Category: Law School News

Two bills expanding children's rights in Iowa will take effect on July 1, thanks largely to the efforts of Drake law students.

Jane Lorentzen, LW'91, spoke to graduates about their "Time to Lead."

He served on the Board of Counselors and was a key member of the Campaign Committee for Opperman Hall and Law Library.

Prominent experts debated both sides of the same-sex marriage issue.

The Honors Judicial Internship program is expanding this summer and fall, placing students in Supreme Court clerkships.

Johnny Taylor, GR'91, LW'92, recently was named CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF).

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.

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.

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.

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.