2025 CLEA Awards for Outstanding Clinical and Externship Students: Drake’s Rosemary Adams

Each year, the Clinical Legal Education Association invites law schools to nominate students as their Outstanding Clinic Student or Team and Outstanding Externship student. This series includes submissions from law schools celebrating their outstanding students. 

From University of Drake University Law School: 

CLEA Outstanding Clinical Student: Rosemary Adams 

Rosemary Adams (Drake Law Class of 2025) was a stellar student attorney in both the Wrongful Convictions Clinic (Spring ‘24) and the Children’s Rights Clinic (Fall ‘24). She is extremely client-centered and a zealous advocate. She cares deeply about social justice and empowering the most marginalized in our society. In addition to her work in the Drake Legal Clinic, Rosemary completed internships for credit with Iowa Legal Aid and the Appellate Defender’s Office where she argued a case before the Iowa Court of Appeals.