The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases when it meets at the University of Iowa College of Law as part of the law school’s annual Supreme Court Day events in September.

The court will convene at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 7 in the Levitt Court Room in the Boyd Law Building. The arguments are open to the public. More information about the cases is online at www.iowacourts.gov/Supreme_Court/Oral_Argument_Schedule/.

The Supreme Court Day visit is part of a College of Law tradition that honors the historic relationship between the law school and the state’s top court. The College of Law was founded in 1865 when Chief Justice George G. Wright established the law school in his judicial chambers.

The traditional Supreme Court Day moot court argument will also be held Sept. 7 with two teams of students arguing a mock appellate case before the justices. Moot court arguments begin at 2 p.m. in the Levitt Court Room.

The visit to UI is part of the Supreme Court’s initiative over recent terms to hear cases outside Des Moines and make it easier for Iowans to see the court at work. This term, the court will hear arguments in Ottumwa, Waterloo, Sioux City, and Dubuque.

"After visiting several Iowa communities to hear oral arguments, we confirmed there is a real interest throughout the state in seeing the supreme court at work," Chief Justice Mark Cady says. "Iowans are very interested to hear about the role of the courts and see what we do as justices of the supreme court."

The court will also convene at the Drake Law School, and Cady says holding sessions at law schools is important to the justices.

"My colleagues and I enjoy visiting with young people about our responsibilities on the supreme court, the Iowa court system, and to answer questions students may have about the judicial branch of government,” he says. “The students always have excellent questions, and by meeting with them we hope to help explain the role of the courts within our constitutional democracy."