Drake University Law School is pleased to announce that Iowa Supreme Court Justice Brent Appel will join the full-time faculty upon his retirement from the Court at the end of July. He will teach Professional Responsibility and State Constitutional Law, in addition to seminars and other courses. “We are so honored to welcome Justice Appel...
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Lead gift from McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, establishes the Edmund J. Sease Faculty Research Scholar faculty position
A lead gift from McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, has established an endowed faculty position, the Edmund J. Sease Faculty Research Scholar. This position will honor the contributions of Ed Sease, LA’64, LW’67, to the Law School’s Intellectual Property program. Mr. Sease practiced law for more than five decades with McKee, Voorhees & Sease, becoming...
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Karen Shaff and Steven Jayne pledge $1 million to endow the Drake Law School Refugee Clinic
Karen Shaff, LW’79, and Steven Jayne, LW’78, have created permanent funding to sustain the Drake Law School Refugee Clinic. Through the Refugee Clinic, second- and third-year Drake Law students develop important lawyering skills while providing free legal services to individuals who are applying for asylum in the United States and other forms of humanitarian relief....
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A $1 million gift from Sheldon and Terry Fleck establishes the Sheldon T. and Terry K. Fleck Endowed Law Scholarship
Sheldon (LW’75) and Terry Fleck (PH’74) have contributed $1 million to create the Sheldon T. and Terry K. Fleck Endowed Law Scholarship. The Fleck Scholar Program provides one renewable, full-tuition merit-based scholarship plus an annual stipend for an entering student each year. The Flecks have provided for two scholarships to be awarded in the inaugural...
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Drake Law School announces 2022 Faculty Award winners
Drake Law School recognized two outstanding faculty members for their contributions to the Law School’s teaching, scholarship, and research during the 2021-2022 academic year. Allan Vestal, Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of Law, was recognized as the 2022 Stevens Faculty Scholar of the Year. The Stevens Faculty Scholar of the Year award honors the faculty...
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Inaugural Drake Law School Adjunct Professor of the Year Award presented to Edmund J. Sease
Drake University Law School is pleased to announce that Edmund J. Sease (LA’64, LW’67) received the inaugural Drake Law School Adjunct Professor of the Year. The new award recognizes exemplary service and excellence in adjunct faculty teaching. “One of the great strengths of Drake Law School is our ability to call upon outstanding members of...
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Drake Law School Receives $3.25 Million Gift from J. Locke and Harriet Macomber Fund to Support Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic
Drake University Law School is celebrating an anticipated $3.25 million gift to establish the J. Locke (LW’48) and Harriet S. Macomber Drake Law School Fund that will support the Drake Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic (“ETC”). The ETC provides legal assistance to business startups, entrepreneurs, and community nonprofit organizations to help them establish successful for profit...
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Drake’s Hispanic and Latino Law Student Association hosts “Celebrating our Community’s Culture,” an art show featuring works created by local high school students
Drake’s Hispanic and Latino Law Student Association (HLLSA) presented “Celebrating our Community’s Culture,” an art show featuring works created by students from Des Moines Public School’s Central Campus. HLLSA collaborated with students enrolled in Central Campus’ “Arts and Activism” class to bring the art show to Drake as part of the Law School’s Diversity Week...
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Drake Law School named a “Best Law School for Practical Training” by preLaw magazine
Drake Law School once again earned a place on preLaw magazine’s list of “Best Law Schools for Practical Training.” Law schools were graded based on key offerings such as clinics, externships, simulation courses, and moot court participation. The annual rankings were featured in the Spring 2022 issue of the magazine. “At Drake Law, we like to say that ‘practice...
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“The Constitution and Democratic Erosion”: 2022 Drake Constitutional Law Symposium
The Drake Constitutional Law Center will host the 2022 Constitutional Law Symposium on Saturday, April 9, from 8:30 a.m. – noon. The program will be delivered virtually via Zoom. The speakers will examine the role the Constitution may play in stemming or facilitating democratic erosion. The symposium will feature a slate of nationally renowned scholars...