Category: Law School News

Third-year student Sam Hodge says his trial experience helped him secure one of four positions that drew some 2,000 applicants.

After graduating last May, Diane Crookham-Johnson opened a solo practice and began helping other non-traditional students succeed at Drake Law School.

The fall semester's group of Advanced Appellate Advocacy Clinic students won all three of their arguments in the Iowa Court of Appeals and Iowa Supreme Court.

Faculty gathered in early December to celebrate the retirement of James Adams, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt distinguished professor of law.

Anderson's paper on the implications of intensive agriculture was published in the January issue of the Stanford Journal of Animal Law and Policy.

The banquet will feature a keynote speech by William T. Robinson III, president-elect of the American Bar Association.

Drake Law student Jack Whitver won a special election to represent District 35, which covers the northern portion of Polk County.

1-28-2011 : The Des Moines Register

Drake Law Adjunct Professor Edward Mansfield, Adjunct Professor Judge Robert Blink, and three Drake Law alumni are among the nine finalists to be sent to Gov. Terry Branstad for consideration on the Iowa Supreme Court.

On Friday, Jan. 28, the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School will co-host a conference on the first 15 years of the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, known commonly as the TRIPS Agreement.

Iowa Supreme Court candidate interviews began this week. Among the candidates are multiple Drake Law full time and adjunct faculty members. All candidate resumes and interviews are available to the public. Students can follow live video interviews starting at 9 a.m. daily.