Category: Law School News

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.

U.S. District Judge John Jarvey of the Southern District of Iowa gave a free, public lecture Oct. 7.

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

Dean Allan Vestal and former Dean David Walker co-published an op-ed on rejecting the efforts to change Iowa's judicial selection process. American Judicature Society research fellow Rachel Paine Caufield was quoted by the New York Times.

Assistant Professors of Law Shontavia Johnson and Jonathan Rosenbloom joined the Drake Law School faculty this August.

David McCord received the award during the University's recent Fall Faculty and Staff Convocation.

Dean Allan Vestal and retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor also warned against injecting politics into the court system.

Neil Hamilton, professor of law and the Dwight D. Opperman chair of law and director of the Agricultural Law Center, was featured for his contribution to the field of sustainable agriculture.