Faculty News

The Association of American Law Schools has announced Stephen Mazza, dean of the University of Kansas School of Law, as the recipient of the 2026 AALS Award for Excellence in Mentoring Future Legal Education Leaders.

Raj Bhala, University Distinguished Professor of Law at KU, has written an analysis outlining how international trade law is being destroyed, not simply changing. His peer-reviewed work, published in the Transatlantic Law Journal, outlines why this is happening and examines if it can be saved.

Researchers at the University of Kansas have published a study based on the Kansas Energy Transition Atlas. The site documents wind energy regulations across all 105 of the state's counties, and findings from the study document which regions of the state tend to have enabling or blocking restrictions, how agriculture influences policy, whether voting habits play a part and more.

The University of Kansas School of Law will welcome legal scholars from across the country for the annual meeting of the Central States Law Schools Association on Oct. 10-11.

The University of Kansas has announced 17 faculty members from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses as recipients of KU’s annual teaching awards. They will be honored at the University Teaching Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Jayhawk Welcome Center.

Robin Kundis Craig, the Robert A. Schroeder Distinguished Professor of Law, will present her lecture on private property rights and environmental protection on Oct. 20.

KU School of Law faculty member Raj Bhala will present his inaugural University Distinguished Professor lecture, "Deceitful Destruction of International Trade Law: America First and Xenophobic Autarky," on Sept. 15.

KU Law scholar John Head has outlined the ecological, cultural, global and legal reforms necessary to address climate crises around the world in a new article for the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review. While the political reality may seem unlikely to address the issue, Head addresses why it is necessary and what steps could be taken.

Robin Kundis Craig, an environmental law expert at the University of Kansas, has written a chapter in “Comparative Environmental Law,” examining and comparing how countries around the world approach water law.

The University of Kansas School of Law has selected Blake Wilson to be the director of the Wheat Law Library. Wilson brings nearly two decades of experience at KU Law to the role, having served in a variety of positions since joining the law library in 2007.