Category: Law School News

Hamilton and two Drake students will travel to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference next month.

Allan Vestal recently visited Parkersburg, Iowa, to replace a law school diploma for alumnus and City Attorney Martin Petersen, whose firm was destroyed by a tornado.

The conference drew nearly 50 scholars from more than five regions in China and five countries.

Scholars will debate about the Iowa Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision and the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

As Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, Drake University law professor Jerry L. Anderson reflects on his 1978 visit to one of the most visible symbols of the Cold War.

Hunter Clark, professor of law at Drake University, was recently featured in a special section on human rights law in the fall 2009 issue of preLaw magazine.

Nearly 250 children ages 3-12 came out for basketball and Beggar's Night at the 16th annual Drake University Community Halloween Hoops Shoot Out on Thursday, Oct. 29.

Melissa Heames Weresh, professor of law at Drake University, recently accepted the 2009 Warren E. Burger Writing Competition Prize at an awards ceremony in the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Taunya Lovell Banks of the University of Maryland School of Law recently spoke about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to a packed crowd at Drake University Law School.

The Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University will hold a conference on Oct. 16-17 on "Intellectual Property Developments in China: Global Challenge, Local Voices."