Drake Agricultural and Environmental Law Association

04/15/2022

DAELA members completed a delivery of canned food to The Lord’s Cupboard food pantry last Friday. The delivery was a product of a food drive in which Drake University Law School students & faculty alike contributed to the effort. Thank you to those who contributed their time and donations to the effort!

03/03/2022

DAELA is sponsoring a food drive benefitting The Lord's Cupboard Food Pantry. The winning team (1L, 2L, 3L, and Staff/Faculty) will be awarded a PIZZA PARTY. The competition will end on March 31st and collection bins are in Porterhouse Lounge.

READY.. SET...DONATE!!

02/22/2022

Our next meeting will take place today, Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7:15 p.m. at Smokey Row. Kitt Tovar Jensen with CALT will be our guest speaker. Students attending will be reimbursed for food and nonalcoholic drink.

Hope to see you there!

Read Kitt's Bio here:

Kitt is a Staff Attorney at ISU’s Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation. She focuses on areas of agricultural law including farm succession planning, environmental and natural resource law, regulatory law, and farm policy. Prior to joining CALT, Kitt worked as an undergraduate research assistan...

01/18/2022

🗓 January 25th, @ 7 PM DAELA will virtually host guest speaker, Katie Samples Dean.

About Katie:

“My purpose in going to law school was to gain knowledge and actual skills to serve and advocate for farmers and ranchers. It all started growing up with my extended family owning and operating a dairy farm and row crop operation in Colorado, with a heavy involvement in water law issues.”

To read more visit: https://www.samplesdeanlaw.com/more-about-me

11/06/2021

This week Drake Agricultural and Environmental Law Association and Drake Agricultural Journal members traveled to Salt Lake City for the American Agricultural Law Association Conference. Students include Kiera Leddy, Shelby Grabanski, Samantha Capaldo, Keegan Cassady, Abby Endress, Kole Pederson, and Andrew Steffensmeier.

Thank you Drake University Law School for approving funds that help make this experience possible!

10/25/2021

📣 GUEST SPEAKER ALERT 📣

Jacob Larson has been an assistant attorney with the Environmental Law Division of the Iowa Attorney General’s Office since 2008. He represents the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (“DNR”) and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (“IDALS”). For the DNR, he primarily pursues civil environmental enforcement actions involving water pollution, solid waste, air pollution, and animal feeding operations. He also defends the DNR in a variety of judicial review proceedings challenging agency action. As for IDALS, he prosecutes administrative license revocation or suspension proceedings and defends the agency in contested case proceedings, judicial review, or other litigation. He represents the Office of the Governor of Iowa and the Attorney General’s Office in multi-state litigation involving environmental and agricultural issues. His duties also include implementing the One Call Education and Enforcement Initiative, including educating excavators and operators of underground facilities of the requirements of Iowa Code Chapter 480 and, when appropriate, initiating civil enforcement actions. He received his undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and law degree from the University of Iowa.

Jake will be speaking at our November DAELA Meeting!

10/22/2021

In honor of Cady Day of Service, honoring the late Iowa Supreme Court Justice Mark S. Cady, DAELA members volunteered at the Food Bank of Iowa. Together the seven volunteers packaged over 11,600 lbs of meat to be delivered to those in need!

10/12/2021

Not all heroes wear capes. Happy to all who contribute to the production of food, fiber, and fuel!

Photos Courtesy of:

Herrstrom Farms, Boone, IA
Edwards Farms, Columbus Junction, IA
Berndt Family Farms, Eagle Butte, SD
Abby Endress

09/07/2021

Everyone meet our 2nd guest speaker for tonight's meeting! 👋

⭐️JARA SETTLES, GENERAL COUNSEL & VICE PRESIDENT OF RISK MITIGATION⭐️

Jara serves the Livestock Marketing Association as members' first stop for regulatory compliance and business legal services. She also assists LMA's policy efforts and has done extensive work in the livestock transportation space. Additionally, she manages a team of professionals who assist LMA members in evaluating the financial standing of their buyers as well as facilitating the Payment Protection Insurance product.

Jara grew up on a purebred cattle operation in Hoskins, Nebraska. Prior to attending Washburn University School of Law, she received an associate’s degree in agricultural business from Butler Community College and a bachelor of science in agriculture from Kansas State University. Before joining LMA, Jara was a civil litigator at the Kansas City office of Shook, Hardy, & Bacon LLP in the pharmaceutical product liability space and devoted a large portion of her practice to regulatory and compliance counseling of food and beverage companies. Currently, Jara remains active with her family’s cow herd, enjoys judging livestock shows across the country, and spends her free time raising club lambs in Leavenworth, Kansas.

09/02/2021

👋 Meet Chelsea Good, one of two guest speakers who will present at our September 7th meeting! ⚖️

Chelsea is the Vice President of Government and Industry Affairs and Legal at Livestock Marketing Association. LMA is the Kansas City based trade organization representing livestock auctions across the United States. Chelsea advocates for the interests of livestock auctions, often called sale barns, in federal, state, and industry policy.

Chelsea is a graduate of Washburn University School of Law. She also has a master’s degree in communications studies and bachelor’s degrees in agricultural communications and journalism; political science; and public relations, all from Kansas State University.

Prior to joining LMA in 2013, Chelsea worked at the Kansas Department of Agriculture, first as the Communications Director and then as a Staff Attorney specializing in animal health law and policy.

08/30/2021

Say Hi 👋 to our VP, Shelby Grabanski ⭐️

"Hi Everyone! I'm Shelby Grabanski, the Vice President of DAELA this year. I hail from a small town called Kindred in North Dakota. I majored in Agricultural Economics at North Dakota State University and started my crop insurance business while there. I came to Drake Law for the Ag Law program, to represent farmers in estate planning and business succession matters. A fun fact: I studied abroad in Brasil for a semester and was able to see the agriculture firsthand."