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.
Category: Law School News
Four recent grads team up to launch a startup law firm
The founders of Kemp, Eason, Sease & Dyer set out to be their own bosses.
French exchange student develops project to compare international treatment of juvenile delinquents
Coralie Martin is analyzing how juvenile delinquents are treated under the United States and French judicial systems.
Drake law professor’s new book on death penalty cases a ‘must read’
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.
Drake Legal Clinic receives federal grant for new Domestic Violence Immigration Clinic
Students will gain hands-on legal experience in the new clinic while helping some of Iowa's immigrants take legal action against domestic violence.
Student lands job in the Bronx District Attorney Office
Third-year student Sam Hodge says his trial experience helped him secure one of four positions that drew some 2,000 applicants.
Alumna focuses on easing paths of non-traditional students as member of Board of Counselors
After graduating last May, Diane Crookham-Johnson opened a solo practice and began helping other non-traditional students succeed at Drake Law School.
Advanced Appellate Advocacy student wins Iowa Supreme Court Case
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.
Professor James Adams retires after a remarkable 36-year career at Drake
Faculty gathered in early December to celebrate the retirement of James Adams, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt distinguished professor of law.
Five of nine Iowa Supreme Court finalists have Drake Law ties
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.