Category: Law School News

Melissa Weresh, professor of law and director of legal writing at Drake University Law School, is now a regular contributor to The Iowa Lawyer.

Allan W. Vestal, professor of law and former dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law, has been named dean of Drake University Law School. Vestal, a native of Iowa City, Iowa, will begin his new position on June 1.

Former Drake football player and Law School graduate Bob Holliday recently received the Drake Double D Award during halftime of last Saturday's men's basketball game vs. Northern Iowa at the Drake Knapp Center.

Since the Iowa caucuses last January, the chocolate chunk cookie from Baby Boomers Café in Des Moines has become a nationwide sensation -- even being referred to as the "Obama cookie."

Drake Law School's 72nd annual Supreme Court Celebration will culminate with the Supreme Court Banquet on Saturday, March 7.

Phoebe Haddon, an expert on racial and gender bias, will deliver Drake University Law School's Constitutional Law Distinguished Lecture at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in room 213 of Cartwright Hall.

Governor Chet Culver has selected Edward Mansfield to serve on the Iowa Court of Appeals.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Drake Law Review ranks among the top 30 law reviews nationally for the number of times courts have cited its articles.

Drake again reached the top rankings in Intellectual Property and Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, according to preLaw magazine.

Phoebe Haddon, an expert on racial and gender bias, will deliver Drake Law School's Constitutional Law Distinguished Lecture.