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
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
Thomas Bakke
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: thomas.bakke@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
Judge Romonda Belcher
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: romonda.belcher@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
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; Assistant Professor Librarianship
Law School
Email: alexandra.brennan@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Law Library
Dawn Brown
Administrative Assistant
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2142
Email: dawn.brown@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
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
Bridget Chambers
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: bridget.chambers@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
Hunter Clark
Professor 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
Colleen Cullen
Director of Criminal Defense Clinic; Associate Professor of Law
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3930
Email: colleen.cullen@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Carolyn Dallinger
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: carolyn.dallinger@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
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
Joe Ferrentino
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (734) 358-5882
Email: joe.ferrentino@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright 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
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
Anthony Gaughan
Kern Family Chair; Associate Dean; Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2060
Email: anthony.gaughan@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Jason Giles
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: jason.giles@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Judge Samantha Gronewald
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: samantha.gronewald@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Lyra Halsten
Program Manager for Career Development Office and Student Services
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2988
Email: lyra.halsten@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
Roscoe Jones, Jr.
Dean, Law School; Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-3985
Email: roscoe.jones@drake.edu
Andrew Jurs
Richard M. and Anita Calkins Distinguished Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2067
Email: andrew.jurs@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
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2068
Email: jeremy.kidd@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Danette Kobolt
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-4038
Email: danette.kobolt@drake.edu
Office: Zimpleman College of Business
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
Kristy Latta
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: kristy.latta@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
Justice Ed Mansfield
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: ed.mansfield@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
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
Jack O'Brien
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: jackson.obrien@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Kathryn Overberg
Director of Career Development
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2982
Email: kathryn.overberg@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Kavya Parsa
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: kavya.parsa@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Brent Pattinson
Director of the Joan and Lyle Middleton Center for Children's Rights; Professor of Law
Legal Clinic
Law School
Phone: 515-271-1810
Email: brent.pattinson@drake.edu
Office: Drake Legal Clinic
Alexa Perez
Assistant 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
Annie Reser-Moorehead
Director of Career Development
Law School
Phone: 515-271-4974
Email: annie.resermoorehead@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Kim Rodgers Smith
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: kimberly.rodgerssmith@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Roxann Ryan
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: roxann.ryan@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
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
Louis Sloven
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: (515) 271-2824
Email: louis.sloven@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Michael Spoerl
Technical Services Associate
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2051
Email: michael.spoerl@drake.edu
Office: Opperman Hall
Julia Steggerda-Corey
Director of Compliance and Risk Management; Instructor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515-271-2912
Email: julia.steggerda-corey@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright 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
Paul Swinton
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: paul.swinton@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
Melissa Weresh
Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of Law
Law School
Phone: 515271-3926
Email: melissa.weresh@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
Sarah Wilson
Adjunct Professor of Law
Law School
Email: sarah.wilson@drake.edu
Office: Cartwright Hall
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
