Professor Ann Laquer Estin

Ann Laquer Estin is Aliber Family Chair Emerita at the University of Iowa College of Law. She is a member of the Executive Council of the International Society of Family Law and the Editorial Board of the Family Law Quarterly, and has served as an expert observer at the Hague Conference on Private International Law in connection with several of the Hague Children’s Conventions.

Before joining the Iowa Law faculty, Professor Estin taught at the University of Colorado School of Law. She was a law clerk for Judge Zita L. Weinshienk of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and practiced law at Bender & Treece in Denver. She received her AB from Dartmouth College in 1979, and her JD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. She is a member of the bar in Colorado and Iowa.

In addition to family law courses, Professor Estin taught Contracts and Federal Indian Law, and serves as a pro bono consultant on professional responsibility issues for the Native American Rights Fund. Professor Estin writes primarily in the area of family law and international family law.