Johnny Taylor, GR'91, LW'92, recently was named CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF).
Home
Law School News
Category: Law School News
Post
Iowa Heartland RC&D joins Drake in local food campaign
Drake University is partnering with Iowa Heartland Resource Conservation and Development to expand the amount of healthy foods both grown on local farms and consumed in central Iowa.
Post
Law graduate paves way for future Drake Law scholars
While many law graduates nationwide may be looking to recoup what they've spent to earn their degree, one Drake law student is already creating an opportunity through which he can give back. As he graduates, Opperman Scholar Philip De Koster is working to endow a scholarship for third-year Drake law students who are actively involved in mentoring fellow students.
Post
Professor Hamilton testifies before U.S. House Agriculture Committee
Drake University Law Professor Neil Hamilton, director of Drake Law School's Agricultural Law Center, testified today before the full U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture in Washington, D.C.
Post
Zwagerman named visiting scholar with Drake Agricultural Law Center
Drake University and Faegre & Benson LLP are pleased to announce the firm is launching a Visiting Scholar Program in collaboration with Drake University's Agricultural Law Center. Faegre & Benson attorney Jennifer Williams Zwagerman, an alumna of Drake University Law School, has been chosen as the first visiting scholar.
Post
Law symposium addresses ‘Same-Sex Marriage Divide’
Some of the most prominent North American experts came together to debate both sides of the same-sex marriage issueat the Drake Law School Constitutional Law Center's annual symposium last month.
Post
ISBA president to give Law School commencement address
Drake University Law School will honor 141 graduates at its commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Drake Knapp Center, 2601 Forest Ave.
Post
Drake’s Neil Hamilton to be featured on IPTV for food documentary discussion
Law professor Neil Hamilton, director of Drake University's Agricultural Law Center, will be featured Wednesday, April 21, as a guest on an episode of Iowa Public Television's "Iowa Journal" exploring Iowans' perspectives on the film "Food Inc."
Post
Drake Law School ranks among the nation’s best in intellectual property, legal writing
Drake University Law School's programs in intellectual property and legal writing are ranked among the top programs in the nation in the 2011 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools," published by US News & World Report magazine.
Post
Professor Yu speaks at Department of Commerce meeting
On April 28, Professor Peter K. Yu, the Kern Family chair in intellectual property law and the founding director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School, will speak at a public meeting at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C.