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Drake Law School prepares outstanding lawyers who will promote justice, serve as leaders in their communities and the legal profession, and respond to the call of public service. We are a welcoming and inclusive community distinguished by an accessible faculty and staff and a collegial student body. We provide an exceptional learning environment that integrates legal theory and the development of professional skills; promotes critical thinking and effective problem solving; examines international perspectives; and instills the ideals of ethics and professionalism.
Welcome to the new issue of eLaw, which showcases interesting faculty, students and alumni doing exciting things.
Stephen Rapp, prosecutor of the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone, has been nominated for a key U.S. State Department post by President Barack Obama.
Russell Lovell recently returned from a three-week trip in China, where he met with numerous faculty members and students and gave presentations at three Chinese Universities.
A group of Drake law students recently helped cast doubt on the reliability of eyewitness identification in an experiment where they misidentified a thief.
David McCord will receive a 2009 Governor's Volunteer Award on July 27 for his work with refugees.
Adam Liptak will lead Drake’s Constitution Day celebration Tuesday, Sept. 15, with a lecture on "The Roberts Court in the Obama Era: A Reporter's Reflections."
Drake and Iowa State University are collaborating on a sustainable agriculture and land tenure research and outreach project.
This summer, Peter Yu collaborated with scholars and legal experts in China and helped expand the Intellectual Property Law Center's international ties.
Hunter R. Clark traveled to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kan., to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling.
A revamped version of a bill allowing minors to petition for emancipation -- drafted last year by five Drake students -- was one of nine bills signed into law recently by Iowa Gov. Chet Culver.
Drake gained 143 Law School alumni after the graduates in the class of 2009 donned their caps and gowns at the Law School's Commencement Ceremony this spring.
Prior to going before the U.S. Supreme Court, Jack Gross v. FBL Financial Group made an appearance at Drake.
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