Category: Law School News

The Drake Constitutional Law Center will host the 2023 Constitutional Law Symposium on Saturday, April 15, from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. The program will be delivered in Cartwright Hall, room 213 or virtually via Zoom. Speakers will analyze a variety of current issues from multiple viewpoints. A slate of nationally renowned scholars will discuss...

Drake University Law School is proud to announce this year’s alumni award honorees. Roland D. Peddicord, BN’61, LW’62, is Alumnus of the Year; Joan E. McKown, LW’83, is Alumna of the Year; Richelle M. Mahaffey, LW’16, is Recent Alumna of the Year; and John P. Sarcone, LW’75, receives the Alumni Distinguished Public Service Award. We...

The Drake University Constitutional Law Center is pleased to announce Julie C. Suk as presenter of the spring 2023 Distinguished Lecture. Her lecture titled “Unamendable: Lessons from Failed Constitutional Amendments” will be delivered in-person and virtually on Thursday, March 9 at 3:30 p.m. at the Neal and Bea Smith Law Center, 2400 University Avenue, Des Moines. Registration...

Drake University Law School has been named a “Best Law School for 2023” by The Princeton Review. The education services company recently released their annual unranked list of outstanding law schools across the country. The list features detailed profiles of each school including The Princeton Review’s ratings in each category and quotes provided by students...

Drake University Law School’s National Moot Court Team finished second in the 73rd Annual National Moot Court Competition held Feb. 2, 2023. The National Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the New York City Bar Association, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious moot court competitions in...

Drake University Law School earned an A- ranking for criminal law in preLaw Magazine, placing Drake among the top law schools in the nation for this field. The publication based the rankings on law schools’ offerings in criminal law, including clinical programs, certificates, externships, partnerships, and courses. The results are reported in preLaw’s Back to School 2022 issue....

Drake University Law School announced today that it has been named a finalist in Bloomberg Law’s inaugural Law School Innovation Program. Drake Law School is one of 10 finalists recognized for implementing and leading innovative programs into their curricula that advance new methodologies and approaches to student instruction, legal technology implementation and usage, experiential learning,...

The Drake University Constitutional Law Center is pleased to announce Michael Rappaport as presenter of the 2023 Judge James Grant Iowa Constitution Lecture. His lecture titled “The Challenge for Originalism from Precedent” will be delivered virtually on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. and registration is free and open to the public. Rappaport is the...

Drake Law School is pleased to announce that Professor Emeritus Russell Lovell II, has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The ABF Fellows is a global honorary society that recognizes attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of...