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,...
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Drake University Law School Announces New Faculty Members for Fall
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...
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Spotlight on APALSA: Creating Community and Connections at Drake Law
The Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) at Drake Law School has been a powerful source of community and connection for its members. Under the leadership of 3L student, Terumi Wayne, APALSA was revived several years ago with the goal of providing a space for Asian American law students to bond, collaborate, and network....
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Drake Law Professor Christoph Henkel Named Richard M. and Anita Calkins Distinguished Professor of Law
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...