About Iris
Iris Frost started her professional career as a journalist, inspired by Woodward and Bernstein and the Washington Post. For nearly two decades, she worked as a senior editor for some of the nation’s largest-circulation, Pulitzer-Prize-winning newspapers. She taught classes in the UI School of Journalism about legal and ethical issues, and about the Court System. While she loved the intensity and the fast-paced world of daily journalism, she was most passionate about justice.
Photograph © Lynn Parks
Ms. Frost entered the UI College of Law, digesting property and contracts, criminal and family law. She has been a member in good standing of the Iowa Bar since April 1999, practicing law in a variety of capacities for over 20 years.
Ms. Frost's career highlights include:
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Ms. Frost was honored to clerk in Cedar Rapids for a federal judge, the Honorable John A. Jarvey, (now retired) (1999-2000).
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Ms. Frost served as an Assistant County Attorney in Johnson County (2001-2016), handling thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases.
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Ms. Frost had a decade-long career as an Associate Professor of Instruction, (2011-2021) teaching persuasive writing and persuasive speaking for pre-law students through the UI Department of Rhetoric.
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Ms. Frost has taught “Mediation and Conflict Resolution” to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Iowa since 2017, crafting a curriculum that instructed students on how to better advocate for themselves, and how to successfully negotiate with others.
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Ms. Frost served as an Adjudicator/Hearing Officer for the University of Iowa’s Title IX Office since 2016. Ms. Frost was certified to hear cases of sexual misconduct on campus, including sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and stalking. Also, she served as a hearing advisor for alleged victims, and as a hearing advisor for the accused