Category: Law School News

Instead of joining a law firm after graduation, two Drake University law students are teaming up with the head of one of the nation's largest insurance companies. Their goal is to spur economic development on the Crow Creek Reservation in the nation's poorest county -- Buffalo County, S.D.

Peter K. Yu, the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law at Drake University, recently accepted the Wenlan Scholar Chair Professorship at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China. Yu also serves as the director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake.

Industry leaders, attorneys, academics and scientists recently gathered to explore cutting-edge intellectual property issues at Drake University's Inaugural Summer Institute in Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Agricultural Sciences.

Russell Lovell, associate dean and professor of law at Drake University, recently was honored by Iowa Legal Aid with the Excellence in Service Award for his work "to promote justice and ensure that society becomes more hospitable to low-income people."

Drake University Law School has been selected as a 2008 recipient of the American Bar Association's Gambrell Professionalism Award.

Eight law students and three attorneys have been taking one of the nation's first courses on wind law at Drake University Law School this spring.

Five Drake University law students appear to have a bright future as lobbyists and legislators, thanks to the experience they gained in lobbying for children's rights in the Iowa Legislature this session.

Former South African Constitutional Court Justice Richard J. Goldstone will headline Drake University's spring 2008 Constitutional Law Distinguished Speaker series Wednesday, March. 26.

The 71st Annual Supreme Court Celebration's activities honored not only students for their accomplishments, but also alumni, faculty, the legal community and Iowa Supreme Court justices who work together to enhance the educational experiences of Drake law students.

Ralph Oman, former register of copyrights, will headline the Drake Intellectual Property Law Center's first distinguished lecture in intellectual property law Tuesday, April 22.