Faculty & Research

KU School of Law faculty are active scholars, researchers and subject matter experts in their fields.

KU ranks 40th overall and 16th among public law schools for scholarly impact, according to a 2021 study. Many are authors of textbooks and casebooks used in classes at KU and in law schools across the U.S. and overseas.

Faculty share their knowledge through service, testimony and publications. Our professors are routinely called upon to provide expertise and context to American Bar Association and American Law Institute projects, as well as to members of the Kansas State Legislature who are considering law and policy changes. KU Law faculty are also frequently interviewed as subject matter experts for news stories.

In 2019-20, KU Law faculty presented their research in over 150 presentations and lectures at conferences and law schools across the nation and around the globe, including in Canada, England, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Qatar, Sweden, and Turkey.

Faculty Profiles

With decades of experience in practice and the classroom, KU Law faculty challenge and engage our students. Meet the full-time, adjunct, emeritus and library faculty.

Research & Scholarship

KU Law faculty regularly publish studies in law reviews and journals, as well as textbooks, casebooks and op-eds. Catch up on the latest research and scholarship from KU Law faculty.

Faculty News

KU Law ranks 16th for faculty scholarly impact among public law schools

KU Law ranks 16th in the nation among public law schools and 40th overall for scholarly impact, according to a new study. The study measures scholarly impact based on law journal citations to the work of tenured faculty members over the past five years.

'Unicorniphobia' may be a rush to regulate private companies, professor says

In “Unicorniphobia,” forthcoming in the Harvard Business Law Review, Associate Professor Alex Platt examines the growing number of 'unicorns' and the calls by legal academics and SEC leaders to impose new regulations on them.

Law professor named co-principal investigator in inaugural year of storytelling grant

Najarian R. Peters has been selected to be one of two lead co-principal investigators in the inaugural year of a three-year, $1,478,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

There’s a crucial WTO summit in days. Can members agree on anything?

BloombergQuint – Professor Raj Bhala analyzes the upcoming 12th WTO Ministerial Conference, in a piece marking five years of writing his On Point column for BloombergQuint.

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Is a federal vaccine mandate legal? KU’s constitutional law expert says the answer is not so simple

KSHB Kansas City – Professor Richard Levy spoke with KSHB about the legal basis for a federal vaccine mandate, including precedent, potential objections and statutory authority.

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Modernizing ESG and climate risk disclosure

CLS Blue Sky Blog – Professor Virginia Harper Ho’s article, “Modernizing ESG Disclosure,” was recently featured on Columbia Law School's Blue Sky Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets. The article is forthcoming in the Illinois Law Review.

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The legal world needs to shed its ‘unicorniphobia’

TechCrunch – In an op-ed for TechCrunch, Associate Professor Alex Platt challenges a view that “unicorns” – private companies valued at over $1 billion – are dangerous and should be “tamed” with securities regulations.

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