covers the entire process of a civil trial in Iowa from pleadings through judgment, offering analysis and references to leading cases.

Includes discussions of substantive criminal law, the basic principles of criminal procedure, tips for criminal trial strategy, and numerous model forms.

Topics covered include setting up estate administration, trusts, the roles of personal representatives and fiduciaries, estate taxation, digital assets, and more.

This treatise provides a current review and legal resource of black letter law in family law issues, examining divorce and child custody from prenuptial agreements through the litigation process through post-decree enforcement.

This concise treatise explains the ins and outs of Iowa personal injury law from both a procedural and substantive law aspect, with helpful practice tips and strategies.

Treatise with forms covering wide-ranging property topics, including interests in land, title abstracts and Title Guaranty Program, conveyances, leasing, options, rights of first refusal, and rights of first offer, Iowa Corporate Farming Act, Nonresident Aliens Ownership Act, statute of limitations, easements, condominiums, and the relevance of human trafficking to real estate in Iowa.