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Home   >  Law School   >  Faculty & Staff   >  Sally Frank

Sally Frank

Sally Frank

Professor of Law

Law School

Phone: 515-271-3909

Email: sally.frank@drake.edu

Office: Cartwright Hall

Areas of 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

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

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Des Moines, Iowa 50311
1-800-44-DRAKE


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