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Leadership and Support

Deans and Support Staff

Todd Pettys
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Todd Pettys

Title/Position
Dean
H. Blair and Joan V. White Chair in Civil Litigation
Professor
Dean and Professor Todd Pettys joined the faculty in 1999. He specializes in issues concerning American constitutional law but has taught a variety of additional courses, including Evidence and Federal Courts.
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Bethany Berger

Title/Position
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Allan D. Vestal Chair in Law
Professor
Professor Bethany Berger is a widely read scholar of Federal Indian Law, Property, and Legal History. She is a co-author and member of the Editorial Board of Felix S. Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law, the foundational treatise in the field, and co-author of leading casebooks in both Property Law and American Indian Law. 
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Carin Crain

Title/Position
Associate Dean of Student and Career Services
Carin Crain has served as the Associate Dean of Student and Career Services at the University of Iowa College of Law since August 2007. Before coming to Iowa, she worked in various capacities at Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California, including: Lecturer In Law, Special Education Hearing Officer, Director of Off-Campus Clinical Programs, and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. Dean Crain started her legal career as a Staff Attorney at the Sacramento and Shasta Regional Offices of Legal Services of Northern California. Before attending law school she taught English and English as a Second Language to junior high students in Los Angeles.
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Tom Ksobiech

Title/Position
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
Tom Ksobiech is the Assistant Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid at the University of Iowa College of Law.
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Melissa Norman, JD

Title/Position
Assistant Dean of Career and Student Services
Adjunct Instructor
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Jason Rantanen

Title/Position
Associate Dean for Faculty
David L. Hammer and Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd Chair
Professor
Jason Rantanen is the David L. Hammer and Willard L. “Sandy” Boyd Chair at the University of Iowa College of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty.
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Adrien Wing

Title/Position
Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law Programs
Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law
Professor
Adrien Wing is the Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law Programs and the Bessie Dutton Murray Professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, where she has taught since 1987.
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Julie Kramer

Title/Position
Assistant to the Dean
Julie Kramer began working at the University of Iowa in 1983 and has worked in many different areas of the University; i.e. Anatomic Pathology, Pediatric Cardiology, Finance & University Services, Health Sciences, University Relations, and finally the College of Law where she has been Assistant to the Dean since 2000. 

Directors

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Kara Avis

Title/Position
Director of Admissions and Enrollment
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Chris Clough

Title/Position
IT Director
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Amy Kassem

Title/Position
Director of Alumni Relations
Amy Kassem serves as the director of alumni relations at the College of Law. She brings seven years of alumni and donor engagement experience from her time at UICA.
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Katie Linder

Title/Position
Director of Marketing and Communications
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Angie McMullin

Title/Position
Senior Director of Finance and Operations
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John Millsap

Title/Position
Director of Operations
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Josh Patterson

Title/Position
Director of Financial Aid
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Erin Turnis

Title/Position
Director of Human Resources

Admissions

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Kara Avis

Title/Position
Director of Admissions and Enrollment
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Jan Barnes

Title/Position
Admission and Enrollment Services Specialist
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Tom Ksobiech

Title/Position
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
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Melissa Plummer

Title/Position
Admissions Assistant

Career Services and Student Life

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Sara K. Clark

Title/Position
Assistant Registrar
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Carin Crain

Title/Position
Associate Dean of Student and Career Services
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Nathan Davis

Title/Position
Educational Support Services Specialist
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Tami Diebel, JD

Title/Position
Associate Director, Career and Student Services
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Mishelle Eckland

Title/Position
Student Services Manager
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Felicity Finch, JD

Title/Position
Assistant Director, Career and Judicial Clerkships
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Tania Lefevre, JD, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Director, Academic Advising
Adjunct Instructor
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Melissa Norman, JD

Title/Position
Assistant Dean of Career and Student Services
Adjunct Instructor
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Lee Seedorff

Title/Position
Registrar

Financial Aid

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Jessica Bean

Title/Position
Financial Aid Counselor
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Tom Ksobiech

Title/Position
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
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Josh Patterson

Title/Position
Director of Financial Aid