More than 60 Iowa farmers and food producers from 30 communities attended a recent workshop sponsored by Drake Law School's Agricultural Law Center on Value Added Producer Grants.
The Sept. 17 workshop at Drake's Neal and Bea Smith Law Center featured two speakers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development office, including a recent Drake Law School graduate.
On top of an already busy schedule, Drake University Law School student Sh’Myria “Shi” Moore has achieved success in creative writing as the newly published author of a children's book.
Drake University Law School ranks as one of the top private schools nationwide in The National Jurist magazine's "Best Value Law Schools" ranking in its September 2009 issue.
Melissa Heames Weresh, professor of law at Drake University, has been awarded the 2009 Warren E. Burger Writing Competition Prize for her essay that examines the professional identity of novice lawyers.
David McCord, a Drake University professor of law, received the 2009 Governor's Volunteer Award for his work with refugees.
Drake law professors Matt and Laurie Doré recently returned from a three-week research trip to the European Union to work on a project that combines their areas of expertise -- corporate law and choice of law.
Adam Liptak will lead Drake’s Constitution Day celebration Tuesday, Sept. 15, with a lecture on "The Roberts Court in the Obama Era: A Reporter's Reflections."
Drake and Iowa State University are collaborating on a sustainable agriculture and land tenure research and outreach project.
This summer, Peter Yu collaborated with scholars and legal experts in China and helped expand the Intellectual Property Law Center's international ties.
A revamped version of a bill allowing minors to petition for emancipation -- drafted last year by five Drake students -- was one of nine bills signed into law recently by Iowa Gov. Chet Culver.