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KU Law receives $1.6M grant to aid veterans
The University of Kansas School of Law is set to receive $1.6 million in federal funding for the establishment of a free legal aid clinic dedicated to serving veterans. With an estimated 194,000 veterans in Kansas, the clinic would be the first of its kind in the state.
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New class takes first-of-its-kind approach to applying literature to international law, improving legal writing
A new University of Kansas School of Law class is mixing the bard and the bar to help budding lawyers consider how classic literature applies to all manner of international law and how history’s great writers can help them become better legal writers.
New law professorship honors memorable KU educator
University of Kansas School of Law alumnus Art Piculell of Scottsdale, Arizona, has made a $500,000 gift to establish a professorship honoring the late Professor William R. Scott, who taught law at KU from 1947 to 1979.
Business law professor receives Chancellors Club Teaching Award
Shrikant Anant has been selected as the 2017 Chancellors Club Research Award recipient. Edwin W. Hecker Jr. has been selected as the 2017 Chancellors Club Teaching Award recipient.
KU law school providing free legal assistance for DACA renewal
The University of Kansas School of Law will provide free legal assistance to individuals eligible to renew their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) authorization before the Oct. 5 deadline set by the White House.
Environmental justice overlooked in Dakota pipeline saga, legal expert says
Even though there have already been leaks since oil began flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline this spring, American Indian tribes still have a chance to stop it, according to University of Kansas professor, Elizabeth Kronk Warner. In her new article, “Environmental Justice: A Necessary…
Double vision: KU Project for Innocence frees wrongfully imprisoned man after finding doppelganger
The outlook for Richard Jones appeared bleak when University of Kansas School of Law Project for Innocence interns Chapman Williams and Chad Neswick took over his case in 2015.
KU law professors provide research, development of Kansas' innovative public benefit corporations legislation
Since 2010, numerous states have passed legislation providing for the establishment of public benefit corporations — for-profit businesses that choose to also make promoting the public good part of their corporate purpose. Kansas recently enacted such legislation, with aspects that make it one of…
KU law students make 2017 honor roll for pro bono service
Ten University of Kansas School of Law students contributed nearly 600 hours of free legal services during the past year, earning a spot on KU Law’s inaugural Pro Bono Honor Roll.
KU Law Project for Innocence helps free wrongfully convicted man imprisoned for 17 years
The Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence at the University of Kansas School of Law and the Midwest Innocence Project announce that the 10th Judicial District Court in Johnson County found Richard Jones innocent of aggravated robbery during a hearing yesterday. With his wrongful conviction…
KU law school’s moot court program continues top-20 national streak
The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court program is 17th in the nation, according to rankings published this month by the University of Houston Law Center.