JD Track Areas of Specialization
JD Track Areas of Specialization
Drake Law School offers an extensive range of courses spanning numerous areas of legal study.
Below, you'll find an overview of our areas of specialization, along with the course names associated with each focus area within the JD track.
Please note that course offerings vary by semester. To confirm whether a specific course will be available in the upcoming term, consult the current course schedule through our student portal, myDrake.
Areas of Specializations for the JD Track
- Artificial Intelligence and the Law - Intro
- Artificial Intelligence Policy & Governance Intensive
- Privacy & Cybersecurity
- Agricultural Law – Introduction
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Regulation of Agriculture
- Food and the Law
- Land Use Control
- Sustainability and the Law
- USDA Internship
- Consumer Law Internship
- Bankruptcy and Debt Collection
- Entrepreneurial/Transactional Clinic
- Federal Courts and Jurisdiction
- Payment Systems
- Sales
- Secured Transactions
- Advanced General Civil Practice Clinic
- Children and the Law
- Children's Rights Clinic
- Children's Rights Internship
- Disability Rights Iowa Internship
- Domestic Violence
- Education Law
- Family Law
- General Civil Practice Clinic
- Juvenile Court Internship
- Juvenile Law Appellate Internship
- Juvenile Law Internship
- Mediation
- Negotiations
- Advanced General Civil Practice Clinic
- Advanced Torts
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional Litigation
- Employment Discrimination Litigation
- Environmental Practice
- Evidence
- Federal Courts and Jurisdiction
- General Civil Practice Clinic
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Mediation
- Mock Trial Competitions
- Moot Court Competitions
- Negotiations
- Pretrial Advocacy
- Trial Advocacy
- WESTLAW Research – Advanced Problems
- Workers Compensation
- Administrative Law Internship
- Advanced Criminal Defense Clinic – Trial
- Advanced General Civil Practice Clinic
- Advanced Polk County Prosecutor Internship
- Advanced Prosecutor Internship
- Children's Rights Clinic
- Children's Rights Internship
- Consumer Law Internship
- Criminal Appeals Internship
- Criminal Defense Clinic
- Disability Rights Iowa Internship
- Elder Law Clinic
- Entrepreneurial/Transactional Clinic
- Environmental Law Internship
- Ethics Internship
- Federal Public Defender Internship
- Foreclosure Defense Internship
- General Civil Practice Clinic
- Honors Judicial Internship
- Independent Internship
- Insurance Law Internship
- Iowa Attorney General's Office Internship
- Iowa Public Information Board Internship
- Iowa Supreme Court Scholar Internship
- Iowa Workers Compensation Commissioner's Office Internship
- Judicial Internship
- Juvenile Court Internship
- Juvenile Law Appellate Internship
- Juvenile Law Internship
- Legislative Internship
- Legislative Practice Internship
- Polk County Prosecutor Internship
- Prosecutor Internship
- Securities Law Internship
- State Public Defender Appellate Internship
- State Public Defender Internship
- Supreme Court Administrative Internship
- United States Attorney's Office Internship
- USDA Internship
- Administrative Law
- Advanced Constitutional Law & Interpretation
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Constitutional Controversies
- Constitutional Litigation
- Criminal Motions Practicum
- Criminal Practice/Procedure I
- Criminal Procedure II
- Education Law
- Election Law
- Sexuality and the Law
- Women and the Law
- Business Associations
- Business Planning
- Business Taxation
- Consumer Law Internship
- Bankruptcy and Debt Collection
- Employment Law
- Entrepreneurial/Transactional Clinic
- Environmental Law
- Gaming Law
- Insurance Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Real Estate Transactions
- Sales
- Secured Transactions
- Securities Regulation Law
- Securities Law Internship
- Advanced Criminal Defense Clinic – Trial
- Advanced Polk County Prosecutor Internship
- Advanced Prosecutor Internship
- Criminal Defense Clinic
- Criminal Appeals Internship
- Criminal Motions Practicum
- Criminal Practice/Procedure I
- Criminal Procedure II
- Domestic Violence
- Evidence
- Federal Criminal Law
- Federal Public Defender Internship
- Juvenile Delinquency Clinic
- Polk County Prosecutor Internship
- Prosecution & Defense
- Prosecutor Internship
- Psychiatry and the Law
- Scientific and Expert Evidence
- State Public Defender Appellate Internship
- Trial Advocacy
- United States Attorney's Office Internship
- Administrative Law
- Climate Law and Policy
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Law Internship
- Environmental Practice
- Environmental Regulation of Agriculture
- Federal Courts and Jurisdiction
- Insurance Law
- International Environmental Law
- Land Use Control
- Moot Court – Environmental Law Competition
- Sustainability and the Law
- USDA Internship
- Estate Planning
- Will Drafting for the General Practitioner
- Wills and Trusts
- Advanced General Civil Practice Clinic
- Children and the Law
- Children's Rights Clinic
- Children's Rights Internship
- Disability Rights Iowa Internship
- Domestic Violence
- Education Law
- Family Law
- General Civil Practice Clinic
- Juvenile Court Internship
- Juvenile Law Appellate Internship
- Juvenile Law Internship
- Mediation
- Negotiations
- Administrative Law
- Administrative Law Internship
- Elder Law Clinic
- Health Law – Intro
- Health Law Practicum
- Products Liability
- Psychiatry and the Law
- Workers' Compensation
- Administrative Law
- Administrative Law Internship
- Elder Law Clinic
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Law Internship
- Insurance Law
- Insurance Law Internship
- Products Liability
- Trial Advocacy
- Workers' Compensation
- Copyright Law
- Entertainment Law
- Intellectual Property in the Internet Age
- Intellectual Property Licensing
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- International Intellectual Property Law
- Intellectual Property – Intro
- Law, Technology, and Innovation
- Mass Media Law
- Patent Law
- Patent Office Practice
- Trademark and Copyright Law
- International Human Rights
- International Intellectual Property
- International Law - Intro
- International Trade
- Laws of War
- Sales
- Summer in France Courses
- Administrative Law
- Administrative Law Internship
- Employment Law
- Mediation
- Negotiations
- Remedies
- Workers' Compensation
- Administrative Law
- Election Law
- Legislation
- Legislative Internship
- Legislative Practice
- Legislative Practice Internship
- State and Local Government Law
- Advanced General Civil Practice Clinic
- Bankruptcy and Debt Collection
- Environmental Law
- General Civil Practice Clinic
- Land Use Control
- Real Estate Transactions
- Real Estate Transaction Drafting
- State and Local Government Law
- Administrative Law
- Business Planning
- Business Taxation
- Federal Income Taxation
- Federal Tax Procedure
- Bar Exam Preparation
- Domestic Violence
- Education Law
- Immigration Law
- Individual Research
- Law Office Management
- Mass Media Law
- Psychiatry and the Law
- Sexuality and the Law
- Women and the Law
- Constitutional Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Law Internship
- Evidence
- Federal Courts and Jurisdiction
- Insurance Law
- Products Liability
- Scientific and Expert Witness
- Securities Law
- Torts – Advanced Problems
- Trial Advocacy
- Workers' Compensation