Childhood friends Pernell Cezar, Jr. and Rod Johnson dreamed of creating a specialty beverage company that not only delivered great taste but also made a positive impact on society. In 2018, they launched BLK & Bold Specialty Beverages, the country’s first Black-owned, nationally distributed coffee brand. They grew BLK & Bold around their social impact...
Category: Law School Spotlights
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Drake Law’s Unique Study Program Helps First-Year Law Students Succeed
Law school can be a daunting prospect for many students interested in studying the law. Drake University Law School uses a collaborative method to ease students into this new environment in a guided and welcoming way. Integrated Study Group (ISG) is an interactive program that focuses on helping first-year students develop the reading, synthesizing, and...
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Drake University Law School Advances to National Moot Court Competition
Not one but two Drake Law National Moot Court teams rose to the top of their recent regional competition to compete against each other in the final round. Both teams demonstrated their hard work and excellence in written and oral advocacy but only one could win and move on to compete in the National competition...
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Drake Refugee Clinic Provides Critical Aid to Afghan Nationals
When over 1,000 Afghan nationals found refuge in the state of Iowa after being evacuated from their homeland in 2021, they were provided temporary immigration status through Operation Allies Welcome. Now, as their temporary status is set to expire, many are racing against the clock to find assistance applying for and securing more permanent immigration...
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Drake Law Student Inspires Creation of Food Pantry to Battle Food Insecurity in Law School
While lots of students were heading home for the holidays in the fall of 2020, current Drake Law third-year student Jack Schuler was thinking about those who could not. He purchased a $25 Hy-Vee gift card and asked Assistant Dean for Student Services Erin Lee Schneider to give it to a student who could not...
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Conner Greene experiences law in action as a summer clerk with the DOJ’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
Conner Greene is spending his 1L summer as a law clerk for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. Conner is from North Liberty, Iowa, and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Political Science from Iowa State University. We recently checked in with...
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Students in Drake’s Middleton Center for Children’s Rights Clinic work to improve the child welfare and juvenile justice systems
Drake Law School consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top law schools for child law and practical training, according to preLaw magazine. The Joan & Lyle Middleton Center for Children’s Rights has been the bedrock of Drake’s nationally recognized children’s rights program for two decades – serving as a local, statewide, and national leader...
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Lead gift from McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, establishes the Edmund J. Sease Faculty Research Scholar faculty position
A lead gift from McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, has established an endowed faculty position, the Edmund J. Sease Faculty Research Scholar. This position will honor the contributions of Ed Sease, LA’64, LW’67, to the Law School’s Intellectual Property program. Mr. Sease practiced law for more than five decades with McKee, Voorhees & Sease, becoming...
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Karen Shaff and Steven Jayne pledge $1 million to endow the Drake Law School Refugee Clinic
Karen Shaff, LW’79, and Steven Jayne, LW’78, have created permanent funding to sustain the Drake Law School Refugee Clinic. Through the Refugee Clinic, second- and third-year Drake Law students develop important lawyering skills while providing free legal services to individuals who are applying for asylum in the United States and other forms of humanitarian relief....
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A $1 million gift from Sheldon and Terry Fleck establishes the Sheldon T. and Terry K. Fleck Endowed Law Scholarship
Sheldon (LW’75) and Terry Fleck (PH’74) have contributed $1 million to create the Sheldon T. and Terry K. Fleck Endowed Law Scholarship. The Fleck Scholar Program provides one renewable, full-tuition merit-based scholarship plus an annual stipend for an entering student each year. The Flecks have provided for two scholarships to be awarded in the inaugural...