Category: Law School News

This year, more than 200 AAJ mock trial teams from law schools nationwide competed in fourteen regional competitions, with the winner of each region advancing to the national finals.

Many law students have the goal of becoming a legislator, but few realize this goal while still in law school. Senator Jack Whitver, a Drake Law 3L, has done just that.

Bill Kelly, LW’99, and Maj. Mike Wunn, JO’91, GR’01, LW’01, Drake graduates who were deployed to Afghanistan with the Iowa National Guard, spoke at Drake University on March 13 as part of The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship’s spring lecture series.

In response to a call by the Iowa Supreme Court’s Chief Justice and others for a greater focus on studying the Iowa Constitution, the Constitutional Law Center at Drake University Law School is pleased to announce a new program called the "Iowa Constitution Lecture Series." The school will host lectures annually by prominent experts about the Iowa Constitution.

Drake’s 75th Supreme Court Celebration will start with a prominent case that has garnered national attention. On March 29, Drake University Law School will host the Iowa Supreme Court’s oral arguments in an appeal of Mark Becker’s murder conviction involving the insanity defense.

50 Students and Administrators gathered last month for Drake Law’s inaugural Diversity Retreat.

Drake's 75th Supreme Court Celebration will take place March 29-31.

Pamela Karlan, professor of public interest law at Standford Law School, speaks as part of the Constitutional Law Center Distinguished Lecture Series.

Rosemary Sackett, LW'63, retired from her position as Chief Judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals

Law student Emily Zerkel studied at the University of Oxford.