[4] Some of the projects have received national recognition and/or have affected legislation and judicial reforms in Iowa and around the country.

[4] The Iowa Law Review has been widely cited for its legal research, theory, and analysis.

Recent notable citations include the Iowa Supreme Court's citation of an Iowa Law Review student note[5] in its April 2009 decision of Varnum v. Brien, which struck down the state's ban on gay marriage.

[6] Also, in its January 2010 decision of Citizens United v. FEC, the United States Supreme Court (Justices Scalia and Stevens in separate concurring opinions) cited Randall P. Bezanson, Institutional Speech, 80 Iowa Law Review 735, 775 (1995).

[7] Shortly thereafter the United States Supreme Court cited Jenny Roberts, Ignorance Is Effectively Bliss: Collateral Consequences, Silence, and Misinformation in the Guilty-Plea Process, 95 Iowa Law Review 119, 124 n.15 (2009),[8] in its March 2010 decision of Padilla v. Kentucky.