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N. William Hines joined the faculty at The College of Law in 1962 as an Assistant Professor and Director of the Agricultural Law Clinic. In 1973 he was named the Joseph F. Rosenfield Distinguished Professor of Law, and in 1976 assumed the role of Dean of The College of Law. He has served his 28th year as Iowa law dean, making him the longest serving dean of a single law school in the U.S.
While in law school at The University of Kansas (J.D. 1961), Professor Hines served as Associate Editor and Notes & Comments Editor of the Kansas Law Review. During his senior year he served concurrently as a clerk to Justice Walter A. Huxman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Upon graduation he served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Harvard Law School for one year. His scholarship has focused on Property Co-ownership, Estate Planning and Environmental Law. He is currently President-Elect of the AALS and will become its president in January 2005. | 
