Drake University Law School Dean Allan Vestal and former Dean David Walker co-published an op-ed in the Des Moines Register on rejecting the efforts to change Iowa's judicial selection process.
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Professor McCord honored for community service
This year's recipient of the community service award was David McCord, professor of law at Drake Law School. McCord is a founding organizer of the Meals from the Heartland program at Drake, which attracts nearly 4,000 volunteers per year to package more than 4 million meals in five days to deliver around the world.
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Public Service Speakers Series continues with U.S. District Judge John Jarvey
Drake Law School's Public Service Speakers Series will continue with a free, public lecture by U.S. District Judge John Jarvey of the Southern District of Iowa on National Public Service Day -- Thursday, Oct. 7.
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Drake law professor to speak at major music industry conference
Peter K. Yu, the Kern family chair in intellectual property law at Drake University, will speak at a high-profile entertainment law conference in Nashville on Tuesday, Sept. 28.
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Farmers, consumers celebrate growing season at Harvest Party
People who grow, sell and eat locally grown foods came together last Sunday to celebrate the 2010 growing season through preparing and consuming dishes with everything from grass-fed beef to wine and fresh produce.
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Drake hosts harvest party featuring Buy Fresh Buy Local foods
Drake University will host a Harvest Party in celebration of the 2010 growing season on Sunday, Sept. 19, featuring small plates of local food that will bring the people together who grow, sell and eat locally grown foods.
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Law School launches Public Service Speakers Series Sept. 29
Nick Drees, the federal public defender for both the Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa, will give the first address in the Drake Law School's Public Service Speakers Series, which begins Wednesday, Sept. 29.
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Drake celebrates Constitution Day
Two Drake University law professors will speak as part of Drake Law School's Constitution Day celebration in a program on Friday, Sept. 17, titled, "The Constitution as a Conversation."
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Drake Law School dean discusses Iowa’s merit system of selecting judges
Drake Law School Dean Allan Vestal and retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor were among four panelists who defended Iowa's merit system of selecting judges and warned against injecting politics into the court system during a discussion Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Hotel Fort Des Moines.
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U.S. State Department publishes Drake Law professor’s article on internet freedom
A commissioned article by Peter K. Yu, the Kern family chair in intellectual property law at Drake University, has been published and translated into multiple languages by the U.S. State Department.