People

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Patricia Nassif Acton

Title/Position
Clinical Professor of Law Emerita
Professor Acton has taught Clinical Law, Commercial Transactions, Arts & Entertainment Law, Trusts and Estates, and the Legal History of Iowa.
Dean Agrawal

Gail Agrawal

Title/Position
Dean Emerita and F. Wendell Miller Professor of Law
Dean Agrawal was the 17th dean of The University of Iowa College of Law serving from 2010 - 2018.
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Mark A. Albright

Title/Position
Adjunct Faculty Member
Mark A. Albright is a founding member of Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions; private equity and venture capital funding; software and technology licensing; and startups and emerging companies.
John Allen (3)

John S. Allen

Title/Position
Herschel G. Langdon Clinical Professor of Law
Professor Allen and his students represented clients before courts and administrative agencies in a broad range of civil matters. Much of his work has focused on employment law, including employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and unemployment insurance cases.
MIchael Amado

Michaël Amado

Title/Position
Adjunct Faculty Member, Arcachon Summer Program
Eric Andersen

Eric Andersen

Title/Position
Professor of Law Emeritus
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Robert "Andy" Andersen

Title/Position
Adjunct Faculty Member
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Elizabeth Anstaett

Title/Position
Visiting Professor of Law
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Samantha Barbas

Title/Position
Professor of Law
Aliber Family Chair in Law
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 (2)

Dawn Barker Anderson

Title/Position
Associate Dean of Innovation
Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing & Research
Director, Writing and Academic Success 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.
Jan Barnes (2)

Jan Barnes

Title/Position
Admissions Coordinator
Jan Barnes began working at the law school in 1987 and moved to the Admissions Office in 1992. She oversees the processing of applicant files, which involves regular contact with applicants, Central Admissions Office, Law School Admissions Council, Faculty Admissions Committee members, and the Assistant Dean of Admissions. Jan maintains, organizes, and analyzes complex data on applicants and matriculants. She compiles student profile data for reports, questionnaires, and studies. Jan supervises Admissions Office support staff and assists faculty and the Assistant Dean of Admissions with information on University policies and practices as they relate to admissions, which requires her to keep current on Admissions rules and regulations. Areas of Expertise: Navigating the admissions process, Statistics on applicants and matriculants, Admissions rules and regulations.
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Neda Barrett

Title/Position
Senior Human Resources Director
Special Assistant to the Dean
Neda Barrett serves as senior human resources director and special assistant to the Dean.
Pat Bauer (2)

Patrick B. Bauer

Title/Position
Professor of Law Emeritus
Professor Bauer studies Iowa Debt Collection Law and Iowa Real Estate Financing Law. His current research includes appellate review of findings of fact, mortgage foreclosure deficiency judgments, Iowa's homestead exemption, federal farm bankruptcy legislation in the 1930s, and federalization of debt collection law in the 1990s.
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Tom Bendixen

Title/Position
Assistant Director of Finance & Budget
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Cathleen Bennett

Title/Position
Adjunct Faculty Member
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Bethany Berger

Title/Position
Professor of Law
Allan D. Vestal Professor of Law
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.
Sean Berry

Sean R. Berry

Title/Position
Adjunct Faculty Member
Amanda Bibb (1)

Amanda Bibb

Title/Position
Admin Services Manager
Christina Bohannan (1)

Christina Bohannan

Title/Position
Professor of Law
Lauridsen Family Fellow in Law
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.
Arthur Bonfield

Arthur E. Bonfield

Title/Position
Allan D. Vestal Chair and Associate Dean Emeritus
Professor Bonfield joined the Iowa Law School faculty in 1962 and has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, North Carolina, and Tennessee Law Schools, and at the Law Schools of Hofstra University and Lewis and Clark. Until August 2014, Professor Bonfield served as Associate Dean for Research, building the Iowa Law Library into the best public law library in the nation.
Lloyd Bonfield

Lloyd Bonfield

Title/Position
Visiting Professor
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Larisa G. Bowman

Title/Position
Adjunct Faculty Member
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Dave Bright

Title/Position
Associate Director, Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center
Adjunct Faculty Member
William Brown

William Brown

Title/Position
Adjunct Faculty Member
William Brown is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Iowa Law.
Steven J. Burton

Steven J. Burton

Title/Position
John F. Murray Professor Emeritus
William G. Buss

William G. Buss

Title/Position
O.K. Patton Professor Emeritus
Professor Buss took emeritus status in 2010.  In retirement, he continues to be an active scholar.  At the present time, Professor Buss is devoting all of his scholarly work to researching and writing about the American influence on the Australian Constitution.
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Jo Butterfield

Title/Position
Student and Education Support Specialist
Adjunct Assistant Professor of History
Adjunct Instructor in Human Rights
Human Rights Certificate Program Advisor
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Collins Byrd

Title/Position
Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management
Patricia A. Cain

Patricia A. Cain

Title/Position
Aliber Family Chair Emerita
After graduating from law school, Professor Cain practiced law in Montgomery, Alabama, specializing in tax law. In 1974, she joined the faculty of the University of Texas School of Law, where she taught for 17 years. During this period of time she taught as a Visiting Professor at a number of different law schools, including Wisconsin, Tulane, and the University of Southern California. In 1991, she joined the law faculty at the University of Iowa. She was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1996 to 1999 and Associate Dean for Admissions from 2001-2003. In the 2003-2004 academic year, Professor Cain served as Interim Provost of the University and then as Vice Provost until her retirement.