Drake Law School, in conjunction with the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, is partnering with the IRS Exempt Organization Division to present "IRS Tax Workshop: For Small and Medium Sized Nonprofit Organizations" on Sept. 10.
Category: Law School News
Peter Neufeld of The Innocence Project to deliver 35th Bucksbaum Lecture
Peter Neufeld, co-founder of The Innocence Project, will deliver the 35th Bucksbaum Lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Drake University Knapp Center.
Drake to host nationally televised DNC debate
Drake University will host a live, nationally televised debate among Democratic presidential candidates on Nov. 14, 2015. Drake Law School's Kern Commons will be the site of the spin room following the debate.
Drake Law alumnus selected to Nation’s Top One Percent of Attorneys
Michael S. Siddall, LW’74, has been selected to the 2015 list of the Nation’s Top One Percent of Attorneys by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel (NADC).
Professor Yee receives inaugural Principal Financial Group Global Citizenship Award
Ellen Yee, Drake Law School professor and director of international programs, was honored with the inaugural Principal Financial Group Global Citizenship Award during the Fall 2015 Convocation on Aug. 28.
Ternus to be inducted into Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame
Marsha Ternus, LW'77, and former chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, will be inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame on Aug. 22 for her impact on the status of women in Iowa.
Gov. Branstad visits new 1L students during orientation
Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad visited Drake Law School on Aug. 20 to speak to first-year J.D. students during new student orientation.
Drake Law students help feed Iowa
Food trucks can now operate in downtown Des Moines thanks to the work of Drake Law School students. In a Drake Law course on sustainability and law, students were tasked with writing ordinances for issues related to entrepreneurship, energy efficiency, waste management, and water management.
Sease named interim director of Intellectual Property Law Center
Ed Sease, partner at McKee, Voorhees, & Sease, PLC, and a 1967 alumnus of Drake University Law School, has been named interim director of the Drake University Law School Intellectual Property Law Center, effective July 1.
Kende authors textbook on comparative constitutional law
Carolina Academic Press has recently published Comparative Constitutional Law: South African Cases and Materials in a Global Context by Mark S. Kende, director of the Drake Constitutional Law Center and a James Madison Chair Professor in Constitutional Law at Drake Law School.