Our faculty are famous for having equally strong commitments to teaching and to undertaking scholarship that matters. In fact, the Iowa Law faculty is nationally recognized for its scholarly productivity and well-known for its interdisciplinary interests. A number of faculty members have Ph.D.s, and the faculty publishes regularly in history, social science, and general humanities journals as well as traditional law reviews.
Our faculty list includes those temporarily away on visits to other institutions, on reduced teaching loads, and on phased retirement. Separately listed are members with emeritus status; adjunct and visiting faculty who are scheduled to teach during the academic year, or have taught during the previous two academic years and are expected to have a continuing relationship with Iowa Law; and our courtesy faculty who hold complimentary appointments at the College of Law.
Full-time Faculty
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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.
Katharine Baker
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Katharine Baker is an expert in Family Law, specifically the modern law of marriage and parenthood. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of women’s intimate lives and the law.
Samantha Barbas
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Professor Barbas is a prominent scholar and presenter of legal and media history—with a focus on journalism, privacy, defamation, and the First Amendment—and the award-winning author of seven full-length books. Barbas received the Public Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020.
Dawn Barker Anderson
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Director, Iowa Law Writing Center
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.
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.
Christina Bohannan
Title/Position
Lauridsen Family Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Bohannan teaches Torts, Copyright Law, Conflict of Laws and advanced seminars in intellectual property law. Most of her current scholarship is in intellectual property law, the First Amendment, and competition law.
Jonathan C. Carlson
Title/Position
Victor and Carol Alvarez Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Carlson focuses on international trade and commercial law, international environmental law, and the law of global climate change. He frequently lectures abroad.
Andrew Crouse
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Professor Crouse joined the faculty in 2020 and teaches legal rhetoric, legal ethics, contract drafting, and negotiation. Professor Crouse graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2004 and went on to have an extensive career in practice and in legal academia before joining Iowa Law.
Mihailis Diamantis
Title/Position
Ben V. Willie Professor in Excellence
Professor
Mihailis Diamantis’ legal research focuses on corporate crime, law and technology, criminal justice, and legal theory. He is concerned with how familiar concepts like mens rea shape corporate incentives and the justice of verdicts involving corporate defendants. He has subsidiary interests in privacy law and surveillance.
Diane Lourdes Dick
Title/Position
Charles E. Floete Distinguished Chair of Law
Professor
Professor Diane Lourdes Dick focuses her teaching and scholarship on business and tax law, with particular emphasis on commercial finance, business bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and business entity taxation.
Visiting Faculty
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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.
Katharine Baker
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Katharine Baker is an expert in Family Law, specifically the modern law of marriage and parenthood. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of women’s intimate lives and the law.
Samantha Barbas
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Professor Barbas is a prominent scholar and presenter of legal and media history—with a focus on journalism, privacy, defamation, and the First Amendment—and the award-winning author of seven full-length books. Barbas received the Public Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020.
Dawn Barker Anderson
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Director, Iowa Law Writing Center
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.
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.
Christina Bohannan
Title/Position
Lauridsen Family Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Bohannan teaches Torts, Copyright Law, Conflict of Laws and advanced seminars in intellectual property law. Most of her current scholarship is in intellectual property law, the First Amendment, and competition law.
Jonathan C. Carlson
Title/Position
Victor and Carol Alvarez Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Carlson focuses on international trade and commercial law, international environmental law, and the law of global climate change. He frequently lectures abroad.
Andrew Crouse
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Professor Crouse joined the faculty in 2020 and teaches legal rhetoric, legal ethics, contract drafting, and negotiation. Professor Crouse graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2004 and went on to have an extensive career in practice and in legal academia before joining Iowa Law.
Mihailis Diamantis
Title/Position
Ben V. Willie Professor in Excellence
Professor
Mihailis Diamantis’ legal research focuses on corporate crime, law and technology, criminal justice, and legal theory. He is concerned with how familiar concepts like mens rea shape corporate incentives and the justice of verdicts involving corporate defendants. He has subsidiary interests in privacy law and surveillance.
Diane Lourdes Dick
Title/Position
Charles E. Floete Distinguished Chair of Law
Professor
Professor Diane Lourdes Dick focuses her teaching and scholarship on business and tax law, with particular emphasis on commercial finance, business bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and business entity taxation.
Adjunct Faculty
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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.
Katharine Baker
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Katharine Baker is an expert in Family Law, specifically the modern law of marriage and parenthood. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of women’s intimate lives and the law.
Samantha Barbas
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Professor Barbas is a prominent scholar and presenter of legal and media history—with a focus on journalism, privacy, defamation, and the First Amendment—and the award-winning author of seven full-length books. Barbas received the Public Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020.
Dawn Barker Anderson
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Director, Iowa Law Writing Center
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.
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.
Christina Bohannan
Title/Position
Lauridsen Family Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Bohannan teaches Torts, Copyright Law, Conflict of Laws and advanced seminars in intellectual property law. Most of her current scholarship is in intellectual property law, the First Amendment, and competition law.
Jonathan C. Carlson
Title/Position
Victor and Carol Alvarez Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Carlson focuses on international trade and commercial law, international environmental law, and the law of global climate change. He frequently lectures abroad.
Andrew Crouse
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Professor Crouse joined the faculty in 2020 and teaches legal rhetoric, legal ethics, contract drafting, and negotiation. Professor Crouse graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2004 and went on to have an extensive career in practice and in legal academia before joining Iowa Law.
Mihailis Diamantis
Title/Position
Ben V. Willie Professor in Excellence
Professor
Mihailis Diamantis’ legal research focuses on corporate crime, law and technology, criminal justice, and legal theory. He is concerned with how familiar concepts like mens rea shape corporate incentives and the justice of verdicts involving corporate defendants. He has subsidiary interests in privacy law and surveillance.
Diane Lourdes Dick
Title/Position
Charles E. Floete Distinguished Chair of Law
Professor
Professor Diane Lourdes Dick focuses her teaching and scholarship on business and tax law, with particular emphasis on commercial finance, business bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and business entity taxation.
Affiliated Faculty
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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.
Katharine Baker
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Katharine Baker is an expert in Family Law, specifically the modern law of marriage and parenthood. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of women’s intimate lives and the law.
Samantha Barbas
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Professor Barbas is a prominent scholar and presenter of legal and media history—with a focus on journalism, privacy, defamation, and the First Amendment—and the award-winning author of seven full-length books. Barbas received the Public Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020.
Dawn Barker Anderson
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Director, Iowa Law Writing Center
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.
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.
Christina Bohannan
Title/Position
Lauridsen Family Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Bohannan teaches Torts, Copyright Law, Conflict of Laws and advanced seminars in intellectual property law. Most of her current scholarship is in intellectual property law, the First Amendment, and competition law.
Jonathan C. Carlson
Title/Position
Victor and Carol Alvarez Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Carlson focuses on international trade and commercial law, international environmental law, and the law of global climate change. He frequently lectures abroad.
Andrew Crouse
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Professor Crouse joined the faculty in 2020 and teaches legal rhetoric, legal ethics, contract drafting, and negotiation. Professor Crouse graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2004 and went on to have an extensive career in practice and in legal academia before joining Iowa Law.
Mihailis Diamantis
Title/Position
Ben V. Willie Professor in Excellence
Professor
Mihailis Diamantis’ legal research focuses on corporate crime, law and technology, criminal justice, and legal theory. He is concerned with how familiar concepts like mens rea shape corporate incentives and the justice of verdicts involving corporate defendants. He has subsidiary interests in privacy law and surveillance.
Diane Lourdes Dick
Title/Position
Charles E. Floete Distinguished Chair of Law
Professor
Professor Diane Lourdes Dick focuses her teaching and scholarship on business and tax law, with particular emphasis on commercial finance, business bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and business entity taxation.
Retired and Emeriti Faculty
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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.
Katharine Baker
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Katharine Baker is an expert in Family Law, specifically the modern law of marriage and parenthood. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of women’s intimate lives and the law.
Samantha Barbas
Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair in Law
Professor
Professor Barbas is a prominent scholar and presenter of legal and media history—with a focus on journalism, privacy, defamation, and the First Amendment—and the award-winning author of seven full-length books. Barbas received the Public Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2020.
Dawn Barker Anderson
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Director, Iowa Law Writing Center
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.
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.
Christina Bohannan
Title/Position
Lauridsen Family Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Bohannan teaches Torts, Copyright Law, Conflict of Laws and advanced seminars in intellectual property law. Most of her current scholarship is in intellectual property law, the First Amendment, and competition law.
Jonathan C. Carlson
Title/Position
Victor and Carol Alvarez Fellow in Law
Professor
Professor Carlson focuses on international trade and commercial law, international environmental law, and the law of global climate change. He frequently lectures abroad.
Andrew Crouse
Title/Position
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Professor of Instruction
Ferguson Carlson Fellow
Professor Crouse joined the faculty in 2020 and teaches legal rhetoric, legal ethics, contract drafting, and negotiation. Professor Crouse graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2004 and went on to have an extensive career in practice and in legal academia before joining Iowa Law.
Mihailis Diamantis
Title/Position
Ben V. Willie Professor in Excellence
Professor
Mihailis Diamantis’ legal research focuses on corporate crime, law and technology, criminal justice, and legal theory. He is concerned with how familiar concepts like mens rea shape corporate incentives and the justice of verdicts involving corporate defendants. He has subsidiary interests in privacy law and surveillance.
Diane Lourdes Dick
Title/Position
Charles E. Floete Distinguished Chair of Law
Professor
Professor Diane Lourdes Dick focuses her teaching and scholarship on business and tax law, with particular emphasis on commercial finance, business bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and business entity taxation.