Robert Rigg

Professor Emeritus of Law

Law School

Phone: 515-271-3928

Clinical Education, Criminal Law, Forensic Sciences, Ethics

Iowa Practice Series, Vol. 4: Criminal Law (Thomson West, 2003-2020).
Patient One: An Exploration of Criminal Justice and Mental Health, 16 Indiana Health Law Review 67 (2019).
Are There No Prisons? Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in the United States, 4 University of Denver Criminal Law Review 103 (2014).
The Postville Raid, a Postmortem, 12 Rutgers Journal of Race and Law 271 (2011).
Teaching Gideon-The Development and Challenges of a Criminal Defense Program, 7 Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical & Clinical Law 111 (2004).
The Constitution, Compensation and Competence: A Case Study, 27 American Journal of Criminal Law 1 (1999).

Founding member and president of the Iowa Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member of the Iowa Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Iowa Rules of Evidence
Member of the Iowa Supreme Court Advisory Committee for the Rules of Criminal Procedure
Member of the Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board
Quoted in NPR, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Newsday, USA Today, and The Des Moines Register