Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha K. Ternus returned to her alma mater to give the commencement address at Drake University Law School’s Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 11.
Category: Law School News
Law school names first intellectual property law prof
Peter Yu, associate professor of law and the founding director of the nationally ranked Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program at Michigan State University College of Law, has been named the inaugural Kern Family chair in intellectual property law and director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake Law School.
Drake program addresses moral dilemmas in law and medicine
Drake program to address moral dilemmas in law and medicine
In a society polarized by hot-button issues, morally sensitive topics can be extraordinarily divisive in the workplace. And for judges, lawyers, doctors and pharmacists, determining the role of an individual’s conscience can be problematic. That conundrum will be the topic of a multidisciplinary program being presented jointly by Drake University Law School, the American Judicature Society and Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Law School Annual Fund shows increase
Participation by alumni and friends in the Law School Annual Fund is showing a 68 percent increase in the number of donors from this time last year and a substantial 17 percent increase in the amount contributed as well.
Law student co-authors paper with Iowa Supreme Court justice
Third-year law student Jess Phelps sits in a unique position. After all, his office lies just down the hall from Iowa Supreme Court Justice Mark Cady, LA'75, LW'78, on the fourth floor of the Iowa Judicial Branch Building.
Foster children work with Drake law students to pass unique sibling visitation law in Iowa
Law school students and faculty at Drake are trying to improve children's rights in Iowa by trying out a novel idea -- asking foster children themselves what laws need to be changed to better protect them, and then enlisting those foster children to lobby lawmakers to pass that legislation.
Vilsack gives keynote address at Supreme Court Celebration
Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack delivered the keynote address at the Drake University Law School’s annual Supreme Court Celebration held March 10 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown.
AJS names Andersen as vice president
The American Judicature Society has announced the appointment of Seth S. Andersen as executive vice president.
Student presents oral arguments before Iowa Court of Appeals
Kendra Mills Arnold, a third-year Drake Law School student from Ankeny, presented oral arguments before the Iowa Court of Appeals March 8 at the Iowa Judicial Branch Building.
Prosecutor in UN-backed Court in Sierra Leone to return to Drake
Stephen Rapp, LW'74, prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), will return to Drake Law School April 9-10 to meet with students and faculty and deliver a lecture titled "The Compact Model in International Criminal Justice: The Special Court for Sierra Leone."