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Category: Law School News
Law alumna selected as first black female judge in Iowa
Romonda Belcher, LW'95, recently was selected as Iowa's first female African-American judge.
Justice Alito offers an ‘oral’ history lesson and opines on televised hearings
Samuel A. Alito Jr. said televising hearings would change the nature of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Public Service Speakers Series features U.S. District Judge John Jarvey
U.S. District Judge John Jarvey of the Southern District of Iowa gave a free, public lecture Oct. 7.
Drake’s experts on judicial selection field media calls, write opinion pieces
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.
Law School gains two new faculty members
Assistant Professors of Law Shontavia Johnson and Jonathan Rosenbloom joined the Drake Law School faculty this August.
Law students offer legal advice for homeless veterans
Four Drake University law students offered legal assistance to more than 30 homeless veterans during the Veteran's Administration StandDown last month.
Recent law graduate places in writing competition
Michael Eganhouse, LW'10, won fourth place in the Mary Moers Weing Writing Competition.
Justice Alito lectures on televised hearings at Drake
Televising hearings would impact the nature of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court and may require changes to the way the Court conducts business.
Drake to host bipartisan forum on politics, campaign money, Iowa courts
Republican and Democratic student groups at Drake Law School will band together with the bipartisan Iowans for Fair and Impartial Courts on Tuesday, Oct. 5, for a community forum. The event, which is free and open to the public, will focus on Iowa's court system and the influence of campaign money and politics in judicial retention elections.