Former Bureau of Indian Affairs official named dean of UI College of Law

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Kevin Washburn, a former assistant secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was recently named the N. William Hines dean of the University of Iowa College of Law. He will begin on June 15. Washburn, 50, succeeds Gail Agrawal, who has been dean of the College of Law since July 2010. Agrawal announced in August 2017 that she would step down from that role on June 30 and continue as a member of the law faculty. Washburn served as dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law from July 2009 to October 2012 before being nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the assistant secretary to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in August 2012, a role he served in until January 2016. Washburn is an expert in Indian law, criminal law and gambling law and has produced a prolific portfolio of books, book chapters, articles and congressional testimony.