Contact Information

N471 Lindquist Center

Educational Policy and Leadership Studies

College of Education

The University of Iowa

Iowa City IA 52242 USA

Email: lelia-helms@uiowa.edu
Telephone:  319/335-5370
Facsimile: 319/384-0587

Office hours: Posted each semester depending on class schedule

• B.A., Sarah Lawrence College
• M.A., Political Science, Tufts University
• Ph.D., Political Science, Tufts University
• J.D., The University of Iowa

• Higher Education Program

Professional Experience

Faculty:

• State University of New York, Brockport
• Northeastern University
• University of Maryland
• The University of Iowa

Other:

• Administration – The University of Iowa
• Program Officer – U.S. Department of Education
• Attorney – Legal Services Corporation

Professional Activities and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Iowa State Bar Association
• American Society for Public Administration

• Higher education law as related to risk management for postsecondary institutions
• Case studies in public policy-making with a focus on K-12 and higher education as well as on specific areas of health policy
• Public policy-making as applied to program design and development in institutional settings
• Higher education law in Australia

• Helms, L., & Biggs, S. (2007). The Practice of American Public Policymaking. Armonk, NY: M.E.Sharp. ISBN 10-7656-1775-7. 560 pp. A major graduate-level textbook presenting a new paradigm for teaching and understanding public policymaking.
• Helms, L. & Jorgensen, J. (2009) Patterns of litigation and higher education: 2007 in perspective,  West’s Education Law Reporter, 245(2): 537-550.
• Jorgensen, J. & Helms, L. (2009) Recent developments in public education law: Postsecondary education, 2008.  Urban Lawyer, 41(3): (summer)
• Johnson, S., & Helms, L.(2008) Policy design for advocates: Lessons from the Job Accommodations Network. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 19(3):172-181.
• Helms, L., & Jorgensen, J. (2008). Litigation and postsecondary education: A year in perspective, 2007. West's Education Law Reporter, 236(1):1-26.
• Jorgensen, J., & Helms, L. (2008) Academic freedom, the First Amendment and competing stakeholders: A changing balance. Review of Higher Education, 32(1):1-24 (fall).
• Helms, L., & Jorgensen, J. (2008). Recent developments in public education law: Postsecondary education, 2007. Urban Lawyer, 40(3):633-665(summer).
• Helms, L., & Biggs, S. (2008). Policy mapping: A new framework for teaching policymaking and policy design through case studies. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 13(3/4):563-585.
• Jorgensen, J., & Helms, L. (2007). Recent developments in public education law: Postsecondary education, 2006. Urban Lawyer, 39(4):1017-1044 (fall).
• Jorgensen, J., & Helms, L. (2007). Litigation and postsecondary education: A year in perspective, 2006. West's Education Law Reporter, 225(1):23-43.
• Helms, L., Jorgensen, J., & Anderson, M.A. (2006). Disability and nursing education: An update. Journal of Professional Nursing, 22(3):1-7.
• Jorgensen, J., & Helms, L. (2006). Recent developments in public education law: Postsecondary education, 2005. Urban Lawyer, 38(4):1201-22 (fall).
• Jorgensen, J., & Helms, L. (2006). Litigation in postsecondary education: A year in perspective, 2004-05. West's Education Law Reporter, 206(3):17-35.
• Quattrochi, S., & Helms, L. (2005). Using 15-passenger vans: Strategies for managing risk for colleges and universities. West's Education Law Reporter, 202:9-23.
• Jorgensen, J., & Helms, L. (2005). Recent developments in public education: Postsecondary education, 2004-05. The Urban Lawyer, 37(4):951-81 (fall).

• 07B: 218 The Law of Higher Education
• 07B: 225 American Public Policymaking
• 07B: 217 Theory and Practice of Leadership
• 07B: 316 Policy Design and Implementation