A new conference created by a privacy law scholar at the University of Kansas School of Law aims to explore privacy beyond abstract concepts.

 Four faculty members at two Kansas universities have been identified as recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence.

Disagreements about free speech are especially likely when the largest arbiters of speech today, social media platforms, are almost exclusively controlled by American companies following their own legal traditions, a KU scholar argues in a new publication.

Several University of Kansas School of Law professors are presenting this week at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) annual meeting.

Many students read the “Iliad” and “Odyssey,” then discuss the works’ themes as part of class. But it is unlikely teachers suggest Homer’s ideas of homecoming, fate, destiny, rage and glory could be used to revolutionize Earth’s agriculture and ecology to stave off climate change.

Third-year KU Law student Ellen Bertels will serve as a 2021 Skadden Fellow. Considered the most prestigious and competitive award for public interest law students, Skadden Fellowships provide two years of funding for lawyers pursuing public-interest law projects of their own design.

A new scholarship fund at KU Law will help provide opportunities to students from southwest Kansas.

A health law expert has joined the faculty at the University of Kansas School of Law as a professor of practice. Guy Collier has more than 40 years of experience in health law.

KU Law is the No. 19 Best Value Law School in the country, according to National Jurist magazine. The ranking highlights affordable law schools whose graduates perform well on the bar exam and have had success finding legal jobs.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that will have wide-ranging ramifications on anti-discrimination laws and the rights of LGBTQ Americans. Kyle Velte, associate professor of law at the University of Kansas, was the primary author of an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court…