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The lone female finalist is Angela Onwauchi-Willig, 37, a University of Iowa law professor who was admitted to practice law in Iowa the day the finalists were announced. Onwauchi-Willig, who is also the only minority nominee, is admitted as a lawyer for state and federal courts in Ohio, and the federal appeals-court circuit that includes Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
During her interview with the commission, Onwuachi-Willig pointed to her experience as a scholar but also urged commission members to consider candidates who reflect the gender and race of Iowa’s population. Her research and teaching interests at the law school span a range of family law, employment discrimination, feminist legal theory and evidence.
Women account for roughly one-fourth of all state court judges and magistrates in Iowa, according to judicial branch statistics. None of the current Iowa Supreme Court justices are women; five of the nine-member Court of Appeals judges are women.
By contrast, nearly one-third of the nation’s 340 state supreme court justices are women, according to the National Center for State Courts. Twenty females serve as chief justices, and five supreme courts – California, Michigan, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia – have a majority of women members.
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