Category: Law School News

After four successful years of transforming chicken wing consumption into charitable fundraising, the Drake University Law School fraternity Delta Theta Phi will co-sponsor the fifth annual Eat-A-Thon. The event will benefit the Iowa-Central American Relief Effort (I-CARE) on Wednesday, Oct. 20.

Princeton Review ratings reveal Drake law strengths Drake University Law School's experiential learning opportunities, faculty accessibility, hands-on approach to teaching legal theory and preparation for the job market drew praise from students surveyed for the Princeton Review's latest rankings of the nation's best law schools.

Ralph Oman emphasized increasing the international protection of American copyrights when he was register of copyrights from 1985-93.

Lori A. Ringhand, a nationally recognized expert on the Supreme Court confirmation process and judicial behavior, will deliver the lecture Oct. 21.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit will hear three cases in the courtroom of the Neal and Bea Smith Law Center.

The Drake Law School welcomed three visiting faculty members to campus in August.

The event, titled "Debating the Living Constitution," will feature a discussion of David Strauss' book "The Living Constitution."

A commissioned article by Peter K. Yu has been published and translated into multiple languages by the U.S. State Department.

Romonda Belcher, LW'95, recently was selected as Iowa's first female African-American judge.

Samuel A. Alito Jr. said televising hearings would change the nature of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.