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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. His courses include constitutional law, federal courts, and a seminar on pending Supreme Court cases.
Bethany Berger
Title/Position
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Allan D. Vestal Chair in Law
Professor
Bethany Berger, the Allan D. Vestal Professor of Law, is one of the nation's leading experts in federal Indian Law, Property Law, and legal history. She co-authors the leading casebooks in American Indian Law and Property Law and has published extensively in top law journals. Berger's distinguished career includes significant contributions to legal scholarship, service as a judge for the Southwest Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals, and advocacy work for Native American and children's rights.
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.
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.
Jason Rantanen
Title/Position
Associate Dean for Faculty
David L. Hammer and Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd Chair
Professor
Director, Innovation, Business, and Law Center
Professor Rantanen writes in the areas of patent law, federal courts, and empirical legal studies. He is the faculty advisor for the Iowa Intellectual Property Law Society student group and director of the University of Iowa Innovation, Business & Law Center.
Adrien Wing
Title/Position
Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law Programs
Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law
Professor
Adrien Wing joined the faculty in 1987 and currently teaches Critical Race Theory, Sex Discrimination Law, and Law in the Muslim World. In addition to being the Associate Dean for International & Comparative Law programs, she hold two other administrative positions. She is the Director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights and Director of the Law School’s summer program in France.
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
Chris Clough
Title/Position
IT Director
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.
Katie Linder
Title/Position
Director of Marketing and Communications
Angie McMullin
Title/Position
Senior Director of Finance and Operations
Josh Patterson
Title/Position
Director of Financial Aid
Erin Turnis
Title/Position
Director of Human Resources
Admissions
Jan Barnes
Title/Position
Admissions Coordinator
Martha Kirby
Title/Position
Associate Director of Admissions
Director of Global Engagement
Tom Ksobiech
Title/Position
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
Melissa Plummer
Title/Position
Admissions Assistant
Career Services and Student Life
Sara K. Clark
Title/Position
Assistant Registrar
Carin Crain
Title/Position
Associate Dean of Student and Career Services
Nathan Davis
Title/Position
Admin Services Coordinator
Tami Diebel, JD
Title/Position
Assistant Director, Career Services
AJ Finch, JD
Title/Position
Assistant Director, Career and Judicial Clerkships
Tania Lefevre, JD, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Director of Advising and Law Student Organizations
Academic Advisor
Adjunct Instructor
Melissa Norman, JD
Title/Position
Director, Career and Student Services
Adjunct Instructor
Rene Schilling-Arps
Title/Position
Admin Services Manager
Lee Seedorff
Title/Position
Registrar
Financial Aid
Jessica Diers
Title/Position
Financial Aid Counselor
Tom Ksobiech
Title/Position
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
Josh Patterson
Title/Position
Director of Financial Aid