Three Drake Law alumnae are currently serving on the Board of Directors for the American Agricultural Law Association (AALA). For a board that consists of nine total members, that’s pretty impressive representation.
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Schor, Kende present ‘Beyond the U.S.: Constitutionalism in Other Countries’
As part of International Law Week, Professor Mark Kende and Professor Miguel Schor gave a talk to second-year (2L) law students. The talk, entitled “Beyond the U.S.: Constitutionalism in Other Countries,” discussed different approaches to constitutionalism, judicial review, unwritten constitutions, separation of powers, and socio-economic rights.
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First-year students participate in C. Edwin Moore Competition
Students at Drake Law School argued before the Iowa Court of Appeals judges this week as part of the C. Edwin Moore Competition put on by the Drake Moot Court Board.
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Drake 2L interns in Hong Kong
From Beijing to Des Moines, Brooke Yang has had quite the law school experience. She has gobbled up every experience possible in her first two years of law school – including a clerkship with a federal judge and an internship with a high profile firm in Hong Kong.
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Drake Law to host open house for prospective students
Drake Law will host an open house for prospective students on Friday, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m.
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Professor Yu to discuss science and human rights at Yale Law School
Peter K. Yu, the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School, will join U.N. Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights Farida Shaheed and other leading human rights experts in the "Patent Regimes and the Right to Science and Culture" workshop at Yale Law School on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
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Roxanne Conlin to speak at Iowa Constitution Lecture Series
Roxanne Conlin, LW’66, will be the featured speaker at the Judge James Grant Iowa Constitution Lecture Series at Drake Law School on Thursday, Oct. 23.
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Agricultural Law Center offers experiential learning in Cuba
For three years (and counting), Drake students in the Agricultural Law Center have the rare opportunity to learn agricultural law in Cuba.
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Moot court teams compete at nationals
Since 1990, Drake’s teams have placed either first or second in the region – meaning a team has qualified to compete in the National Finals in New York City 19 out of 24 years, including a 2013 National Championship by the ABA Client Counseling team.
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Ag Law Center to co-sponsor Farmer-Veteran Coalition National Stakeholders Conference
In response to years of growing interest by military veterans, the Farmer Veteran Coalition and the Drake University Agricultural Law Center are convening the first ever National Stakeholders Conference, November 14-15, in Des Moines, Iowa.