Category: Law School News

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.

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

Four Drake University law students offered legal assistance to more than 30 homeless veterans during the Veteran's Administration StandDown last month.

Michael Eganhouse, LW'10, won fourth place in the Mary Moers Weing Writing Competition.

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.