Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

Three Maryland officials will visit Iowa to discuss progress toward clean water goals in the Chesapeake Bay. Lessons learned in that six-state watershed that may be helpful to Iowa will be the topic of a public presentation set for Monday, April 13, sponsored by State Rep. Chuck Isenhart (D-Dubuque) and the Drake Agricultural Law Center.

The Drake Law School Public Interest Law Association (PILA) will host its annual Court2Court 5K on Saturday, April 18. The event is a benefit for Iowa Legal Aid (ILA) and the Poverty Law Internship Program that Iowa Legal Aid and Drake have run each summer for 20 years.

Before graduating from law school, one student has already won two jury trials and a case before the Iowa Supreme Court. Austin Mouw, a third-year law student at Drake, received the good news on Friday: the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of his client.

Drake University Law School, Drake University, and Des Moines University student organizations will host the 3rd Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 2-12, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 4.

The Drake Law School AAJ Mock Trial teams competed in the Omaha regional tournament in mid-March. The Drake teams finished with a combined 9-1 record, with the sole loss resulting from one Drake team defeating the other in the regional final.

Drake Law is pleased to announce that this year’s 2015 Alumna of the Year Award will go to Kimberly Stamatelos, a 1981 graduate. She will be honored at the Supreme Court Banquet and 150th Anniversary Kickoff on Saturday, March 28.

The 2015 Constitutional Law Symposium, titled "Eyes and Ears Everywhere? Privacy in an Age of Government and Technological Intrusion," is set for Saturday, April 11.

Judge James E. Gritzner, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, was recently named an honorary member of the Drake Law chapter of The Order of the Coif.

Drake Law will have strong representation at the American Bar Association (ABA) National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Chicago in early April. Two Drake teams performed well through the competition to win the regional round and advance to nationals. Both Drake teams went undefeated through the entire competition.

Drake Law School is home to one of the nation's 25 top Intellectual Property Law programs, according to U.S. News and World Report.