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Attorney Benjamin Ullem named dean of Law School
Benjamin B. Ullem, a senior partner at the Des Moines law firm of Whitfield & Eddy PLC, has been appointed to a one-year term as dean of Drake University Law School.
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Ag law students plan economic development project in nation’s poorest county
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.
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Prof. Yu honored with visiting chair professorship in China
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.
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Drake University and Pioneer Hi-Bred host successful biotech institute
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.
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Law symposium to explore forgotten Constitutional Amendments
Drake Law School's Constitutional Law Center will hold its 2008 symposium titled "The Forgotten Constitutional Amendments" on Saturday, April 5.
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Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable draws legal academics from around the world
Scholars from the United States to Europe to China gathered recently at Drake Law School for its first annual Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable.
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Law School creates new certificate program
The Law School has established a certificate program in international law.
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Drake law student works with Supreme Court justice in internship program
Third-year Drake law student Anna K. Ryon is working to co-author a law review article with Iowa Supreme Court Justice Brent Appel as part of the Law School's Iowa Supreme Court Scholar Internship program.
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Trial Practicum features two trials for first time
Adding a second trial to this year's Trial Practicum gave first-year law students a unique opportunity to view proceedings from jury selection to jury verdict in two criminal cases.