Anthony Harris, a 3L student at Drake Law School spent his summer in Uganda working alongside supreme court justices, and in Ugandan prisons. In the course of just two weeks, he and his team completed around 300 cases.
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Drake Law School named to preLaw Magazine’s 2019 Employment at Law Firms Honor Roll
Drake University Law School received the number two spot on preLaw magazine’s list of top schools for employment in Small Law, defined as firms with 100 or fewer attorneys. According to preLaw, schools that do well in Small Law are commended because of the effort it takes to establish relationships with such firms, since they...
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Current Constitutional Issues and the Functioning of American Democracy: A Debate
The fall 2019 symposium will highlight the new book Democracy and Dysfunction (The University of Chicago Press) by Jack Balkin, the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and First Amendment at Yale Law School, and Sandy Levinson, the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood Jr. Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas Law School. The book is a series of letters between the two scholars which debate current constitutional issues of significance to the functioning of American democracy.
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An Interview with the DOJ’s Acting Pardon Attorney
Rosalind Sargent-Burns is a 2003 graduate of Drake Law School. She began her legal career with the Legislative Reference Bureau for the State of Illinois, where she also served as a correspondent for the National Conference of State Legislatures. Today, she is the Acting Pardon Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC....
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Rachel Bosovich recognized by the American Bankruptcy Institute
The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) named Rachel Bosovich a 2019 recipient of the Medal of Excellence, recognizing her outstanding accomplishment in bankruptcy coursework. “I, and the other 12,000 members of the ABI, congratulate Rachel Bosovich on her achievement, and wish her all the best in her professional career” says Christopher Graham, Director of the ABI...
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Drake Law School Instrumental in Iowa Bill Passage
Effective July 1, 2019, Iowa will be the twenty-first state to adopt the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA). The enactment of UELMA will allow legal professionals and others to rely on electronic versions of legal material with the same level of credibility traditionally given to print versions of those documents. Drake University Law Library...
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Setting Drake Law Students Up for Success
Drake University Law School emphasizes practical training, alongside substantive knowledge, to ensure our students graduate as complete professionals, ready to excel in the real world. As a part of that mission, we place great importance on preparing our students for the rigor of the bar exam. Several years ago, Drake Law School created a new...
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Constitutional Law Symposium to explore “Is it Time to Amend the Constitution?”
The Drake Constitutional Law Center will host the 2019 Constitutional Law Symposium on Saturday, April 13. This year, the speakers will address, “Is it Time to Amend the Constitution?” When faced with difficult national circumstances in the past, Americans squarely faced the problem of constitutional change. The defects in the Articles of Confederation and the...
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Jennifer Pithan discovers a passion for elder law at Drake
Jennifer Pithan, now a 3L, made it her mission to experience everything she could while at Drake Law School. Her experiences ultimately led her to discover her passion—elder law. “Interning at a variety of places was beneficial for me,” says Pithan. “I wanted to access as much information and experience as much as I could...
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Drake Law School announces 2019 alumni award winners
Drake University Law School announces the outstanding recipients of this year’s alumni awards. Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., JO’91, LW’92, was named the 2019 Alumni of the Year; Emiliano Lerda, LW’08, was named 2019 Recent Alumni of the Year; Jerry Foxhoven, LW’77, received the Distinguished Public Service Award. The award winners will be honored at Drake...