Drake Law School is sponsoring “The Past, Present, and Future of Diversity and Inclusion within the Central Iowa Legal Community” on Friday, Oct. 23.
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Drake International Law Week is Oct. 12-15
Drake Law School has planned various events and speakers to celebrate International Law Week on Oct. 12-15, including a lecture on constitutionalism in other countries, an international food fair, presentations on study abroad opportunities, and more.
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Drake Constitutional Law Center and League of Women Voters to host lecture
The Drake University Constitutional Law Center and the League of Women Voters will host a lecture on Oct. 14 featuring Professor Mark Kende. His speech is titled “Amending the U.S. Constitution: Modernization or Foolhardiness?”
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Drake Agricultural Law Center to host conference on soil and water conservation policy
The Drake University Agricultural Law Center will host a two-day conference “Sustaining Our Iowa Land (SOIL): The Past, Present, and Future of Iowa’s Soil and Water Conservation Policy” Nov. 19-20.
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Drake Law alumna returns to her roots as first woman on Hy-Vee’s legal team
Shannon Woods’ first job was at Hy-Vee. She grew up in Chariton, Iowa, which was home to one of Hy-Vee’s first corporate offices in the 1940s. And she worked for Hy-Vee all through college. So it made sense for Woods to return to Hy-Vee, Inc. as assistant general counsel and assistant secretary last year.
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Drake 3L assists with first-degree murder case, appears on Dateline NBC
When Mallory Weiser began her internship with the Polk County Attorney’s Office, she had no idea she would end up on national television. The third-year Drake Law student assisted prosecutors in a first-degree murder case and sat at the counsel table during the trial, which was recently spotlighted on Dateline NBC.
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Professor Pattison advocates for children’s rights
Brent Pattison became inspired to be a lawyer for children while working at a homeless youth shelter in college. Now the director of the Joan and Lyle Middleton Center for Children's Rights and associate clinical professor at Drake Law School, Pattison advocates for children and teaches students interested in juvenile law.
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Drake Law School to host 150th Anniversary Block Party
Drake University Law School will host a block party Friday, Oct. 2 in celebration of the school's 150th anniversary.
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Drake 3L interns for Polk County probate judge
As a third-year law student, Brianna Vaughn knew she was interested in probate. To get more experience in the field, she spent her last semester at Drake Law School working as a judicial intern for Polk County Associate Probate Judge Craig Block.
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Tracey Meares to deliver 2015 Constitution Day Lecture
Tracey Meares, Yale Law School professor and one of the nation’s experts on race relations and law enforcement, is the featured speaker for the 2015 Drake University Constitution Day Lecture Sept. 17.