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Sally Frank Profile
Director of the General Civil Practice Clinic
Professor of Law
Expertise: Professional Skills, Clinical Education, Women's Rights
Education
JD, New York University School of Law
MA, Clinical Legal Education, Antioch University
AB, Princeton University
Experience
- Drake Law School professor since 1990
- Clinical Fellow at Antioch
- Clerk for Judge Emily Goodman of the Civil Court, Manhattan
- Clinical Associate Professor at New York Law School
Selected Publications
- A City Council Examines Pornography: A Role-play for a Law School Class, 21 Women's Rights Law Reporter 169 (2000).
- Eve Was Right to Eat The Apple: The Importance of Narrative Theory to the Art of Lawyering, 8 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 79 (1995).
- The Key to Unlocking the Clubhouse Door: The Application of Anti-Discrimination Laws to Quasi-Private Clubs, 2 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 27 (1994).
Significant Accomplishments
- Princeton University dedicated the Sally Frank Café in her honor, as part of an initiative recognizing individuals “whose tenacity helped to shape the University and the world."
- 2025 Woman of Influence, Des Moines Business Record
- Featured on Nashville Public Television, "Freedom Speaks, Freedom of Association v. Anti-discrimination"
- Served as a member of the Iowa Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Iowa Rules of Evidence
- Hardee's Hometown Hero Award for Human Rights
- Served as a member of the International Board of Women of Reform Judaism and the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism and the Union of Reform Judaism North American Board
- Served as Iowa representative to the American Civil Liberties Union national board
