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This certification of the most recent one-year treasury constant maturity index published by the Federal Reserve in the H15 Report is distributed to the courts in conformance with Iowa Code Section 668.13(3). The average yield during the most recent month for securities included in the one-year treasury constant maturity index was 2.82 percent. This notice will be updated and distributed monthly.

June 30, 2022, is the last day of the 2021-2022 Iowa Supreme Court adjudicative term.  During the term, 107 cases were submitted to the court.  All the cases submitted to the court are complete, and the opinions are available on the Iowa Judicial Branch website at https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-opinions/. 

Five Iowans applied with the State Judicial Nominating Commission to fill the vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court that will occur upon the retirement of Justice Brent Appel.

Five Iowans have applied with the State Judicial Nominating Commission to fill the vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court that will occur when Justice Brent Appel retires on July 13, 2022.

The Iowa Supreme Court has approved $241,373.17 in grants to non-profit programs that provide legal assistance to low-income Iowans with civil legal problems. The court awarded grants to eleven different organizations throughout Iowa. The grants are funded by the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account (IOLTA) program. With this year's grants, the supreme court has awarded more than $25 million in IOLTA grants since the program began on July 1, 1985.

On June 2, 2022, the Iowa Supreme Court will hold a special ceremony to mark the retirement of Justice Brent Appel. This public ceremony will be at 3:00 p.m. in the Iowa Supreme Court courtroom on the fourth floor of the Judicial Branch Building, 1111 E. Court Ave., Des Moines. Overflow seating will be available in the fourth floor library.

The Iowa Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases June 2, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Arrowwood Resort, 1405 Highway 71, Okoboji.  The oral arguments are open to the public and the court encourages people to attend.

On Friday, May 20, 2022, at 3:30 p.m., Governor Kim Reynolds will administer the oath of office to Iowa Court of Appeals Judge Mary E. Chicchelly in a public ceremony in the Iowa Supreme Court Courtroom at the Iowa Judicial Building located at 1111 E. Court Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50319.

The Iowa Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases in the Woodbury County Courthouse, 620 Douglas Street, Sioux City, May 11, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.  The oral arguments are open to the public and the court encourages people to attend.  There will be time after the arguments for questions unrelated to any pending cases before the court.

In this month’s episode, I am sitting down with District 4 Court Administrator Laura Kyndesen to talk about her experience as a clerk of court, a district court administrator, and how distributive workload processing between counties is not only streamlining work for judicial employees but improving court services for Iowans as well.

https://www.iowacourts.gov/for-the-public/in-the-balance-podcast/2022/03/29/episode-19-distributive-workload-processing