Category: Law School News

Drake University Law School earned an A+ ranking for human rights law in preLaw magazine, placing Drake among the top twelve law schools in the nation for this field.  The publication based the rankings on law schools’ offerings in human rights law, including clinical programs, certificates, externships, partnerships, and courses. The results are reported in preLaw’s Back to...

Drake University Law School earned an A- ranking for criminal law in preLaw Magazine, placing Drake among the top law schools in the nation for this field. The publication based the rankings on law schools’ offerings in criminal law, including clinical programs, certificates, externships, partnerships, and courses. The results are reported in preLaw’s Fall 2025 issue. Drake Law...

Drake University Law School will host a special installment of the Dean’s Speaker Series on Thursday, October 23, at 3:00 p.m. in Cartwright Hall. The program, titled “Leadership and Civility in the Legal Profession,” will feature a fireside chat and Q&A with Dean Roscoe Jones Jr. and Associate Dean Anthony Gaughan. The discussion will include...

Drake University Law School earned an A ranking for family law in preLaw magazine, placing Drake among the top law schools in the nation for this field. This is the eighth year in a row that Drake Law received recognition for excellence in child and family law. The publication based the rankings on the law schools’ offerings...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...