Category: Law School Spotlights

Jenna Bishop recently was named the graduating Drake Law student who shows the greatest promise of success in leadership in the Iowa Bar. Her secret to success? Getting involved and making the most of her time at Drake Law.

When Cedric Adams graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2005, law school was not part of his immediate plan.

When second-year Drake Law student Erin Romar attended a Drake Constitutional Law Center lecture in September 2016, she had no idea that she would soon help to change the lives of victims of revenge porn in Iowa.

Over his career, Phillip Maroc, LW'92, has worked for multiple Silicon Valley companies, including the multinational computer software company Adobe Systems Inc., where he currently serves as senior legal counsel.

As director of the Drake Constitutional Law Center, Professor Mark Kende is frequently asked about constitutional law issues by local media as well as national publications such as Fortune Magazine and The Washington Post.

When Shannon Bogolin was 16 years old, she became a Child In Need of Assistance (CINA) and was placed in independent living. Now more than two decades later, she is getting her law degree to become an advocate for juveniles.

Meet Chas Cahil, the newly elected 2017-18 president of the Drake Law School Student Bar Association (SBA).

In 2003, Kristina Stanger was sitting in Professor Matthew Doré’s class when she got a phone call—she was being deployed to Iraq. Stanger returned to finish law school; today, she continues to serve while practicing law and raising a family.

Shontavia Johnson has only been director of Drake’s Intellectual Property Law Center for less than six months but is already working to make the center a hub for agriculture, biotechnology, and entrepreneurship.

Drake Law third-year student Thomas Tolbert has tried six felony jury trials during his internship with the Polk County Attorney’s Office in Des Moines, Iowa.