Professor Hess has taught at Gonzaga University School of Law since 1988. Before graduating from the University of Wisconsin Law School, he taught wonderful and challenging (in every sense of the word) kids in grades 2, 4, and 5. Professor Hess is the founder and director of Gonzaga's Institute for Law School Teaching, which is dedicated to improving the quality of teaching and learning in law school.

He is co-editor of The Law Teacher (a periodical for legal educators) and is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Journal of Legal Education. He is a co-producer of two videotapes and faculty development materials: Principles for Enhancing Legal Education and Teach to the Whole Class: Barriers and Pathways to Learning. He has published extensively in the area of teaching and learning in law school.

Professor Hess is a frequent speaker at national conferences about legal education.  He conducts workshops on law teaching at law schools in the United States and Canada. Professor Hess has been the chair of the AALS Teaching Methods Section and is a faculty member at the National Judicial College.

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