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Classes are 鈥渟mall enough鈥 that students feel they can 鈥渆ngage effectively, but large enough that there are always competing points of view.鈥 Though class sizes are small, physical 鈥渃lassrooms are large but feel comfortable鈥 and many have been 鈥渞ecently renovated.鈥 Students find Drake Law 鈥渢he perfect amount of challenging.鈥 They are 鈥渃ontinuously pushed鈥 to their 鈥渋ntellectual limits鈥 and their 鈥渁cademic skills have flourished under the pressure.鈥 Though some professors may be 鈥渋ntimidating鈥 in the classroom, they are 鈥渧ery open to meeting with students鈥 during their office hours, and will 鈥渇requently stop and talk with students in the halls.鈥 They 鈥渁lso attend social events so you can get to know them better.鈥 You definitely 鈥済et what you put in,鈥 notes one student, but 鈥減rofessors, peers, staff, and administrators always want to help each other.鈥 The school鈥檚 administration is 鈥渁bsolutely amazing.鈥 The 鈥渟taff learns your name right away,鈥 and 鈥渋t鈥檚 very easy to find answers to questions.鈥
Students also find the location and networking opportunities quite beneficial. Drake is 鈥渧ery in touch with the legal community鈥 and the 鈥渙pportunities for employment and networking are endless.鈥 Since 鈥淒rake Law is situated in a capitol city,鈥 students are 鈥渁ble to obtain internships with state-level governmental entities鈥 and in a 鈥渄iverse range of businesses and practice fields.鈥 The alumni network is also quite robust. As one student notes, 鈥渘early every lawyer and judge in the area went to Drake, so it has a very strong network.鈥
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Drake University has also recently undergone some major renovations to their facilities to improve student learning and life including the addition of 鈥渓arge, multi-media classrooms, new furniture, podcasted lectures,鈥 and a 鈥渓arge communal area with floor-to-ceiling windows and microwaves and refrigerators to accommodate [students鈥橾 busy schedules.鈥 鈥淭he classrooms are all technologically modern,鈥 notes one student 鈥渁nd the students have easy access to the most recent research systems.鈥 What the library may lack 鈥渋n physical sources, it makes up for through online sources.鈥
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Des Moines, IA 50311