Each year, Drake University holds an event in honor of Constitution Day. The event usually involves a speech by a distinguished expert in constitutional law. The speaker also typically meets with the faculty at the law school.

2024 Constitution Day Lecture

Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024
3 p.m., Room 213, Cartwright Hall

Title: “Race and American Democracy”

Speaker: Guy-Uriel E. Charles, 2024 Coif Distinguished Visitor; Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School

Read his bio here.

This event is free but you must register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-law-constitution-day-lecture-2024-registration-946624127247

— Dawn Brown, Law School