Interim 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.

Professor Anderson teaches Legal Analysis, Writing and Research and is the director of the Writing and Academic Success Center and the college’s academic success program.

Dean Byrd has served in law school admissions capacities since 1990. He has been the Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management at the University of Iowa College of Law since August, 2005.

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.

Professor Hughes teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. Before coming to the College, she was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she taught criminal law, criminal procedure (investigations and adjudication), and a seminar discussing mitigation and the death penalty.

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 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.

Professor Yockey teaches Business Associations, Securities Regulation, Private Companies, and a seminar on Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Management. His teaching has been recognized at the college and university level—named Iowa Law teacher of the year in 2012 and a five-time nominee for the campus-wide President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence. He is also the faculty advisor to the Iowa Law Review, and a co-founder of the law school’s First-Generation Professionals (FGP) student organization.