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...
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Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos to Deliver 2025 Constitution Day Lecture
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...
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U.S. Circuit Court Judge Holly Thomas to Speak at Drake Law School
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...
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Drake University Law School Named to The Princeton Review List of “Best Law Schools for 2025”
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...
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Drake Law Student Spends Summer Interning with the FBI
Drake Law rising third-year student Anna Olson spent the summer interning with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Omaha, Nebraska. We asked Anna to tell us more about her experience: How did you learn about this internship and what was appealing to you about the opportunity?I learned about the FBI Honors Program in undergrad...
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Student Attorney Finds Purpose Through Refugee Clinic
For John Danos, JD’25, working at the Drake Legal Clinic was more than an academic experience. It was a transformative journey that changed their life forever. As a student attorney in the Drake Legal Clinic’s Refugee Clinic, John represented a client over the course of three semesters, building a strong relationship with them and eventually...
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Annual Cady Day of Public Service Planned for Friday, Oct. 17
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...
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Reigniting the Fire: Finding Purpose in the Children’s Rights Clinic
Mackenzie Roberts is a rising third-year law student at Drake Law School. She was a student attorney in the Children’s Rights Clinic during the Spring 2025 semester where she represented children in juvenile delinquency, child welfare, minor guardianship, and immigration matters before the Polk County Juvenile Court and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. After my...
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Drake Law Establishes Sabrina Ray Endowed Fund to Advance Children’s Rights Advocacy
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...
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Drake Law Alumni Excel in Judicial Clerkship Opportunities
Judicial clerkships provide invaluable, behind-the-scenes insight into how judges think, write, and decide cases – an experience that has proven pivotal for several recent Drake Law graduates. As some alumni reflect on how these roles have shaped their legal careers, the newest graduates are eagerly preparing to begin clerkships of their own. Conner Greene, JD’24,...