Category: Law School News

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.

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.

Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. will deliver the 11th Dwight D. Opperman Lecture in Constitutional Law at Drake University Law School on Oct. 2.

An intense desire to earn a law degree on top of her medical degree led Dr. Deborah A. Turner to squeeze in classes at Drake University Law School between her office hours and surgery schedule.

Drake University gained 128 Law School alumni after the graduates in the class of 2008 donned their caps and gowns at the Law School's Commencement Ceremony this spring.