Professor Mark Kende will present “Amending the U.S. Constitution: Modernization or Foolhardiness?” on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 7–8:30 p.m., in Cartwright Hall, Room 201. Free and open to the public, this event is hosted by the Drake Constitutional Law Center and the League of Women Voters.

Iowa Supreme Court Justice Edward M. Mansfield will serve as the featured speaker at the annual Judge James Grant Iowa Constitution Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 3 p.m. in Cartwright Hall, Room 213. The title of his speech is “Exploring the Original Meaning of Article I, Section 6 of the Iowa Constitution.”

—Submitted by Kayla Choate, Law School Alumni Affairs and Communications Coordinator