Drake Law School's faculty and staff work together to create a successful environment for all students.
Our faculty members are both scholars and experienced lawyers with a wide range of expertise. One-hundred percent of Drake Law faculty have actually practiced law, and they bring that experience into the classroom. Drake Law professors also pride themselves on their availability to students. The low faculty-to-student ratio allows professors to give students individual attention and guidance.
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General Contact Information
2608 Forest Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311
Drake Law School
515-271-2824
Office of Admission and Financial Aid
515-271-2782
law-admit@drake.edu
Dean's Office
515-271-3985
2604 Forest Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311
Drake Law Library
515-271-3189
Career Development Office
515-271-2988
law-career@drake.edu
2400 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311
Drake Legal Clinic
515-271-3851
All Law School Faculty & Staff
James Albert
Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2061
Email: james.albert@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Violeta Alemán
Experiential Education Paralegal
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4044
Email: violeta.aleman@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Jerry Anderson
Interim Dean, Law School; Richard M. and Anita Calkins Distinguished Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2658
Email: jerry.anderson@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Brent Appel
Instructor of Law; Deputy Director of the Institute for Justice Reform & Innovation
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3685
Email: brent.appel@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Natalie Banta Lynner
Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3953
Email: natalie.lynner@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Liz Battles
Assistant Dean of Student Services
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3184
Email: liz.battles@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Leslie Behaunek
Assistant Professor, Law Instruction
Law School
Email: leslie.behaunek@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright, Room 154
Honorable Mark Bennett
Director Emeritus of the Institute for Justice Reform & Innovation; Professor Emeritus of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2908
Email: mark.bennett@drake.edu
Rachel Bieker
Public Services Manager
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3759
Email: rachel.bieker@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Hall
Kara Blanchard
Assistant Dean for Admission and Financial Aid
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2953
Email: kara.blanchard@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Sayoko Blodgett-Ford
Associate Professor of Law; Sease Faculty Research Scholar
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3865
Email: sayoko.blodgettford@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Lexi Brennan
Reference Librarian; Associate Professor Librarianship
Law School
Email: alexandra.brennan@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Law Library
Dan Burkett
Application Support Administrator
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4750
Email: dan.burkett@drake.edu
Office: Carnegie Hall
Shaunarae Bury
Experiential Education Paralegal, Drake Legal Clinic
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3852
Email: shaunarae.bury@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Judge Stephen Carroll
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: stephen.carroll@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Lori Chappell
Director of External Relations
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2057
Email: lori.chappell@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Andrea Charlow
Professor Emeritus of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2066
Email: andrea.charlow@drake.edu
Jenny Chavez-Rivera
Adjunct Instructor, Law Instruction
Law School
Hunter Clark
Professor Emeritus of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2063
Email: hunter.clark@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Stacie Codr
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2057
Email: stacie.codr@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Tiffany Contreras
Alumni Relations and Event Coordinator
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2911
Email: tiffany.contreras@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Jill Costanzo
Administrative Assistant for Admission and Financial Aid
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2782
Email: jill.costanzo@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Abbie Cram
Administrative Assistant for the Roxanne Barton Conlin Faculty Office Bay
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2947
Email: abbie.cram@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Laurie Dufoe
Assistant Dean for Career Development
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2982
Email: laurie.dufoe@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Barb Edmondson
Adjunct Instructor, Law Instruction
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2824
Email: barbara.edmondson@drake.edu
Susan Edwards
Budget and Office Manager
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2058
Email: susan.edwards@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
John Edwards
Associate Dean for Information Resources and Technology; Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2141
Email: john.edwards@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Hall
Steve Foritano
Practitioner in Residence; Director of the First-Year Trial Practicum
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2824
Email: steven.foritano@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Danielle Foster-Smith
Adjunct Instructor, Law Instruction
Law School
Maddie France
Administrative Assistant
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2035
Email: maddie.france@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Sally Frank
Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3909
Email: sally.frank@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Sydney Gangestad
Director of the Legislative Practice Center; Instructor of Law
Law School
Phone: 815-440-8676
Email: sydney.gangestad@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Amelia Garber
Administrative Assistant for Student Services
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4511
Email: amelia.garber@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Corbin Gardner
Adjunct Instructor, Law Instruction
Law School
Anthony Gaughan
Kern Family Chair; Associate Dean; Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2060
Email: anthony.gaughan@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Michael Gilchrist
Adjunct Instructor, Law Instruction
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2824
Email: mike.gilchrist@drake.edu
Judge Samantha Gronewald
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: samantha.gronewald@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Neil Hamilton
Emeritus Director of the Agricultural Law Center; Emeritus Professor of Law
Law School
Email: neil.hamilton@drake.edu
David Hanson
Collection Management and Metadata Librarian; Associate Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2077
Email: david.hanson@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Hall
Kristi Harshbarger
Director of the Macomber Entrepreneurial and Transactional Law Clinic; Assistant Professor of Law
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-1857
Email: kristi.harshbarger@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Kevin Hathaway
Adjunct Professor of Law; Mock Trial Coach
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2058
Email: kevin.hathaway@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Christoph Henkel
Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2076
Email: christoph.henkel@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Sara Hughes
Assistant to the Dean
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3985
Email: sara.hughes@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Lonique Jackson
Clinic Operations Coordinator for the Drake Legal Clinic
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3361
Email: lonique.jackson@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Kristen Jacobs
Administrative Assistant for Admission and Financial Aid
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4194
Email: kristen.jacobs@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Matt Johnson
Director of Admission and Financial Aid
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2059
Email: matt.johnson@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Taylor Johnson
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4958
Email: taylor.johnson@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Mark Kende
Director of the Constitutional Law Center; James Madison Chair in Constitutional Law; Professor of Law
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3354
Email: mark.kende@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Jeremy Kidd
Professor of Law; Kermit S. Sutton Research Fellow
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2068
Email: jeremy.kidd@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Jane Koerner
Administrative Assistant for the Jeffrey Lamberti Faculty Office Bay
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2952
Email: jane.koerner@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Katie Kurt
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: katelyn.kurt@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Erin Lain
Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2040
Email: erin.lain@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Brianna Leistikow
Assistant Director of Admission, Recruitment Initiatives and Graduate Programs
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2483
Email: brianna.leistikow@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Rebecca Lutkenhaus
Reference Librarian; Professor of Librarianship
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2053
Email: rebecca.lutkenhaus@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Hall
Ashley Madsen
Director of Academic Success
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2948
Email: ashley.r.madsen@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Meghan Malloy
Director of Career Development, Public Interest and Government
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4974
Email: meghan.malloy@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Justice Ed Mansfield
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: ed.mansfield@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Judge Coleman McAllister
Adjunct Instructor, Law Instruction
Law School
Email: coleman.mcallister@drake.edu
Allison McCarthy
Director of the Refugee Clinic; Legal Counsel for the Afghan Program
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-1825
Email: allison.mccarthy@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Nickole Miller
Director of the Joan and Lyle Middleton Center for Children's Rights; Associate Professor of Law
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-1809
Email: nickole.miller@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Jeff Noble
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2058
Email: jeffrey.noble@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Jackson G. O'Brien
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: jackson.obrien@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Darren Page
Adjunct, Law Instruction
Law School
Brent Pattison
Adjunct Instructor
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-1810
Email: brent.pattinson@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Alexa Perez
Associate Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2073
Email: alexa.perez@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Suzan Pritchett
Director of Clinical and Experiential Education; Professor of Law
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3391
Email: suzan.pritchett@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Nick Roby
Assistant Professor, Law Instruction
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2147
Email: nick.roby@drake.edu
Roxann Ryan
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: roxann.ryan@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Tricia Scheinost
Clinic Managing Attorney; Director of Field Placements
Legal Clinic
Law School
Email: tricia.scheinost@drake.edu
Joe Schomberg
Associate Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2206
Email: joe.schomberg@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Miguel Schor
Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4184
Email: miguel.schor@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Danielle Shelton
Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2866
Email: danielle.shelton@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Hall
Derek Solheim
Director Career Development, Private Practice & Rural
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2100
Email: derek.solheim@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Michael Spoerl
Technical Services Associate
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2051
Email: michael.spoerl@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Hall
Dean Strang
Associate Professor of Law; Director of the Institute for Justice Reform & Innovation
Law School
Email: dean.strang@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Maura Strassberg
Professor Emeritus
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2068
Email: maura.strassberg@drake.edu
Betty Straub
Records & Registration Specialist
Law School
Phone: 515-271-1850
Email: betty.straub@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Kimberly Throop
Administrative Assistant for the Drake Legal Clinic
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3851
Email: kimberly.throop@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Judge Anu Vaitheswaran
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: anuradha.vaitheswaran@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Allan Vestal
Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3865
Email: allan.vestal@drake.edu
Karen Wallace
Circulation and Reference Librarian; Professor of Librarianship
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2989
Email: karen.wallace@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Hall
Kara Waugh
Senior Advancement Officer
Law School
Phone: 515-271-1956
Email: kara.waugh@drake.edu
Office: Law Library
Melissa Weresh
Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515271-3926
Email: melissa.weresh@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Jayme Wiebold
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2148
Email: jayme.wiebold@drake.edu
Ellen Yee
Director of International Programs; Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-1914
Email: ellen.yee@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Jennifer Zwagerman
Director of the Agricultural Law Center; Associate Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4119
Email: jennifer.zwagerman@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
