Category: Law School News

This year, as part of its constitutional law lecture series, Drake will host an international human rights advocate, a criminal law expert and a legal scholar who studies gender and equality.

Associate Professor of Law Stacey Tovino joined the Law School faculty on Aug. 1.

Drake Law School faculty members Luke Meier and Peter K. Yu visit China; the Law School welcomes scholars and students from China; and the Intellectual Property Law Center makes global connections.

Cathy Lesser Mansfield, a classically trained musician and a nationally recognized expert on the subprime lending crisis, has composed an opera about the Holocaust.

Ten Drake law students offered legal assistance to homeless veterans during the Veteran's Administration StandDown last weekend.

Drake law student Theresa E. Hassler recently was appointed to the Section of Dispute Resolution of the American Bar Association's National Student Liaison Division.

Recent Drake University Law School graduate Sean Bagniewski has won the 2008 Student Bar Association President of the Year Award from the American Bar Association/Law Student Division.

Drake University Law School took the No. 2 spot as Best in Practical Training in the National Jurist Law School Rankings.

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.