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By Jennifer Bard, visiting professor of law
The current debate in Iowa and many other states over whether embryonic stem cell research should be made illegal is not only appropriate but important. But it needs to take place within the context of facts.
Ten years ago, Drake University law professor Jerry Anderson traveled to northwest Iowa to meet with a farmer who was concerned about an animal confinement being built across the road from his house.
Some 40 students from across the nation will participate in the program at Drake next summer.
Peter Blink, a third-year law student, was one of two law students from Iowa to receive the award from the American Board of Trial Advocates.
The founders of Kemp, Eason, Sease & Dyer set out to be their own bosses.
Coralie Martin is analyzing how juvenile delinquents are treated under the United States and French judicial systems.
Professor David McCord is co-author of "Death Penalty Cases, 3rd Edition," a text Drake law students will read in McCord's Death Penalty course next fall semester.
Students will gain hands-on legal experience in the new clinic while helping some of Iowa's immigrants take legal action against domestic violence.
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.