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KU Law awards inaugural Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law awarded the first annual Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence to Kat Girod, a third-year law student from Prairie Village, earlier this month at a ceremony held in the Wheat Law Library, where Hopkins’s prolific publications are available for checkout. ...
Law professor, KU graduate Sarah Lamdan to speak about data collection and privacy
LAWRENCE — Sarah Lamdan, a University of Kansas alumna, author and law professor at the City University of New York, will return to the Lawrence campus to discuss her research and book on data collection practices and their implication on privacy. Lamdan will present a public lecture at 10 a.m. ...
KU Law team wins Thurgood Marshall moot court competition
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court teams have concluded the season with another national title. Ally Monson and Amanda McElfresh, third-year law students, won the Federal Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C., in late March. ...
Professor: SEC wants to regulate 'unicorns,' but law stands in its way
LAWRENCE — For the second time in two years, the United States’ top corporate regulator has proposed a sweeping overhaul to crack down on large private startup companies, commonly known as “unicorns.” And for the second time in two years, the proposed overhaul falls outside of the agency’s legal authority...
Stephen Ware to give his inaugural distinguished professor lecture
LAWRENCE — Stephen Ware’s writings have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and in at least 34 other federal and state cases. The University of Kansas community has the chance to hear Ware give his inaugural distinguished professor lecture at 4 p.m. April 7 via Zoom. Attendees of the...
KU Law students offer assistance with free tax preparation
LAWRENCE – Do you know if you’re eligible for free tax preparation services? ...
'Transparency for thee, not for me': Study shows SEC mounting secrecy about whistleblower program
Social justice in the sports world topic of KU Law center event
LAWRENCE – The Dru Mort Sampson Center for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Kansas School of Law will host its inaugural event discussing social justice in the world of sports on Feb. 15. ...
KU Legal Aid Clinic, partners to host criminal record expungement clinic
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law’s Legal Aid Clinic will host a Clean Slate Criminal Record Expungement Clinic this spring in partnership with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office and the Lawrence Public Library. The clinic will take place in person from noon to 2:30 p.m. Feb. ...
Law Journal Symposium to explore the barriers formerly incarcerated people face for successful reentry
LAWRENCE – The United States continues to have one of the highest recidivism rates in the world. How can formerly incarcerated people successfully reenter society when so many barriers have been put in place against them? ...
Professor testifies to U.K. House of Commons on human rights
KU Law student wins grant, plans on serving Salina community
LAWRENCE – A third-year student at the University of Kansas School of Law will receive a grant from the Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation. Lindsay McQuinn is a recipient of the foundation’s Rural Law Practice Grant. ...
KU disinformation and democracy series resumes in spring 2023
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas collaborative series that centers misinformation, disinformation and the wellness of democracy will continue in the spring 2023 semester. ...
Law expert argues in print, before judges to follow arbitration precedent, not 'outlier' rulings
LAWRENCE — For decades, courts have held that a U.S. Bankruptcy Code provision permitting “rejection” of some contracts does not prevent enforcement of arbitration agreements against the bankruptcy estate. And even though a 2019 Supreme Court decision indirectly supports that same approach, a more recent lower court held to the...
KU law school earns top-15 Best Value ranking
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law is the No. 13 Best Value Law School in the country, according to National Jurist magazine. ...
Law Review Symposium to explore the evolving laws of parenting
LAWRENCE – How do laws that protect, regulate, or otherwise imagine parenting affect the rights of children and childhood outcomes? ...
Law professor can discuss 'equality on the ballot,' marginalized communities
LAWRENCE — As the midterm elections draw near, a slate of proposed laws and initiatives regarding the LGBTQ community, transgender athletes and related topics are on ballots across the nation. Candidates and states have made bans of transgender athletes in women’s’ sports and education central roles in various races. Kyle...
Meet the KU Law Class of 2025
KU Libraries announce 2022 Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication
LAWRENCE – KU Libraries have granted the 2022 David Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication to two recipients at the University of Kansas: Shannon O’Lear, director of the Environmental Studies Program, and Corey Rayburn Yung, School of Law research professor. ...
New series will explore disinformation and how university communities can respond
LAWRENCE — A new virtual series this fall at the University of Kansas will ask important questions about the threats that misinformation and disinformation pose to democracy, while pairing these challenges with a consideration of care — for ourselves and our communities. ...
Kyle Velte named associate dean for faculty at School of Law
School of Law announces associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Law has announced the appointment of Jamila Jefferson-Jones, professor of law, as the new associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. ...
KU Legal Aid Clinic, Douglas County DA's Office and Lawrence Public Library to host criminal record expungement clinic
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Law’s Legal Aid Clinic will host a Clean Slate Criminal Record Expungement Clinic in partnership with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office and Lawrence Public Library. The clinic will take place in person from noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 12 in the...
Two KU Law professors elected to prestigious American Law Institute
LAWRENCE – Two professors at the University of Kansas School of Law have been elected as new members of the American Law Institute. ...