Meredith Schnug


Meredith Schnug
  • Associate Director, Legal Aid Clinic
  • Clinical Associate Professor

Biography

Meredith Schnug serves as a clinical associate professor and associate director of the Legal Aid Clinic. The clinic provides students an opportunity to develop their lawyering skills while promoting access to justice and providing high-quality legal services to low-income clients. In her role, Schnug supervises students in their casework and co-teaches the classroom component of the clinic, with the goal of developing purpose-minded and practice-ready attorneys. Schnug’s work with students emphasizes the value of high ethical standards and professionalism, practical problem-solving skills, and collaboration with community partners to provide clients with the best representation possible. Outside of the clinic, Schnug teaches Advanced Litigation and Juvenile Law, coordinates the law school's Pro Bono program and assists with coaching the mock trial team. She was selected by the student body to receive the Frederick J. Moreau Award in 2021.

Prior to joining the faculty, Schnug served as a senior attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, where she supervised attorneys, paralegals and law clerks, represented victims of domestic violence in family law and immigration matters, and advocated for children in abuse, neglect and dependency cases. Schnug received her law degree from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she participated in the Civil Justice Clinic. 

Education

J.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 2006
Order of the Coif
B.A., Miami University, 2003
summa cum laude, Harry S. Truman Scholar (2002)

Teaching

Advanced Litigation, Juvenile Law, Legal Aid Clinic, Advanced Legal Aid Clinic

Admitted

Kansas 2015; Ohio 2006; District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2007

Career History

Senior Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, 2013-2014; Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, 2006-2013.

Selected Publications

  • Free Legal Answers Program Brings Attorneys and Law Students Together for Pro Bono Service, 93-SEP/OCT. J. Kan. B.A. 23 (Sept./Oct. 2024).
  • Reflections on Pro Bono Service at KU Law, 89-OCT. J. Kan. B.A. 29 (Nov./Dec. 2020).
  • Lawyering for the Good: Pro Bono at KU, 88-SEP J. Kan. B.A. 48 (Sept. 2019).
  • Public Citizen Lawyering and Pro Bono at KU, 87-OCT J. Kan. B.A. 38 (Oct. 2018).
  • Rising Again: Collateral Consequences and Kansas Expungement Law, 87-OCT J. Kan. B.A. 44 (Oct. 2018).

Selected Presentations

  • Pro Bono Service: Challenges and Opportunities in Changing Times, KU School of Law CLE, May 22, 2025.
  • Panelist, Building and Maintaining Meaningful Pro Bono Partnerships, Kansas Women’s Attorney Association Annual Conference, July 19, 2024.
  • Recent Developments in Poverty Law and Access to Justice, KU School of Law CLE, May 17, 2024.
  • Nuts and Bolts of Expungement Law and Practice, Douglas County Bar Association Criminal Defense CLE, October 26, 2023 (co-presented with Melanie Daily & Makaela Stevens).
  • Recent Developments in Juvenile Law, KU School of Law CLE, May 19, 2023.
  • Marginalized Women and Social Justice, Tech & Social Justice Conference hosted by KU Center for Digital Inclusion, June 11, 2021 (invited panelist).