Category: Law School News

Drake University Law School earned an A ranking for family law in preLaw magazine, placing Drake among the top law schools in the nation for this field. This is the eighth year in a row that Drake Law received recognition for excellence in child and family law. The publication based the rankings on the law schools’ offerings...

Drake University Law School is proud to announce that Professor Sayoko Blodgett-Ford’s work “Copyright, fair use, and AI technology development: time to sunset the ‘transformative purpose’ test” has been selected for inclusion as a chapter in the newly released Research Handbook on the Law of Artificial Intelligence, Second Edition. Associate Professor and Sease Faculty Research...

The Drake Constitutional Law Center is pleased to welcome Harvard Law School’s Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, as the 2025 Constitution Day speaker. He will present “Aligning Constitutional Law” on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 3 p.m. in the James Albert Classroom (213) in Cartwright Hall with in-person or livestream options. This event...

Drake University Law School will host the Honorable Holly Thomas, U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, for a special fireside chat on September 8. The event is free and open to the public. Judge Thomas brings a breadth of substantive experience to the bench, with a distinguished career that has...

Drake University Law School has been named a Best Law Schools for 2025 by The Princeton Review. The education services company recently released their annual unranked list of outstanding law schools across the country. The list features the company’s detailed profiles of the schools with The Princeton Review’s ratings of them and quotes from students...

The 2025 state-wide Mark S. Cady Day of Public Service (Cady Day) will take place on Friday, Oct. 17. This will mark the 6th year that members of the Iowa legal community have come together to perform public service or pro bono work to honor the legacy of the late Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice...

Drake University Law School has received a $300,000 gift from the Sease & Wadding Law Firm to support the Children’s Rights Clinic, in memory of Sabrina Ray, a 16-year-old whose death in 2017 reinforced the need for continued evaluation and improvement of Iowa’s child welfare system. The donation is part of a $4.175 million settlement...

Drake University Law School is pleased to announce the arrival of two outstanding new faculty members for the coming school year, Dean Strang and Kristi Harshbarger. Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Entrepreneurial and Transactional Legal Clinic, Kristi Harshbarger, will play a key role in advancing the law school’s clinical education in transactional...

Drake University Law School is proud to announce that Professor Christoph Henkel has been appointed as the Richard M. and Anita Calkins Distinguished Professor of Law, recognizing his outstanding scholarship and expertise in international law, commercial arbitration, and financial regulation. A scholar and respected voice in international legal circles, Professor Henkel has published more than...

Drake University Law School is proud to announce its new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Law Certificate Program. From day one at Drake, Dean Jones has made AI a top priority, starting with his AI Task Force. “Thanks to Dean Jones’ leadership, we are able to offer this unique opportunity to Drake Law students,” according to AI...