A team of three Drake University law students recently advanced to the quarterfinal round of the National Environmental Moot Court Tournament, which drew 72 teams from law schools across the country to Pace University Law School in White Plains, N.Y.
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Sustainable Agricultural Land Tenure Project creates new resources for Iowa farmland owners
A two-year study of sustainable agriculture and land tenure in Iowa has analyzed legal questions relating to Iowa farmland ownership and the transfer of land to a new generation of owners, many of whom will rent or lease farmland to others.
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Drake law professor to teach diplomats at the United Nations
On Wednesday, Feb. 23, Peter K. Yu, the Kern family chair in intellectual property law at Drake University Law School, will return to the United Nations to teach diplomats and U.N. personnel about the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. His presentation will focus on the basic principles of copyright.
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Drake Law places second and third in client counseling competition
Two Drake University Law School teams finished second and third in the Regional American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition held at the University of South Dakota Law School last weekend.
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Need moral, legal, scientific perspectives on stem cell research
Featured in the Des Moines Register
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.
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Professor Jerry Anderson fights for animal welfare reform
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.
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Drake Law to host one of two national law school diversity programs
Some 40 students from across the nation will participate in the program at Drake next summer.
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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.
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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.
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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.