University of Iowa College of Law - Notable Faculty

Notable Faculty

• Austin Adams (1875–1890), lecturer and Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from 1876-1887.
• David Baldus (1969–2011), notable academic in the field of Capital Punishment whose research was a key component in Furman v. Georgia (1972)
• Willard L. Boyd (1954–Present), President Emeritus of the University of Iowa and the Field Museum of Natural History
• La Vega George Kinne, served six terms as Iowa Supreme Court judge, the last year as Chief Justice
• Eugene A. Gilmore (1929–1935) dean of the University of Iowa Law School, and President of the University of Iowa from 1934–1940
• Herbert F. Goodrich (1914–1922), co-founder of the Iowa Law Review, and circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1940–1947)
• N. William Hines (1962–Present), Dean Emeritus of the University of Iowa Law School, served from 1976–2004
• Herbert Hovenkamp (1986–Present), expert in Antitrust law
• Mason Ladd (1929–1966), dean of the University of Iowa Law School from 1939–1966, and founding dean of Florida State University Law School
• Emlin McClain (1881–1901), dean of the University of Iowa Law School from 1890–1901 and 1914–1915, co-founder of the Iowa Law Review, and Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court (1901–1914)
• Margaret Raymond (1995–2011), dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School (2011–Present)
• Wiley B. Rutledge (1935–1939), dean of the University of Iowa Law School, and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1943–1949)
• Allan D. Vestal (1949–1983), expert in Civil Procedure
• Eugene Wambaugh (1889–1892), introduced the Langdell case method to the University of Iowa Law School, and published the first Iowa casebook