Ask any current or former law student which course had the biggest impact on their career and they will likely tell you legal writing. Drake Law School’s legal writing program has regularly set the standard for providing students with exactly what they need to communicate effectively. One reason for the success of that program is...
Drake Law School Professor Allan Vestal will present the Constitutional Law Center’s Judge James Grant Iowa Constitution Lecture on Nov. 15, 3-4 p.m., in Cartwright Hall, Room 213. Vestal’s lecture is titled “Two Tenets of Religious Liberty in the Constitutions of Iowa.” The event is free and open to the public. “The talk will focus...
Erin Lain, AS’06, LW’08, ED’16, associate provost for campus equity and inclusion and associate professor of law at Drake University, has received the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO) EDGE Award for Greater Equality.
Agriculture has always been a part of Andrew Lauver’s life. Now this Drake Law 2L is helping advocate for Iowa’s agriculture industry.
Drake Law School received an A+ ranking for family law by preLaw magazine, placing Drake among the top three law schools in the nation for this field.
Professor Michael Paulsen of the University of St. Thomas School of Law will present "The Constitutional Power of Impeachment: Congress’s Ultimate ‘Trump'" as part of the Drake Constitutional Law Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series on Nov. 1.
Drake Law School will host International Law Week Oct. 1-5. Events include an international food fair, presentations on international law opportunities for students, and more.
The Drake Agricultural Law Center is hosting a statewide conference Sept. 19 titled “SOIL 2018: Turning Our Vision for Iowa’s Water and Land into Action" featuring experts in agriculture and the environment.
Drake Law School has launched an incubator program called the Rural Access to Justice Initiative, which will offer recent graduates a pathway to solo or small firm practice in rural Iowa towns.
On Sept. 20, Jack Balkin of Yale Law School will deliver the 2018 Constitution Day Lecture, sponsored by the Drake Constitutional Law Center.