Category: Law School News

Drake Law alumnus and board member Daniel Jacobi discusses his unique career and the impact Drake has had on his life.

Events at the Dwight D. Opperman Law Library provide opportunities for student engagement "” and prizes.

Continuing the tradition of partnership between the American Mock Trial Association and Drake Law School

Recent alumnus Peter Leo, LW'10, publishes persuasive paper on mortgage law reform.

Romonda D. Belcher, LW'95, the first African American women to serve as a judge in Iowa, delivers inspiring commencement address to Drake Law graduates.

The class on Sustainability and Its Applications has proposed ways to make city laws and ordinances more environmentally friendly, socially responsible and economically viable.

Whitney Judkins, LW'09, credits Drake Law School's focus on practical education with her success in the courtroom.

Renovation of Cartwright Hall is essential to the future of Drake Law School and the success of our students.

Kale Van Bruggen’s article, Agriculture’s Fate Under Climate Change: Economic and Environmental Imperatives for Action, was recently published in the Chicago-Kent Law Review.

The city of Des Moines has been going green -- constructing certified LEED buildings and implementing hundreds of green initiatives. As the municipality marches toward creating a more "Sustainable Green Community," it is getting some assistance from Drake University law students who are developing a blueprint for making municipal laws and ordinances more environmentally friendly, socially responsible and economically viable.